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NASA Astronauts Put Boeing’s Starliner to the Test in Earth Orbit

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard, approaches the International Space Station for an autonomous…

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NASA’s ICESat-2 Satellite Survives Strongest Solar Storm in 20 Years

Illustration of NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), a mission to measure the changing height of Earth’s ice.…

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Spacewalk Approaches as Starliner Astronauts Extend Their Orbit

Expedition 71 Flight Engineers (from left) Jeanette Epps and Mike Barratt assist Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson, all…

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Gyroscope Failures Force NASA to Change How It Points Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched by the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Avoiding distortions of the atmosphere,…

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Unveiling the Hidden Culprits Behind U.S. Greenhouse Gas Surges

Recent satellite and atmospheric analyses indicate U.S. methane emissions for 2019 exceeded EPA’s estimates, with significant discrepancies found in oil,…

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Webb’s Spectroscopic Hunt for Earth-Like Planets

By Knicole Colón and Christopher Stark, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center June 9, 2024 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is…

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NASA’s Lucy Unveils a Surprising Discovery

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s recent exploration of asteroid Dinkinesh not only highlighted the asteroid’s internal complexities but also led to a…

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Webb Space Telescope’s Glimpse of Cosmic Dawn

This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken by the NIRCam (Near-Infrared…

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Volcanic Fissure Reawakens on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula

A volcanic fissure on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula erupted in late May 2024, marking the continuation of a series that began…

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The Stark Transformation From Aral Sea to Aralkum Desert

Astronaut photo of the Aral Sea captured on October 17, 2023, from the International Space Station. A former island and…

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