NanoSail-D Stories

Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands
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Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026.
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Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season
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A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer.
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I Am Artemis: Erik Richards
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Listen to this audio excerpt from Erik Richards, Near Space Network Mission Manager: For Erik Richards, supporting NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon and back is the culmination of a career spent helping spacecraft communicate with Earth. Like many kids who grew up at…
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