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  • Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-C1 setup in the Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module. (NASA)

    Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

    06.18.13 - Expedition 36 is hard at work 200-plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

  • Scott Luthcke

    Scott Luthcke - Weighing in on Ice Sheet Weight

    06.18.13 - Geophysicist Scott Luthcke finds weighing the ice sheets is sometimes easier than coaching his three daughters in field hockey.

  • J. Bryan Blair

    James 'Bryan' Blair - Looking for the Next Mountain

    06.18.13 - Mathematician-turned-instrument scientist James "Bryan" Blair takes an unconventional approach and is always looking for that next mountain to climb.

  • Interior of ATV-4

    Expedition 36 Update: June 18, 2013

    06.18.13 - The station's Expedition 36 crew opened the hatch to the "Albert Einstein" Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 at 4:40 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

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  • Astronaut Luca Parmitano

    Expedition 36 Update: June 17, 2013

    06.17.13 - The station's Expedition 36 crew kicked off the workweek with spacewalk preps, telerobotics and activities related to a recently arrived cargo ship.

    › Space Station Live  |  › View Crew Timelines
  • This simulated view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows the expected positions of Saturn and Earth on July 19, 2013, around the time Cassini will take Earth's picture.

    Cassini Probe to Take Photo of Earth From Deep Space

    06.18.13 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now exploring Saturn, will take a picture of our home planet from a distance of hundreds of millions of miles on July 19.

  • ATV-4 approaches station

    “Albert Einstein” Delivers Gear to Expedition 36 Crew

    06.15.13 - Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) automatically docked Saturday at 10:07 a.m. EDT to the aft-end port of the Zvezda service module.

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  • Commercial Crew Program Manager Ed Mango and partner representatives at the June National Space Club meeting

    Commercial Partners Working to Launch U.S. Astronauts from Space Coast

    06.14.13 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program partners shard plans to launch U.S. astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Space Coast during a National Space Club meeting in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

  • Luca Parmitano and Chris Cassidy

    Expedition 36 Update: June 14, 2013

    06.14.13 - The Automated Transfer Vehicle 4, "Albert Einstein," is on its way to dock with the International Space Station at 10:07 a.m. EDT.

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  • S-3 Viking aircraft flying through the clouds.

    NASA Tests Radio for Unmanned Aircraft Operations

    06.14.13 - NASA is flight testing a radio that could be used for communications with remotely piloted vehicles.

  • This fisheye image shows the four MMS observatories inside the cleanroom at Goddard.

    NASA’s MMS Achieves Major Mission Milestone

    06.14.13 - This fisheye image shows NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, observatories inside the cleanroom at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

  • A well-defined plume of dust swept across the entire Atlantic Ocean on June 24, 2009.

    HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

    06.14.13 - NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.

  • conceptual image of a black hole from a computer simulation

    NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations

    06.14.13 - The study confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.

  • A bright, central galaxy has asymmetric arms, including one spilling down and to the right, a small funnel spraying up from that, and a bubble-like arm on the left.

    Hubble Spots a Very Bright Contortionist

    06.14.13 - In this image, the twisted shape hides a number of features. In the very complex and disturbed central region, scientists have distinguished two nuclei, remains of two different galaxies.

  • Henry May

    Henry May Opening the Way for Future Explorers

    06.14.13 - NASA Launch Vehicle Systems lead Henry May is working with companies who are designing transportation for astronauts to the International Space Station.

  • The black framework of the Webb superstructure sits in a white cleanroom

    Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed

    06.14.13 - Assembly of James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame.

  • Deaf-Blind Camp of Maryland participants sign

    A Tactile Tour of Goddard

    06.13.13 - Some 100 campers from the Deaf-Blind Camp of Maryland visited Goddard on June 12 to learn about NASA with a variety of hands-on activities.

  • technician shines a light into the aperture of an UV spectrograph

    MAVEN's UV Spectrograph May Help Reveal Mars Atmospheric History

    06.13.13 - MAVEN is designed to answer questions about the Martian atmosphere. Extremely high resolution ultraviolet imagery may help piece together the big picture.

  • Hubble NICMOS observations of protoplanetary disk around red dwarf star TW Hydrae

    Hubble Uncovers Farthest Planet Forming From its Star

    06.13.13 - Of the almost 900 known planets outside our solar system, this is the first to be found at such a great distance from its star.

  • Luca Parmitano

    Expedition 36 Update: June 13, 2013

    06.13.13 - Expedition 36 is waiting for supplies from Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 due to arrive at the International Space Station this Saturday at 9:46 a.m. EDT.

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