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NASA’s Day of Remembrance focuses on the members lost in the Columbia Shuttle for its 20th anniversary

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on January 26, 2023 · Family and guests paid respects to lost lives at the Johnson Space Center’s Astronaut Memorial Grove today with a focus on the Columbia accident that occurred on February 1, 2003.

Tags Apollo Challenger disaster Columbia 20 year anniversary nasa space shuttle Columbia

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Houston stargazers can see green comet in the sky during January, early February

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on January 18, 2023 · The comet is not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but those with binoculars and away from Houston's city lights can try to spot it in the overnight hours.

Tags comet green comet nasa space exploration

NASA

NASA expecting busy year as it prepares for next Artemis launch in 2024

Jack Williams

Posted on January 2, 2023 · Judging from the early returns of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is off to a good start. The empty Orion crew module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja on December 11 after a 25-day mission that covered 1.3 million miles, including a loop around the Moon.

Tags Artemis Program destination moon nasa

AstroAccess

Health & Science

Aiming for inclusion in space, AstroAccess conducts weightless test flight in Houston with disabled crew members

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on December 16, 2022 · Crew members with hearing, visual and mobility impairments tested accessibility features on Thursday while aboard an aircraft that simulated a zero-gravity environment at an altitude of 25,000 feet.

Tags accessibility and inclusion AstroAccess disabled nasa space exploration

NASA

NASA’s Artemis I returns from the moon with hopes to get astronauts back there soon

NPR

Posted on December 12, 2022 · The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.

Tags artemis mission artemis re-entry nasa

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NASA’s Artemis I makes way to moon after successful launch

Mariana Navarro

Posted on November 18, 2022 · After multiple delays, NASA's Artemis I rocket launched Wednesday and is set to travel to the moon and back.

Tags Artemis I kennedy space center Moon rocket launch nasa space exploration

NASA

After a night of uncertainty, NASA’s Artemis moon rocket takes to the skies

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR

Posted on November 16, 2022 · NASA's Artemis moon rocket has finally launched after months of setbacks, from fuel leaks to hurricanes. If successful, the mission signals a big step toward returning humans to the moon.

Tags artemis Artemis 1

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NASA

Moon rocket launch looms as NASA evaluates hurricane damage

Marcia Dunn, AP

Posted on November 14, 2022 · The nearly monthlong $4 billion mission has been grounded since August by fuel leaks and Hurricane Ian, which forced the rocket back into its hangar for shelter at the end of September.

Tags Artemis 1

NASA

Space Center Houston announces expansion with new moon, Mars facilities

Matthew Thomas

Posted on October 18, 2022 · In addition to the new terrain spaces, visitors will also be able to watch actual astronaut training through an elevated exhibit hall.

Tags Houston Tourism space center houston tourism

NASA

NASA’s Artemis Program is the most diverse in its history. Here is why that matters.

Mariana Navarro

Posted on October 14, 2022 · NASA’s Artemis program is, to date, the most inclusive mission. It is multinational and multigender.

Tags diversity at NASA engineering nasa NASA en Español stem

NASA

NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

James Doubek, NPR

Posted on October 11, 2022 · NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

Tags DART Mission nasa

NASA

This is what NASA’s spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

Rachel Treisman, NPR

Posted on September 27, 2022 · NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday night. These are the final images it captured as it hurtled toward the rocky surface.

Tags asteroid DART Mission nasa

NASA

NASA delays Artemis 1 moon mission for third time as Ian approaches

NPR

Posted on September 26, 2022 · The launch of the uncrewed space vehicle was scheduled for Tuesday but is being pushed back because Tropical Storm Ian might hit Florida next week as a hurricane.

Tags Artemis 1 Artemis Program nasa

NASA

Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA is shoving an asteroid to test planetary defense

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR

Posted on September 26, 2022 · Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA's first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.

Tags Armageddon Bruce Willis DART Deep Impact Double Asteroid Redirection Test nasa

NASA

NASA commemorates JFK’s moon speech at Rice Stadium 60 years later as NASA plans new moon mission

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on September 12, 2022 · President Kennedy gave the iconic speech nearly seven years before American astronauts stepped foot on the lunar surface during the summer of 1969.

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Houston stargazers can see green comet in the sky during January, early February

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on January 18, 2023 · The comet is not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but those with binoculars and away from Houston's city lights can try to spot it in the overnight hours.

Tags comet green comet nasa space exploration

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2628: The Edge of Space

Michael Barratt

Posted on January 11, 2023 · Episode: 2628 When traveling into space, how do you know you’re there? Today, astronaut Michael Barratt asks, where exactly is the border of space?

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NASA expecting busy year as it prepares for next Artemis launch in 2024

Jack Williams

Posted on January 2, 2023 · Judging from the early returns of the Artemis 1 mission, NASA is off to a good start. The empty Orion crew module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja on December 11 after a 25-day mission that covered 1.3 million miles, including a loop around the Moon.

Tags Artemis Program destination moon nasa

AstroAccess

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Aiming for inclusion in space, AstroAccess conducts weightless test flight in Houston with disabled crew members

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on December 16, 2022 · Crew members with hearing, visual and mobility impairments tested accessibility features on Thursday while aboard an aircraft that simulated a zero-gravity environment at an altitude of 25,000 feet.

Tags accessibility and inclusion AstroAccess disabled nasa space exploration

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