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NASA became operational on October 1, 1958 -- one year after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.
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| NASA Gears Up for Mission STS-117
The crew of Space Shuttle Atlantis will install a second starboard truss segment and a third set of solar arrays and batteries on the International Space Station.
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| AIM: Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere
AIM's two-year mission is to study Polar Mesospheric Clouds, the Earth’s highest clouds, which form an icy membrane 50 miles above the surface at the edge of space.
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| Expedition 15
Expedition 15 crew members are Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Sunita Williams.
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| STEREO Launches Hi-Def Solar Imagers
STEREO has successfully launched on its sun imaging mission.
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| Constellation and the Vision for Space Exploration: NASA's Future
A new generation of spacecraft will carry humans to the moon, Mars and beyond.
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| This Month in Exploration - May
Ten years ago, this tailless aircraft completed its first flight. Read more fascinating facts about aviation and space in This Month in Exploration.
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| 'Why Explore Space?'
By Administrator Griffin
Today, NASA is moving forward with a new focus for the manned space program: to go out beyond Earth orbit for purposes of human exploration and scientific discovery.
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| Spitzer Finds Planets Thrive Around Twin Suns
The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film "Star Wars" might not be a fantasy.
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| | 04.30.07 - New Time for NASA Science Update to Discuss New Horizons Data
A NASA Science Update to discuss new views of the Jupiter system has moved to 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 1.
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| | 04.27.07 - ISS Status Report: SS07-23
The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance.
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| | 04.27.07 - NASA's Centennial Challenge for Improved Astronaut Gloves Set
On Wednesday and Thursday, May 2-3, teams from around the nation will compete for a total of $250,000 from NASA for an improved astronaut glove design.
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ISS Assembly Sequence
Assembly animation depicting piece by piece construction of the International Space Station from beginning to proposed completion (Master# 721825, August 2006).
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To the Moon and Beyond
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NASA's Ares Rockets
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Emeril Chats with Station Crew
Renowned chef Emeril Lagasse talks with the Expedition 13 crew about special recipes he prepared for them.
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Preparing Discovery
How the Shuttle gets ready for its flight atop NASA's 747.
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