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DM-2 Motor Assembly
NASA and ATK are assembling the final segments of NASA's five-segment development motor, or DM-2, in preparation for the second full-duration ground test.
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Starburst Galaxy M82
'Survivor" black holes may sow the seeds required for the growth of supermassive black holes in galaxies.
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Annual NASA Student Rocketry Challenge Concludes April 17-18 with Smoke, Thunder, Accolades for Inventive Young Flight Engineers
More than 300 students vied to see whose rocket could fly closest to the 1-mile altitude goal and safely return to Earth at the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects rocketry challenge.
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Testing Technology is an Art
An engine nozzle turns a dramatic array of colors during a recent hot-fire test.
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Drogue Parachute Drop Test
NASA has conducted a drogue parachute drop test at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz.
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Galaxy Cluster Abell 3376
Chandra uses observations of galaxy clusters to study the properties of gravity.
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NASA Administrator Visits Marshall's X-Ray and Cryogenic Facility
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden listens as Dave Chaney explains how the James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments are tested in the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility, or XRCF.
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NASA Announces Winners of 17th Great Moonbuggy Race
NASA has announced the victors in the 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race!
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Ares I-X Parachute Analysis
Pull cord, deploy chute. For the Ares I-X team, the trick was in that "pull cord" step.
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Cost and Weight are Key Factors in Manufacturing Space Hardware
NASA and their industry partners unveiled a revolutionary new manufacturing process that could lower the cost of producing a tank dome.
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Fermi Maps an Active Galaxy's 'Smokestack Plumes'
A second ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the launch abort system, designed for the Orion vehicle, was conducted March 17.
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
A second ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the launch abort system, designed for the Orion vehicle, was conducted March 17.
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NASA Spins Manufacturing Technology to Forge New Tank Hardware
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Langley Research Center partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems and MT Aerospace to push the envelope in dome manufacturing.
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Test of the Attitude Control Motor Lights Up the Sky
A second ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the launch abort system, designed for the Orion vehicle, was conducted March 17.
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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Celebrates 50 Years
This year, the Marshall Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting its historical engineering and technology achievements and service to the nation and America's space program.
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How Black Holes May Shape Galaxies
New data from Chandra implies that "average" supermassive black holes may play an important role in the evolution of the galaxies.
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program Conducts Final Motor Test
NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah.
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Chicago Native Chris Randall Honored With 'Trailblazer' Award for Mentoring Students in Fields Crucial to NASA Missions
Chris Randall, a Chicago native, received the "Trailblazer" award at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards ceremony in Baltimore.
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Studying Storms to Improve Global Weather Monitoring
NASA studies data from three unique weather monitoring tools to help predict how storms evolve.
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Chandra Reveals Origin of Key Explosions
Chandra examines the cosmic causes that push a white dwarf "over the edge."