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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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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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