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Critical Knowledge inSight: Collaborating Across Cultures
Critical Knowledge inSight: Collaborating Across Cultures
October 14, 2021 // by

Working on international programs and projects makes good collaboration essential.

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An NB-52 mothership carries an X-15 aloft for a research flight on April 13, 1960, Maj. Gen. Robert M. White's first flight in the hypersonic rocket plane. The X-15s reached speeds well beyond 4,000 mph and altitudes that qualified eight pilots for astronaut wings. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: The X-15 Lands
October 8, 2021 // by

Rocket plane pushed the boundaries of aeronautics at dawn of the space race.

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In the fall of 2022, the DART spacecraft will collide head-on with the smaller asteroid in the Didymos system in the first space test of the kinetic impactor method for deflecting an asteroid. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
DART Takes Aim at Asteroid Moonlet
September 29, 2021 // by

Mission will be first space test of kinetic impactor method.

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Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Best Practices for the Elemental Profiling of High-Purity Hydrazine
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Best Practices for the Elemental Profiling of High-Purity Hydrazine
September 27, 2021 // by

Best practices for conducting high-purity hydrazine elemental analysis processes must be followed to avoid sample contamination that could impact space missions.

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Twelve orbits a day provide the MOC wide angle cameras on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor with a global snapshot of weather patterns across the planet. Here, bluish-white water ice clouds hang above the Tharsis volcanoes. Credit: NASA
Mars: The Next Giant Leap for Humanity
September 24, 2021 // by

NASA’s Administrator discusses Moon to Mars plans at summit. 

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Adapting to Change
Critical Knowledge inSight: Adapting to Change
September 20, 2021 // by

External circumstances can cause the need for NASA programs and projects to adapt and change. 

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The Space Shuttle Program returned to flight on September 29, 1988—33 years ago this month—with the launch of Discovery on STS-26 from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Return to Flight
September 16, 2021 // by

Team of spaceflight veterans begins recovery with STS-26.

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A team led by NASA researchers was able to use data from the more than two years OSIRIS-REx spent examining Bennu to model the asteroid’s orbital trajectory with unprecedented precision through 2300. Credit: NASA
OSIRIS-REx Team Models Bennu’s Future Path
August 30, 2021 // by

Data from sample return mission allows unprecedented precision. 

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Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Copper Tube Pinch Failure
August 26, 2021 // by

While pinching copper tubes is a standard practice for many applications on Earth, it presents challenges for spaceflight applications.

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