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In the early 1930s, astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky studied the Coma Cluster—shown here in an image obtained by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory—and discovered a puzzling inconsistency that led him to theorize the presence of dark matter. Photo Credit: NASA
Missions Focus on Dark Matter, Dark Energy
July 21, 2023 // by

New telescopes designed to address pressing mysteries in astrophysics.

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Within days of the launch, Landsat 1 acquired an image of an astounding 81,000-acre fire burning in isolated, central Alaska. For the first time ever, scientists and resource management officials were able to see the full extent of damage from a fire in a single image while it was still burning. Photo Credit: NASA/USGS
This Month in NASA History: A Closer Look at Earth
July 14, 2023 // by

Landsat 1 demonstrated the value of multispectral scanner technology.

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Engineers install multilayer insulation (MLI) on the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) instrument inside Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility on Oct. 20, 2022. Photo Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
June 2023 INSIGHT Now Available
June 30, 2023 // by

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcast episodes, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

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The GIDEP Logo–Government-Industry Data Exchange Program. Credit: GIDEP
Spotlight on Lessons Learned: Improved Operations and Backlog Management of NANADARTS at GRC
June 29, 2023 // by

Increased awareness and improved processes helped to quickly eliminate a massive backlog of NANADARTS documents.

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The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in unprecedented detail. Massive stars race through their lifecycles, and only some of them go through a brief Wolf-Rayet phase before going supernova. Photo Credit: NASA
Webb’s First Year of Impressive Science
June 23, 2023 // by

Space telescope reveals key details of early galaxies, exoplanets.  

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More than 5,000 exoplanets have been identified, representing only a small fraction of total number and displaying the great diversity in the universe. Illustration Credit: Artist’s illustration/NASA/JPL-Caltech
Worlds Around Small Star Come into Focus
June 20, 2023 // by

Technology builds understanding of Crater constellation.

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President Ronald Reagan (tan suit) waves from the podium as thousands of spectators cheer. More than half a million people gathered to watch Space Shuttle Columbia touch down following STS-4. The prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise is behind Reagan. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Fourth of July Present to Remember
June 12, 2023 // by

Columbia impresses Apollo veteran Ken Mattingly.

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ARMD artist’s concept. Photo Credit: NASA
Knowledge Community Corner: NASA ARMD’s Ian Boyd
June 2, 2023 // by

Ian Boyd discusses knowledge sharing in NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.

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NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi (partially obscured) are pictured in their spacesuits, exiting the International Space Station's Quest airlock and beginning a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. Credit: NASA
May 2023 INSIGHT Now Available
May 31, 2023 // by

Don’t miss the latest issue of INSIGHT, APPEL Knowledge Services’ online publication featuring our new podcast episodes, columns, articles, lessons learned and more. We invite you to read it today on our website.

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