Crew Dragon‘s Second Demonstration Mission

Crew Dragon’s test flight with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board the spacecraft marked the return of U.S. human spaceflight and the first-time in history a commercial company successfully transported NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and back home to Earth. Original Author: Produced by SpaceX and>>>

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Watch Blue Origin test a landing system for NASA with their New Shepard rocket!

NASA has partnered with Blue Origin and will put their new technology on the booster stage in order to test it in hopes that it will be suitable enough to be used a quarter of a million miles away on the Moon. This will be another short, suborbital flight out>>>

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Happy 90th Birthday General Tom Stafford

NASA wishes Apollo 11 astronaut General Tom Stafford a happy 90th birthday on Sept 17, 2020. Stafford commanded Apollo 10, the first flight of the lunar module to the Moon. He also flew our first rendezvous in space on Gemini 6, and piloted Gemini 9’s path to Earth with pencil>>>

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NASA Asks Commercial Companies to Collect Moon Rocks

While NASA is working aggressively to meet our near-term goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, our Artemis program also is focused on taking steps that will establish a safe and sustainable lunar exploration architecture. NASA is taking a critical step forward by>>>

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20 Years of Science: NASA Explorers S4 Bonus

This season on NASA Explorers, you’ve seen what it takes to send science to the International Space Station through the eyes of one team of researchers. They are just two of thousands more scientists who have sent experiments to the orbiting laboratory over the past two decades. Take a look>>>

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NASA Tests Space Launch System Rocket Booster for Artemis Missions

NASA completed a full-scale booster test for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket in Promontory, Utah, on Sept. 2. The full-scale booster firing was conducted with new materials and processes that may be used for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters. NASA and Northrop Grumman, the SLS boosters lead contractor,>>>

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The First Element of the Spacecraft For Artemis III on This Week @NASA – August 28, 2020

The first element of the spacecraft for Artemis III, a NASA astronaut assigned to a future Commercial Crew flight, and a strong storm seen from space … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Downloaad Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-The%20First%20Element%20of%20the%20Spacecraft%20For%20Artemis%20III%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20August%2028,%202020 Producer: Andre Valentine Editor: Sonnet Apple>>>

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#AskNASA┃ What Do Beck, NASA and Artificial Intelligence Have in Common?

It turns out Beck, NASA and artificial intelligence have a lot in common! NASA spacecraft and observatories have been imaging our solar system and our universe for over 60 years. The NASA archives host a wealth of images that showcase and educate. Beck’s latest music videos for the album Hyperspace,>>>

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What It’s Like to Walk in Space and Dive 7 Miles Below Sea Level

Dr. Kathy Sullivan has experienced incredible highs and exhilarating lows as an explorer. As a NASA astronaut, Sullivan was the first American woman to complete a spacewalk in 1984. As a geologist and oceanographer, she became the first woman to dive to the lowest point on Earth—the Challenger Deep in>>>

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Welcome Home Bob & Doug: Social Media Welcomes #LaunchAmerica Astronauts Home

NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed down in the Dragon Endeavour capsule at 2:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 2, off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Demo-2 is SpaceX’s final test flight and is providing data on the performance of the Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft and>>>

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