Space Exploration

New NASA HD App for iPad With Expanded Content Available Free

NASA: Breaking News - 22 hours 19 min ago
NASA has unveiled NASA App HD, a new mobile application designed for the iPad.
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NASA and Its Partners Announce a New Space Station Crew

NASA: Breaking News - 22 hours 19 min ago
NASA and its international partners have assigned three new International Space Station crew members.
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NASA Selects University Finalists for Inflatable Loft Competition

NASA: Breaking News - Wed, 2010-09-01 00:00
NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have selected university teams from Maryland, Oklahoma and Wisconsin as finalists in a competition to design, manufacture, assemble and test an inflatable loft.
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NASA Accepting Applications For Aeronautics Scholarships

NASA: Breaking News - Wed, 2010-09-01 00:00
NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications for the 2011 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 17, 2011.
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NASA Sets Media Deadlines For Next Space Shuttle Flight

NASA: Breaking News - Wed, 2010-09-01 00:00
NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for the November space shuttle flight to the International Space Station.
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NASA Ranked Fifth In Best Places To Work In The Federal Government

NASA: Breaking News - Wed, 2010-09-01 00:00
NASA has been ranked fifth in the Partnership for Public Service 2010 ratings for the "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government."
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Future International Space Station Crew Holds News Conference

NASA: Breaking News - Wed, 2010-09-01 00:00
A multinational crew that will live and work on the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Astronauts Linda Godwin and Scott Altman Leave NASA

NASA: Breaking News - Tue, 2010-08-31 00:00
NASA astronauts Linda Godwin and Scott Altman have announced plans to leave the agency.
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NASA Extends Contract With United Space Alliance

NASA: Breaking News - Tue, 2010-08-31 00:00
NASA Extends Contract With United Space Alliance
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NASA and ATK Successfully Test Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor

NASA: Breaking News - Tue, 2010-08-31 00:00
With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight.
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NASA Selects Two Firms for Experimental Space Vehicle Test Flights

NASA: Breaking News - Mon, 2010-08-30 00:00
NASA's Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program (CRuSR) has awarded a total of approximately $475,000 to Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas and Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif.
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NASA, Internet Archive And Flickr Launch Historic Image Collection

NASA: Breaking News - Mon, 2010-08-30 00:00
NASA, Internet Archive And Flickr Launch Historic Image Collection
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U2 And NASA Create Video To Celebrate Collaboration

NASA: Breaking News - Mon, 2010-08-30 00:00
NASA and U2 released a commemorative video highlighting a year's worth of collaboration in space and on the Irish rock band's 360 Degree tour.
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NASA TV Airs Interview Excerpts About Assistance To Trapped Miners In Chile

NASA: Breaking News - Fri, 2010-08-27 00:00
From 5:30-6 p.m. EDT, NASA Television will air excerpts of an interview with Dr. Michael Duncan, who is leading a NASA team to Chile. NASA has been asked by the Chilean government through the U.S. Department of State to provide technical advice that might assist the trapped miners at the San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo, Chile.
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NASA TV Airs Interview With Twin Astronauts; Kelly Brothers Scheduled To Be In Space Together

NASA: Breaking News - Fri, 2010-08-27 00:00
Interview footage of two NASA astronauts scheduled next year to become the first twins to rendezvous in space is available on NASA Television and the agency's website.
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NASA Receives Spirit Of Houston Award

NASA: Breaking News - Fri, 2010-08-27 00:00
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden accepted the Spirit of Houston Award from the city's Mayor Annise Parker on Thursday.
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NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting Same Star

NASA: Universe News - Thu, 2010-08-26 00:00
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
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NASA Awards Facility Operating Services Contract Award Term Period 1

NASA: Breaking News - Thu, 2010-08-26 00:00
NASA Awards Facility Operating Services Contract Award Term Period 1
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NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting Same Star

NASA: Breaking News - Thu, 2010-08-26 00:00
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
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NASA Announces High School Competition for Future Engineers: Teams to Design Software for Small Satellites on the International Space Station

NASA: Breaking News - Thu, 2010-08-26 00:00
NASA is challenging high school teams to design software to program small satellites aboard the International Space Station.
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