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  • Boeing concept of CST-100 operations in C3PF

    CST-100 Reviews Road to Mission Operations

    02.21.13 - Boeing's plans for its CST-100 spacecraft continue to firm up as the aerospace company works with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to establish what will be needed to communicate with the spacecraft and recover it when it returns from a mission.

  • Tom Marshburn, Kevin Ford and Chris Hadfield

    Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 21, 2013

    02.21.13 - Expedition 34 crew members checked their Soyuz seats and prepared for a station reboost in advance of next month’s crew change.

    › ISS Update video  |  › Crew timelines
  • Artist's impression of JUICE

    NASA and JPL Contribute to European Jupiter Mission

    02.21.13 - NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency mission to study Jupiter and three of its largest moons.

  • A view from a NASA chase plane during a test flight of the blended wing body X-48B remote-piloted vehicle in April 2008. Image credit: NASA Dryden/Lori Losey

    Aeronautics Making Air Travel Safer, Greener, Efficient

    02.21.13 - Our work will help find solutions for increasing the capacity, efficiency and flexibility of our national airspace.

  • A constant stream of particles and electromagnetic waves streams from the sun toward Earth, which is surrounded by a protective bubble called the magnetosphere.

    Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind

    02.21.13 - A NASA Goddard scientist has created a set of necessary equations to describe a kind of magnetic wave, known as an Alfvén wave, in the solar wind.

  • Peggy Foletta's class from Kingsburg High School in Kingsburg, Calif., spelled out

    NASA/GLOBE Hand Down Pollution Studies to Calif. Students

    02.20.13 - Teachers are parlaying interest in the DISCOVER-AQ campaign into science lessons for students.

  • Active Region 1678 has grown quickly over a 2 day period, Feb. 19-20, 2013.

    SDO Observes Fast-Growing Sunspot

    02.20.13 - Over the course of Feb. 19-20, 2013, scientist watched a giant sunspot form in under 48 hours.

  • Workers prepare the payload container for shipment.

    Kennedy Team Continues Space Station Support

    02.20.13 - Processing teams at Kennedy are still working to keep the station's hardware fit.

  • Tom Marshburn

    Preflight Interview: Chris Cassidy

    02.20.13 - "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."

  • Chris Hadfield

    Preflight Interview: Pavel Vinogradov

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

  • Roman Romanenko

    Preflight Interview: Alexander Misurkin

    02.21.13 - "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."

  • iss034e051551 -- Roman Romanenko

    Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 20, 2013

    02.20.13 - The crew is back to work after Tuesday’s comm loss. A trio of astronauts also took questions from NASA social media followers.

    › ISS Update video  |  › Crew timelines
  • On July 19, 2012, an eruption occurred on the sun that produced 3 results; 1) a moderately powerful solar flare, 2) a CME and 3) coronal rain.

    SDO Shows A Little Rain On the Sun

    02.20.13 - On July 19, 2012, the sun treated viewers to one of its dazzling magnetic displays -- a phenomenon known as coronal rain.

  • James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing.

    Webb Instruments

    02.20.13 - American manufacturing is critical to the development of NASA’s scientific instruments, satellites and telescopes – specifically the James Webb Space Telescope.

  • First Curiosity drilling sample in the scoop

    NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample

    02.20.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet.

  • artist concept of Glory

    Glory Launch Failure Summary Released

    02.19.13 - NASA has released a summary report on findings from a panel that investigated the unsuccessful 2011 launch of the agency's Glory spacecraft.

  • A Biological Research in Canisters experiment package with five Petri dish fixation units (PDFU) installed. The PDFUs each contain a Petri dish with the biological sample to be flown in space. (NASA)

    Experiment Helping Study Plant Growth in Space

    03.04.13 - Researchers to grow knowledge of plants in microgravity environments with BRIC-17 investigations launching with SpaceX Dragon.

  • Earth is surrounded by a giant magnetic bubble, called the magnetosphere.

    Six Years of THEMIS: Understanding the Magnetosphere

    02.19.13 - In THEMIS's sixth year in space, it is helping to show how even small variations in the magnetosphere can sometimes cause extreme space weather responses, helping scientist map and predict events in this complex system.

  • With snow-capped Mt. Jefferson in the Cascade Range providing the backdrop, the NSC balloon carrying the NMT prototype data acquisition payload begins its ascent from the Madras, Ore., airport

    NSC Balloon Lofts NMT Space-Technology Payload

    02.19.13 - Data acquisition system developed by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology would monitor integrity of commercial space vehicle structure.

  • Recipients of 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Credit: NASA

    NASA Announces 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Awards

    02.19.13 - Ten distinguished NASA employees have been recognized in this year’s Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA). The ten awardees are from three NASA centers and received their awards during a three-day conference Feb. 7-9, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

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