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  • This artist's rendition shows the NICER SEXTANT payload that NASA recently selected as its next Explorer Mission of Opportunity.

    NASA Taps the Power of Zombie Stars in Two-in-One Instrument

    04.05.13 - NICER will not only reveal why neutron stars are the densest objects in nature, but also demonstrate navigation technology that could revolutionize travel to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.

  • in this image, rotated 90-degrees from the orientation recorded by Hubble - a spoon-shaped galaxy features a bright starburst on the spoon end

    Hubble Sees Light and Dust in a Nearby Starburst Galaxy

    04.05.13 - Visible as a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky, J082354.96 is a starburst galaxy, so named because of the incredibly high rate of star formation occurring within it.

  • This combination image shows satellite data from NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 depicted as two rounded images of the Earth as if you were simultaneously looking at the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with very wide-set eyes.

    Bi-ocular Animations of Two Oceans

    04.05.13 - This new combination video of NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 satellite data shows two rounded images of the Earth as if you were simultaneously looking at the Atlantic and Pacific oceans with very wide-set eyes.

  • Earth Day 2013

    Earth Month 2013  →

    Astronauts aboard the International Space Station capture beautiful imagery of our planet through the Crew Earth Observations experiment.

    › Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth  →  |  › Earth Month 2013
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    Micro Aerospace Solutions is new partner at SSPF

    04.05.13 - NASA and Micro Aerospace Solutions partner to test and process a variety of small satellites and payloads at Kennedy for delivery to the International Space Station.

  • NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn services the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Weekly Recap From the Lead Increment Scientist

    04.08.13 - Expedition 34 is hard at work 200 plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

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    Angry Birds Roost at Visitor Complex

    04.05.13 - The Angry Birds exhibit opened at Kennedy's Visitor Complex with games to encourage children to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

  • An artist's impression of the Pioneer and Saturn encounter.

    NASA Celebrates Four Decades of Plucky Pioneer 11

    04.05.2013 - Forty years ago a small, ambitious spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, heading towards the third-brightest point of light in the night sky.

  • Museum in a Box

    Education Specialists Explore ‘Museum in a Box’

    04.04.13 - Museum in a Box is a series of hands-on lessons and activities tied to K-12 National Science Standards and teaches physical science through aeronautics.

  • Titan in natural color (left) and in enhanced color (right)

    Mapping the Chemistry Needed for Life at Europa

    04.04.13 - A new study led by a NASA researcher provides the first observations of the global distribution of hydrogen peroxide across the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.

  • Artist's concept depicts a dense, dead star called a white dwarf crossing in front of a small, red star

    Gravity-Bending Find Leads to Kepler Meeting Einstein

    04.04.2013 - The light of a red star is warped and magnified by its dead-star companion, as detected by NASA's Kepler space telescope.

  • The Orlando Science Center's exhibit, Corrosion: The Silent Menace

    Fighting the 'Silent Menace'

    04.04.13 - Kennedy's corrosion lab contributes to worldwide efforts and education in the fight against the costly problem.

  • Harley Thronson

    'Interdependence' Key Theme of 51st Goddard Memorial Symposium

    04.04.13 - "Success Through Interdependence" was the theme of the American Astronautical Society's (AAS) 51st Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium held March 19-21 at the Marriott Hotel in Greenbelt, Md.

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    Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova

    04.04.13 - Hubble found the farthest supernova ever recorded. Supernova SN Wilson, named after American President Woodrow Wilson, exploded more than 10 billion years ago.

  • Io and Jupiter

    Scientists to Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place

    04.04.13 - Researchers discover on Io a mysterious eastward offset between where volcanoes are and where they are perdicted to be.

  • artist concept of first TDRS satellite

    NASA Marks 30th Anniversary of TDRS Era

    04.04.13 - On April 4, 1983, space shuttle Challenger began its maiden voyage carrying a new satellite that would revolutionize low-Earth orbit communications.

  • Screen capture from animation of Arctic Sea Ice Maximum for 2013.

    Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Fifth Lowest on Record

    04.03.13 - The Arctic Ocean's icy cover reached its annual maximum extent on February 28. At 5.82 million square miles, the 2013 sea ice winter extent is the fifth lowest in the satellite era.

  • Luca Parmitano

    Preflight Interview: Luca Parmitano

    04.04.13 - "I like this job and I feel that this is my job. I am happy that I could do it and that I was selected for the job."

  • Fyodor Yurchkhin

    Preflight Interview: Fyodor Yurchkhin

    04.04.13 - "Going to space is hard work, and having it, pulling it off flawlessly is something that NASA and all the international partners do amazingly well."

  • Karen Nyberg

    Preflight Interview: Karen Nyberg

    04.04.13 - "I don’t know what profession would be more interesting than being a cosmonaut."

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