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NASA’s Dragonfly to Proceed with Final Mission Design Work

3 min read NASA’s Dragonfly to Proceed with Final Mission Design Work Artist’s Impression: Dragonfly Departs and heads off toward its next landing spot on Titan. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA’s Dragonfly mission has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication – known as Phase C – during […]

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Cassini 10 Years at Saturn Top Images

SSE-Cassini Home Cassini 10 Years at Saturn Top… Cassini Overview Mission About the Mission The Grand Finale The Team Top 10s Saturn Tour FAQ Science Overview Rings Titan Enceladus Moons Magnetosphere Multimedia All Multimedia Audio Featured Raw Images Graphics Hall of Fame Images Videos   1 min read Cassini 10 Years at Saturn Top Images […]

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Cassini Top 10 Images – 2015

SSE-Cassini Home Cassini Top 10 Images – 2015 Cassini Overview Mission About the Mission The Grand Finale The Team Top 10s Saturn Tour FAQ Science Overview Rings Titan Enceladus Moons Magnetosphere Multimedia All Multimedia Audio Featured Raw Images Graphics Hall of Fame Images Videos   1 min read Cassini Top 10 Images – 2015 As […]

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Laser Activity Board

Next Generation Science Standards Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer (MS-PS4) Grades 5-8. Students strengthen their understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum, specifically lasers and their applications, through a series of math, writing, and graphing challenges. This series of activities can be completed together or in parts. Download Laser Activity Board Oct 15, […]

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Composite Pressure System

Since the inception of the technology in the 1970s, White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) has been at the forefront of NASA’s testing and evaluation of composite pressure components, building on unique strengths in Oxygen Systems, Propellants and Aerospace Fluids, Hypervelocity Impact Testing, and Materials Flight Acceptance testing. Our team of experts continues to lead the […]

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Astronaut Andreas Mogensen tries on his spacesuit

iss070e002415 (Oct. 4, 2023) — ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen is pictured trying on his spacesuit and testing its components aboard the International Space Station’s Quest airlock in preparation for an upcoming spacewalk. NASA original

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Expedition 70 crew members pose for a portrait

iss070e002869 (Oct. 11, 2023) — (From left) Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency); and Flight Engineers Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli, both from NASA; and Satoshi Furukawa of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), pose for a portrait aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. The quartet is showing off crew […]

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Astronaut Loral O’Hara tries on her spacesuit

iss070e002889 (Oct. 9, 2023) — NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara is pictured trying on her spacesuit and testing its components aboard the International Space Station’s Quest airlock in preparation for an upcoming spacewalk. NASA original

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Astronaut Andreas Mogensen demonstrates collecting air samples

iss070e003139 (Oct. 12, 2023) — Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) demonstrates collecting air samples to analyze and quantify trace contaminants in the International Space Station’s atmosphere. The Analyzing Interferometer for Ambient Air-2, or ANITA-2, serves as a technology demonstration in support of human exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit. NASA original

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Astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Loral O’Hara service spacesuits

iss070e001172 (Oct. 2, 2023) — Astronauts Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Loral O’Hara of NASA service spacesuits inside the Quest airlock. The duo took turns cleaning cooling loops inside the suits ahead of a spacewalk planned for Oct. 12 to collect microbe samples from specific areas outside of the International Space Station. […]

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Astronauts Andreas Mogensen and Loral O’Hara service spacesuits

iss070e001174 (Oct. 2, 2023) — Astronauts Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European Space Agency) and Loral O’Hara of NASA service spacesuits inside the Quest airlock. The duo took turns cleaning cooling loops inside the suits ahead of a spacewalk planned for Oct. 12 to collect microbe samples from specific areas outside of the International Space Station. […]

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Van Lake and Erçek Lake in Turkey

iss070e001546 (Sept. 30, 2023) — Two lakes in Turkey, the larger Van Lake and the smaller Erçek Lake, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Eurasian region near the Caspian Sea. NASA original

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