NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission

More than two tons of supplies and NASA science investigations are on the way to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft. The spacecraft launched Saturday on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:47 a.m. EST.



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RS-25 Engine Testing Blazes Forward for NASA's Space Launch System

The new year is off to a hot start for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). The engine that will drive America's next great rocket to deep space blazed through its first successful test Jan. 9 at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.



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NASA Awards Information Technology, Multimedia Services Contract

NASA has exercised the second option of its Information Technology and Multimedia Services (ITAMS) contract with DB Consulting Group, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland, to provide information technology, multimedia, information management and external relations support services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.



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Space Station Crew Available for Interviews Live from Orbiting Laboratory

Crew members of Expedition 42, currently aboard the International Space Station, are available for live interviews with media and social media during their mission aboard the orbital laboratory.



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NASA Satellite Set to Get the Dirt on Soil Moisture

A new NASA satellite that will peer into the topmost layer of Earth's soils to measure the hidden waters that influence our climate is in final preparations for a Jan. 29 launch.

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Will the Real Monster Black Hole Please Stand Up?

New data from NASA's NuSTAR mission determine which of two supermassive black holes is pouring out X-rays in a colliding pair of galaxies.

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NASA Satellite Set to Get the Dirt on Soil Moisture

A new NASA satellite that will peer into the topmost layer of Earth's soils to measure the hidden waters that influence our weather and climate is in final preparations for a Jan. 29 dawn launch from California.



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NASA, SpaceX Set New Launch Date for Next Resupply Mission to Space Station

The fifth official SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract now is scheduled to launch at 4:47 a.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 10, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage of the launch will begin at 3:30 a.m.



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NASA Previews Yearlong Space Station Mission in Jan. 15 Briefing

NASA will hold two briefings Thursday, Jan. 15 at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, to preview the upcoming Expedition 43 mission aboard the International Space Station and the launch of the crew embarking on a yearlong mission. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast the briefings live.



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Unusual Light Signal Hints at Distant Black Hole Merger

Scientists have found what appear to be two supermassive black holes in the final stages of a merger, a rare event never seen before.

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NASA Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing robots to explore volcanoes.

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