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  • Engineers check on the GPM spacecraft after successful completion of its first comprehensive performance test. The silver disc and drum (center) is the GPM Microwave Imager, and the large block on the base is the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. The tall golden antenna is the High Gain Antenna fo

    NASA's GPM Observatory Completes First Dry Run

    10.17.12 - NASA's GPM Core Observatory satellite went through its first complete comprehensive performance test (CPT), beginning on Oct. 4, 2012 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

  • exoskeleton

    Exoskeleton Could Give Improved Mobility and Strength

    Spinoff may help astronauts stay healthier in space with the added benefit of assisting paraplegics in walking here on Earth.

  • Space Technology Research Fellowship

    Investing in America's Technology Future

    NASA seeks Space Technology Research Fellowship applicants.

  • Artist rendition of TDRS-K deployed

    NASA to Upgrade Vital Communications Link

    10.05.12 - Technicians and engineers are completing final system checks and spacecraft inspections on the first of NASA's third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS).

  • Reduced Gravity Flight

    Scientists Developing Dust Mitigation for Exploration

    10.5.12 - One of the challenges in exploring the moon or planets is dust. Scientists in Kennedy's Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory are developing ways to mitigate this problem.

  • The roto-capsule in flight

    Engineers Test Rotor Landing for Capsules

    10.03.12 - Equipping capsules with rotor blades instead of parachutes would give a returning capsule a softer, more precise landing, engineers said.

  • Engineers tuck layers of blanketing in between the gold colored louvers on the James Webb Space Telescope.

    Blanketing NASA's Webb Telescope's Science Instrument Electronics

    10.02.12 - Engineers from Genesis Engineering Solutions perform a two day "blanket closeout" on the James Webb Space Telescope.

  • Webb mirror

    First Two Webb Telescope Flight Mirrors Delivered to NASA

    09.24.12 - The first two of the 18 primary mirrors to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

  • Orion Crew Access Arm

    Orion Crew Access Arm Reaches for New, Heritage Technologies

    09.21.12 - Kennedy Space Center Ground Systems Development and Operations engineers are combining heritage technology and new innovations to design the crew access arm for the Orion spacecraft.

  • Full-scale test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft

    Orion Spacecraft Makes Virginia Air & Space Center Home

    09.21.12 - Virginia Air & Space Center will receive a full-scale test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft to become part of the center's permanent collection.

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