Demo-2 Launch: Setting Forth on a Historic Journey
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NASA Administrator, Sen. Cruz, Rep. Babin to Discuss Crew Dragon Test Flight at Briefing in Houston
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Brian Babin of Texas will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. CDT Sunday, May 31, at Space Center Houston, the official visitor center of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, to discuss the successful docking of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert

May 30, 2020
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Aurora over Sweden
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The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula
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Demo-2: Launching Into History
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Novel Coronavirus Attacks Humanity
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Ice Melt Accelerates Regional Freshwater Depletion
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/01/2020
SpaceX Demo-2 Launch: This weekend, marked the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. The vehicle successfully launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, May 30 at 2:22pm CT.  Crew Dragon successfully …

June 02, 2020 at 12:00AM
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The Dance of Venus and Earth
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Preparing the Perseverance Mars Rover to Collect Samples on the Red Planet
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NASA Assigns Astronaut Kate Rubins to Expedition 63/64 Space Station Crew
NASA has assigned astronaut Kate Rubins to a six-month mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 63/64 crew.

June 03, 2020
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/02/2020
Payloads Combustion Integration Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (CIR/ACME):  In a continuation of the s-Flame part 2 investigation, the crew performed the necessary activities to change out a mass flow controller and igniter.  The mass flow controller allows the ACME experimenters to study combustion under different gas flow regimes.  The igniter was changed from a …

June 03, 2020 at 12:00AM
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NASA Invites Media to Launch of Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, designed to better understand the geology of Mars and seek signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

June 03, 2020
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NASA Announces Challenge Seeking Innovative Ideas to Advance Missions
NASA has opened a pilot Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants in supporting development of new instruments and technologies to advance the agency’s science exploration goals.

June 03, 2020
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Space Station Instrument Helps Researchers to Understand Lightning
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/03/2020
Payloads Advanced Colloids Experiment (ACE) Module photos:  The crew took images of 4 ACE modules (ACE-T4, ACE-T11, and 2 ACE-T-Ellipsoid modules).  This was performed to determine the viability of the various samples in these modules so order of operations can be planned accordingly.  ACE modules are processed in the Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR)/Light Microscopy Module …

June 04, 2020 at 12:00AM
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NASA Awards Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration Contract
NASA has awarded the Marshall Operations, Systems, Services and Integration (MOSSI) contract to SGT LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland.

June 04, 2020
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Dragon over Central Park
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/04/2020
Payloads Combustion Integration Rack/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (CIR/ACME):  In support of the on-going s-Flame part 2 investigation, the crew removed a 45% H2/ 55% He fuel bottle and replaced it with a 45% CH4/ 55% He fuel bottle.  The purpose of s-Flame is to advance our ability to predict the structure and dynamics, including …

June 05, 2020 at 12:00AM
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Hubble Catches Cosmic Snowflakes
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NASA Awards Northrop Grumman Artemis Contract for Gateway Crew Cabin
NASA has finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency’s Gateway lunar orbiting outpost.

June 05, 2020
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