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Sols 4289-4290: From Discovery Pinnacle to Kings Canyon and Back Again

We are back … almost, anyways. Today’s parking location is very close to where we parked on sol 4253, and in an area...

15 Years Ago: STS-128 Delivers Cargo to Enable Six-Person Space Station Crew

On Aug. 28, 2009, space shuttle Discovery began its 37th trip into space. The 17A mission to the International Space Station was the...

A SAFER Way – NASA

On Sept. 16, 1994, astronaut Mark C. Lee tested out the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system, a system designed for use...

The Marshall Star for August 28, 2024

By Wayne Smith Leadership from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center highlighted a successful summer before looking ahead to the center’s culture and strategy during...

NASA Expands Human Exploration Rover Challenge to Middle Schools

By Wayne Smith Following a 2024 competition that garnered international attention, NASA is expanding its Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) to include a remote...

First NASA-Supported Researcher to Fly on Suborbital Rocket

For the first time, a NASA-funded researcher will fly with their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. The technology is one of two...

NASA Pilot Program Continues to Award Small Business Innovators 

Earlier this month, nine small businesses received 2023 NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ignite Phase II awards to further develop technologies that...

NASA Project in Puerto Rico Trains Students in Marine Biology

Tainaliz Marie Rodríguez Lugo took a deep breath, adjusted her snorkel mask, and plunged into the ocean, fins first. Three weeks earlier, Rodríguez...

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