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Adapter 'Flips' for 2014 Exploration Flight Test
NASA engineers recently flipped a 1,000-pound adapter to prepare for Exploration Flight Test 1 in 2014 and Space Launch System flight in 2017.
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Vanderbilt Takes Top Prize in Student Launch Challenge
The Aerospace Club of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., took first prize in the 2013 annual NASA Student Launch Projects challenge.
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Burden Named Director of Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity
NASA'S Marshall Space Flight Center has named Irma C. Burden director of the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity.
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Marshall Team Tests Hatch Mechanisms
Rocky Stephens fastens a candidate actuator to an electromagnetic shaker for random vibration testing during the Launch Abort System testing.
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'NASA 360' Episode Wins Telly Awards
An episode of "NASA 360" showcasing a Centennial Challenges robotics competition has received two Telly Awards.
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Black Hole-Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy
Chandra observes how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power.
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New Capability Expands Communication
A new communications upgrade paves the way for the ability of the crew and scientists to perform more hours of research every day.
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A-1 Test Stand: First Full Engine in Nearly a Decade
Engineers have installed J-2X engine E10002 in the A-1 test stand at Stennis Space Center -- the first full engine installed in almost a decade.
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NASA Day in Baton Rouge
Patrick Scheuermann, director of the Marshall Center met May 8 with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and key members of the state Legislature.
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Pollen: You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
A NASA team is targeting pollen -- and its work could help alleviate some of the suffering.
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Kouveliotou Elected to National Academy of Sciences
NASA astrophysicist Chryssa Kouveliotou, a scientist at the Marshall Center has been selected for membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
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Giant Gas Cloud in System NGC 6240
Scientists have used Chandra to make a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies.
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Preparing for SLS Core Stage Testing
Before NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) flies to space on its inaugural mission in 2017, it will fly in place at Stennis Space Center.
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Students Launch Rockets at SLP Challenge
More than 600 students launched rockets of their own design April 21 at the 2012-13 NASA Student Launch Projects challenge.
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New Record for J-2X Engine Testing
A new record was set on April 4 for J-2X engine test firings when the engine was fired for 570 seconds on the A-2 test stand at Stennis.
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Marshall Team Completes Propulsion Tests for LADEE
Marshall successfully completed a series of cold-flow tests for the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.
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X-Ray View of A Thousand-Year-Old Cosmic Tapestry
A new image of SN 1006 from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals this supernova remnant in exquisite detail.
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Space Launch System Begins Acoustic Testing
NASA test conductors are making progress on the agency's new rocket by listening closely to the roar of four thrusters.
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James Webb Space Telescope Wings Arrive
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's X-ray and Cryogenic Test Facility recently received the James Webb Space Telescope's wings for testing.
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Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Chandra looks under the "wing" of the dwarf galaxy Small Magellanic Cloud to study the life cycle of stars and the gas lying in between them.