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The crew of STS-30 deploys the Magellan probe to Venus, the first planetary spacecraft to be launched from the space shuttle. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Atlantis Deploys Magellan
May 11, 2021 // by

Crew of STS-30 sends probe to map volcanic surface of Venus.

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APPEL KS Creates New Webinar Series on Leadership
April 29, 2021 // by

Quick LIfTTS concentrates on the essential skills leaders need to take on today’s challenges. 

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This timed exposure taken on March 5, 1981, shows the preparation work at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad A, Complex 39, to prepare Columbia for the first launch of the space shuttle program, STS-1. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: STS-1 Begins New Era
April 16, 2021 // by

A veteran astronaut and a rookie team up on a test pilot’s dream. 

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This illustration depicts the upcoming Wright Brothers moment for the team of the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity. NASA is targeting April for the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Team Readies Trailblazing Helicopter for Flight on Mars
April 9, 2021 // by

Ingenuity will demonstrate transformative technology for planetary exploration.

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The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System roars through a “hot fire test” on Thursday, March 18, 2021, filling the sky with steam at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. Credit: NASA
SLS Core Stage Blazes Through Hot Fire Test
March 26, 2021 // by

Backbone of most powerful rocket ever built clears final test hurdle.

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This look back at a dune that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove across was taken by the rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the 538th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 9, 2014). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Perseverance Joins Odyssey, MRO, Curiosity, MAVEN and InSight at Mars
March 11, 2021 // by

NASA’s active missions at the Red Planet responsible for decades of revelations. 

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NASA astronaut Shannon W. Lucid communicates with the ground support team inside the Core Module of the Russian Mir Space Station in 1996. Lucid, who holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry, spent six months on Mir performing experiments, setting a record for longest female space flight. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Lucid Arrives at Mir
March 3, 2021 // by

Record-setting stay spotlights growing cooperation in space. 

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The Perseverance Rover is lowered to the surface of Mars by the Descent Stage, via nylon cables. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Perseverance Team Overcomes Seven Minutes of Terror
February 23, 2021 // by

Rover lands safely on Mars, begins mission that includes sample return work.

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This artist's-concept illustration depicts the spacecraft of NASA's Psyche mission near the mission's target, the metal asteroid Psyche. The artwork was created in May 2017 to show the five-panel solar arrays planned for the spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA Mission to Intriguing Metal Asteroid Moves Forward
February 9, 2021 // by

Psyche spacecraft seeks to identify if object in main belt is the core of a past planet.

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