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Podcast Episode 17: Astronaut Training
Podcast Episode 17: Astronaut Training

NASA Astronaut Candidate Woody Hoburg discusses his experiences as the 2017 NASA Astronaut Class approaches the two-year mark of extensive training for space travel.

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New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history. Pictured in the lead car, from the right, are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Credit: NASA/Bill Taub
This Month in NASA History: From the Moon to an Airstream Trailer

Apollo 11 astronauts end 21 days in quarantine and finally return home. 

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Podcast Episode 16: Ocean-Atmosphere Understanding

Kathleen McIntyre, PACE Deputy Project Manager, discusses NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission.

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Critical Knowledge inSight: Three Essential Factors to NASA’s Success

Individual accountability, teamwork and communication determine success at NASA.

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LOFTID pack and deployment testing started with a load test to verify that the heat shield will perform as expected in flight under real-life conditions. Credit: NASA
Inflatable Decelerator Could Unlock Larger Missions to Mars

New technology, set for major test in 2022, might hold one of the keys to a crewed mission to Mars.

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Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Integrated Cross-cutting Approach to Environmental Compliance and Risk Reduction
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Integrated Cross-cutting Approach to Environmental Compliance and Risk Reduction

The Space Shuttle Transition and Retirement team demonstrated that identifying a cross-cutting environmental function and having an integrated team are essential to successful management and disposition of a large amount of property.

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On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, NASA unveiled the completed Orion crew capsule for the Artemis 1 mission. Credit: NASA
Orion Takes Another Step Toward the Moon

On Apollo 11 anniversary, NASA unveils completed crew module for Artemis 1.

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Generation-3 Navigational Doppler Lidar device. Credit: NASA
NASA Testing New Technology to Aid Moon Landing

Lidar systems are increasing precision by more than an order of magnitude.

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Podcast Episode 15: 20 Years of Chandra Discoveries

Chandra X-ray Observatory Project Manager Helen Cole and Project Scientist Martin Weisskopf discuss 20 years of exploring the extreme universe.

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