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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman records data from a computer display at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, circa 1972. In 1959, she became the first female executive and the first Chief of Astronomy at NASA. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: A Pioneer Begins
March 12, 2024 // by

Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief of astronomy, blazes a trail for the Hubble Space Telescope decades before launch. 

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NASA’s Centers contain a wide variety of purpose-built facilities, including this Space Simulation Vacuum Chamber at Glenn Research Center. Photo Credit: NASA
New Cycle of APPEL KS Leadership Program Begins
February 27, 2024 // by

SELP program includes hands-on assignment at different NASA Center, leadership training, and coaching.

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic showing the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (circled) at its final airfield on Feb. 4, 2024. The helicopter damaged its rotor blades during the landing of its 72nd flight on January 18, 2024. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
NASA’s Ingenuity rotorcraft makes final landing on Mars
February 23, 2024 // by

Small helicopter carried Wright Brothers’ fabric far beyond Earth as it pioneered flight on another planet in the solar system.

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This detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe was created from nine years of data gathered by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. The image reveals 13.77 billion year old temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) that correspond to the seeds that grew to become the galaxies. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: A Turning Point in Cosmology
February 15, 2024 // by

WMAP mission releases stunning map of the Cosmic Microwave Background, a “baby picture” of the Universe.

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New Satellite to Eye Phytoplankton, Aerosols
January 29, 2024 // by

PACE is a major effort to combine oceanic and atmospheric research to better understand the complex systems.

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This map depicts global temperature anomalies for June, July, and August 2023. Areas in yellow and red were warmer than the baseline average from 1951 to 1980. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin
2023’s Record Heat Astonishes Climate Scientists
January 22, 2024 // by

Year that began with a cooling trend quickly warmed to levels unprecedented since modern record-keeping began.

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This Month in NASA History: Opportunity’s Hole in One
January 11, 2024 // by

Rover quickly finds stunning evidence that Mars was once a warmer planet shaped by significant amounts of surface water.

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The International Space Station as seen from a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. In addition to the modules where astronauts live and work, several external structures are visible including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer seen on the far left. Photo Credit: NASA
NASA Marks Anniversary of Joining Unity and Zarya
December 22, 2023 // by

In live Q&A session, the astronauts of ISS Expedition 70 discuss the challenges of weightlessness and the joy of watching lightning from space. 

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Teams have installed the NASA Insignia on Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander in advance of a mission to the Moon that could launch as soon as December 24, 2023. The lander will carry five NASA-sponsored payloads to the lunar surface as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. Photo Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson
NASA Prepares for First CLPS Missions
December 15, 2023 // by

Commercial landers will deliver science payloads in 2024.

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