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NASA News: NASA Highlights Science on Next Commercial Mission to Space Station

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NASA Highlights Science on Next Commercial Mission to Space Station NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Nov. 2, to discuss select science investigations and technology demonstrations launching on the next Orbital ATK commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station. Published October 30, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: Ohio Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station

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Ohio Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station Students at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, will speak with NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 10:10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Published October 30, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission

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Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission After more than 15 productive years in orbit, the U.S./German GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) satellite mission has ended science operations. Published October 27, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Space Station Cargo Launch

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NASA Invites Media to Upcoming Space Station Cargo Launch Media accreditation is open for launch of the next SpaceX commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station, currently targeted for no earlier than December. Published October 26, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Awards Multiple Construction Contracts

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NASA Awards Multiple Construction Contracts NASA has awarded 24 Multiple Award Construction Contract Two (MACC-II) contracts to 20 small businesses and four under full and open competition to large firms for general construction services at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and several other agency locations. Published October 24, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: International Space Station Crew Invites Public Along for Photographic Trip Around World

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International Space Station Crew Invites Public Along for Photographic Trip Around World NASA astronaut and Expedition 53 Commander Randy Bresnik will spend one full orbit photographing Earth from the International Space Station on Monday, Oct. 23, and he is inviting people around the globe to share images from their Earth-side vantage point on social media. Published October 20, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Landsat 9 Mission

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Landsat 9 Mission NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC (ULS) of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for the Landsat 9 mission. The mission is currently targeted for a contract launch date of June 2021, while protecting for the ability to launch as early as December 2020, on an Atlas V 401 rocket from Space Launch Complex 3E at Vandenberg Air For Published October 19, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6A Mission

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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Sentinel-6A Mission NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the Sentinel-6A mission. Launch is currently targeted for November 2020, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Published October 19, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: Georgia Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station

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Georgia Students to Speak with NASA Astronauts on Space Station Students at New Prospect Elementary School in Alpharetta, Georgia, will speak with the NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 10:50 a.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 23. Published October 19, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event

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NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event For the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to two merging neutron stars in the galaxy NGC 4993, located about 130 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Hydra. Published October 16, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: Facebook Live with Astronauts Kicks Off Year of Education on Space Station

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Facebook Live with Astronauts Kicks Off Year of Education on Space Station The first major event for the Year of Education on Station (YES) will be hosted by NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli on a special Facebook Live broadcast from the International Space Station. Published October 12, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike

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NASA Pinpoints Cause of Earth's Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth's tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. Published October 12, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet

NASA News: NASA Announces Briefing on Carbon Mission Science Results

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NASA Announces Briefing on Carbon Mission Science Results NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, to discuss new research to be published this week on changing global levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The research is based on data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission and other satellites. Published October 10, 2017 Read more from NASA Manage this Applet