For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth-observing missions will be launched into space in a single year. To celebrate this milestone, NASA is inviting people all around the world to step outside on Earth Day, April 22, take a “selfie,” and share it with the world on social media.
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Media are invited to meet with NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot during a visit to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 2.
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NASA’s commercial space partners continue to meet milestones under agreements with the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), as they move forward in their development of spacecraft and rockets that will transport humans to destinations in low-Earth orbit.
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NASA issued a Request for Information (RFI) Monday soliciting potential partners interested in using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft for scientific investigations or for other potential uses.
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Tropical Cyclone Hellen made landfall in west central Madagascar as NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead capturing temperature data on its towering thunderstorms.
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During the U.S. Midwest’s growing season, the region boasts more photosynthetic activity than any other spot on Earth.
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Fourteen students from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas will discuss their efforts to use satellite data and mapping technologies to address climate change issues in their regions, Thursday, April 3.
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Media are invited to a formal dedication ceremony to mark the renaming of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, formerly the Dryden Flight Research Center, on Tuesday, May 13 at the center’s campus at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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NASA released Thursday an image of a comet that, on Oct. 19, will pass within 84,000 miles of Mars — less than half the distance between Earth and our moon.
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Five teams of high school student engineers have made it to the final round in a competition to build and test designs for radiation shields for NASA’s new Orion spacecraft.
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