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NASA’s EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth’s Electrojets
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Under the nighttime California sky, NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14. Taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, the EZIE mission’s trio of small satellites…

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches to International Space Station
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Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled…

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NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights
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NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days…

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NASA Space Station Research Helps Power Moon Science
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The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future Moon exploration missions and beyond. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue…

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Embracing the Equinox
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Depending on your locale, equinoxes can be seen as harbingers of longer nights and gloomy weather, or promising beacons of nicer temperatures and more sunlight. Observing and predicting equinoxes is one of the earliest skills in humanity’s astronomical toolkit. Many…

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NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits
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Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission’s first trove of scientific data, crucial to investigate how and why subtle changes in Earth’s atmosphere cause disturbances, as well…

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Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Goals
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As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity. Through CLPS, NASA teams worked closely…

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Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse
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The phases of the lunar eclipse are visible in this time-lapse image of the Moon above the Space Environments Complex at NASA’s Glenn Research Center at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, OH on March 14, 2025. Toward the…

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NASA Data Supports Everglades Restoration
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Florida’s coastal wetlands face new threats as sea levels and temperatures climb. NASA’s BlueFlux Campaign is developing a new, satellite-based data product that could shape efforts to protect their future.

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Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlapping, they’re actually a great…

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