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NASA Uses Subscale Aircraft to Accelerate Flight Innovation

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Testing new aerospace concepts in flight remains one of NASA’s most effective ways to advance knowledge and reduce risk. The Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, supports this ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:56 +0000

NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids

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A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover new clues about ancient water, the chemical evolution of primitive asteroids, and the ingredients that may have helped make life possible througho...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:28 +0000

How NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will Pave Way for Moon Landings

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Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rendezvous and docking operations between commercial human landing systems and...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:50 +0000

Anil Menon Launches to Space Station

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NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon and her children watch as a Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrom...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:48 +0000

Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm

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Description Billions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another as they moved across the surface. These layers of sediment eventually hardened into the multilayered rocks seen in this i...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Provides Sweeping View of Broom Point

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Description This view looking back up at the outside lip of the 490-foot-tall (150-meter-tall) rim of Jezero Crater was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance on May 15, 2025, the 1,505th day, or sol, of the rover’s mission to Ma...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:59 +0000