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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Returns to Science Operations

Updated, Dec. 8, 2023 NASA restored the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope to science operations Friday, Dec. 8. The telescope had paused science observations Nov. 23 due to an issue with one of its gyros. The spacecraft is in good health…

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Michaung Drenches India’s Southeast Coast

The tropical cyclone caused widespread flooding and crop damage in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

NASA Selects Universities to Support Small Spacecraft Technologies

Eight U.S. university teams are partnering with NASA to advance technologies for small spacecraft, increasing their capability to support the agency’s science and exploration missions within the Earth, cislunar, and deep space domains. The University SmallSat Technology Partnerships (USTP) initiative…

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Amateur Astronomers Help Discover Cosmic Crash

Astronomers found what looks like a glowing cloud of dust from a massive planetary pile-up—and NASA volunteers helped make the discovery!

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NASA’s IXPE Marks Two Years of Groundbreaking X-ray Astronomy

On Dec. 9, astronomers and physicists will commemorate two years of landmark X-ray science by NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission. IXPE is the joint NASA-Italian Space Agency mission to study polarized X-ray light. Polarization is a characteristic of…

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Prepare to Fly with a NASA Pilot

Get ready with Kurt Blankenship, a pilot at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, as he prepares for a research mission high above the clouds. Check out how the crew plan the route and goals, what it takes to get NASA’s Pilatus…

Hubble Captures a Cluster in the Cloud

This striking Hubble Space Telescope image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC lies about 157,000 light-years from Earth and is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning…

Sols 4032-4034: How Rocks Say Don’t Touch

As we climb through the terrain, which is beautiful to look at with its steep topography, we are on the lookout for all the differences in the rocks.

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Flight 68 Preview – By the Numbers

November Retirements

Anabel Falcon Tom Parkey (not pictured) Program Planning and Control Office, retired Nov. 30, 2023, with 35 years of federal service, including 20 years of NASA service.

Are Earth’s carbon sinks changing?

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellites have found that carbon sinks might be changing.

A Dusting of Snow on Hawaii’s Tallest Peaks

Snow lingered on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa after a storm brought copious precipitation to the island chain.

NASA, Moog Humming Along on Air Taxi Noise Tests

Video Credit: NASA/Dennis Brown, Steven Logan Air taxis hold the promise to revolutionize air transportation. NASA is working to make this vision a reality, collaborating with industry to reduce aircraft noise in our communities. Quiet flight will be especially important…