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Color Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast
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Something is brewing in shallow waters offshore of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

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NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting a mid-May launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.  Loaded with about 6,500 pounds of supplies, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will lift off aboard the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…

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NASA’s Psyche Mission Captures Mars During Gravity Assist Approach
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Description This colorized image of Mars was captured by NASA’s Psyche mission on May 3, 2026, about 3 million miles (4.8 million kilometers) from the planet. The spacecraft is approaching the planet for a gravity assist on May 15 that…

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I Am Artemis: Anton Kiriwas
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Listen to this audio excerpt from Anton Kiriwas, senior technical integration manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: When Anton Kiriwas first spotted an image of the Moon and Mars hanging over a job fair booth while in college, it…

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NASA, Industry Advance High Performance Spaceflight Computing
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For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations…

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NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon
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With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle…

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Tracy Arm’s Post-Tsunami Landscape
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A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.

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Meet the Fleet: NASA Armstrong Continues Legacy of Flight Research
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NASA’s home for experimental flight is welcoming more flyers to its already high-performing fleet as it continues to support science and aeronautics test missions – continuing the legacy of pioneers like Neil Armstrong. NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,…

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NASA Welcomes Paraguay as 67th Artemis Accords Signatory
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The Republic of Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday during a ceremony in Asunción, becoming the latest nation to commit to the shared principles guiding civil space exploration. “Today, I am proud to welcome Paraguay as the 67th signatory…

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NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1
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Description Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. Data from…

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