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Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission 

Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission 

Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration. As part of the agency’s “Send Your Name with Artemis II” effort, anyone can claim their spot by signing up before …

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NASA’s First Space Photos Return in Stunning Detail, Exposing the Peril and Wonder of Space’s First Steps

NASA’s First Space Photos Return in Stunning Detail, Exposing the Peril and Wonder of Space’s First Steps

The earliest photographs taken by American astronauts in space have been restored to extraordinary detail, revealing the tense, daring, and often overlooked beginnings of human spaceflight. The images, originally captured during NASA’s Mercury and Gemini missions in the 1960s, appear in a new book, Gemini and Mercury Remastered, by digital restoration expert Andy Saunders. Published by Penguin, the collection follows …

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Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope

Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Besides baby stars in a variety of sizes and colors, the photo reveals a dramatic cloud …

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How the Space shuttle helped women break Nasa’s glass ceiling

How the Space shuttle helped women break Nasa’s glass ceiling

“The Nasa guys had realised that women might be women and therefore, while they were flying, it might be the time of the month when they got their periods,” Sullivan told me in an earlier interview. “They put some tampons in the PPK for Sally to look at and she pulled one out and it was like unreeling a string …

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Newborn stars dazzle in NASA’s Webb Space Telescope image of the Lobster Nebula

Newborn stars dazzle in NASA’s Webb Space Telescope image of the Lobster Nebula

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Besides baby stars in a variety of sizes and colors, the photo reveals a dramatic …

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Upcoming Launch to Boost NASA’s Study of Sun’s Influence Across Space

Upcoming Launch to Boost NASA’s Study of Sun’s Influence Across Space

Soon, there will be three new ways to study the Sun’s influence across the solar system with the launch of a trio of NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spacecraft. Expected to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, the missions include NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1 (Space Weather …

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