NASA Hosts Media Briefing to Announce New Earth-Observing Role for International Space Station

NASA opens a new era this month in its exploration of our home planet with the launch of the first in a series of Earth science instruments to the International Space Station. A media briefing on this addition to NASA’s Earth-observing program will air at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 8, on NASA Television and the agency's website.



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Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday

A house-sized asteroid will safely fly past Earth this Sunday, Sept. 7. The asteroid, 2014 RC, is about 60 feet (20 meters) wide.

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International Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Data Goes Public

The most accurate and comprehensive collection of rain, snowfall and other types of precipitation data ever assembled now is available to the public. This new resource for climate studies, weather forecasting, and other applications is based on observations by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint mission of NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), with contributions from a constellation of international partner satellites.



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NASA Engineers Conduct Low Light Test on New Technology for Webb Telescope

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Icy Aquifers on Titan Transform Methane Rainfall

A new study suggests that the chemistry of methane rainfall on Saturn's moon Titan might change inside hydrocarbon "aquifers."

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Tracking Traces of Alternative Jet Fuels

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NASA Invites Public to Submit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule

NASA is inviting the worldwide public to submit short messages and images on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard a spacecraft launching to an asteroid in 2016.



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NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Next Orbital Sciences Space Station Resupply Launch

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of the third NASA contracted cargo resupply flight from Virginia to the International Space Station by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia.



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NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore Available for Interviews Before His Space Station Mission

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore, who is making final preparations for his launch this month to the International Space Station, will be available for live satellite interviews from 6-7 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 8.



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An Astronaut's View from Space

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Food for thought.. Teachers!

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