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The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on its first flight, STS-41-D, on August 30, 1984, 37 years ago this month. The crew deployed three satellites and heard knocking at the payload bay doors. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Discovery’s First Launch
August 5, 2021 // by

Crew deploys record number of satellites, hears knocking at the door.

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Project Knowledge Expo A Diverse, Lively Learning Event
July 27, 2021 // by

Attendees engaged with experts in knowledge management, strategic thinking, and human performance.

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Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular. The folding “manned spacecraft on wheels” was a game changer for the Apollo Program, freeing astronauts to explore larger swaths of the lunar surface. This photograph was taken by Mission Commander David Scott. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Unfolding a Car on the Moon
July 8, 2021 // by

Team develops ‘manned spacecraft on wheels’ on tight deadline.

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This rendering shows the planned configuration for all six iROSA solar arrays. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet have installed the first two, the upper and lower iROSAs on the P6 truss, shown here at the far right. Credit: NASA
Astronauts Continue Space Station Power Upgrades
June 29, 2021 // by

New solar arrays, batteries, prepare ISS for key role in Artemis, commercial applications.

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Two Teams Answer NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge
June 22, 2021 // by

Winners will advance the technology aboard the International Space Station. 

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The Space Life Science-1 (SLS-1), modular lab in the cargo bay of Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-40 in 1991. It was the first Spacelab mission dedicated solely to life sciences research. Research focused on the mechanisms and magnitudes of physiological changes during space flight. Credit: NASA/MSFC
This Month in NASA History: STS-40 Carries Spacelab
June 7, 2021 // by

Crew of accomplished professionals researches life science in space.

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The James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror, segments of which are seen here prepared for cryogenic testing in 2011, has unfolded for the last time on Earth as the team anticipates a launch this fall. Credit: NASA/MSFC/David Higginbotham
First Research for James Webb Space Telescope Set
May 24, 2021 // by

Team anticipates launch of largest, most powerful space telescope ever built.

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Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Crew-1 Splashes Down in the Dark, Like Apollo 8
May 20, 2021 // by

Two missions, half a century apart, share a few things in common.

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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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