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2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, the year’s globally averaged temperature was 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit (1.02 degrees Celsius) warmer than the baseline 1951-1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)…
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Astrobotic Completes Successful Testing with NASA’s Water Detecting Payloads
Pittsburgh, PA – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThree of NASA’s payloads set to fly aboard Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in 2021 have successfully completed preliminary interface simulation testing between Astrobotic, NASA’s Ames Research Center, and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center payload teams.The three payloads successfully completed simulated end to end testing of the Peregrine power, data, and software interfaces. The test included verifications of…
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NASA Highlights Astrophysics Missions at ‘Super Bowl of Astronomy’
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on Jan. 11 to correct the time of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Town Hall, which is taking place at 1:40 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15. Experts from across NASA will discuss topics ranging from black holes to exploding stars to planets beyond our solar system at the 237th meeting of the American Astronomical Society…
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NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Space, Earth, Biological, Physical Sciences
NASA and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have signed a memorandum of understanding affirming the agencies’ intent to continue their longstanding partnership in mutually beneficial research activities advancing space, Earth, biological, and physical sciences to further U.S. national space policy and promote the progress of science. The agreement addresses a broad range of research and activities in many areas of science, engineering, and…
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NASA to Air Departure of Upgraded SpaceX Cargo Dragon from Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon that arrived to the International Space Station on the company’s 21st resupply services mission for NASA is scheduled to depart on Monday, Jan. 11, loaded with 5,200 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo. NASA Television and the agency’s website will broadcast its departure live beginning at 9 a.m. EST. The upgraded Dragon spacecraft will execute the first undocking of a…
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Press Releases
NASA Approves Heliophysics Missions to Explore Sun, Earth’s Aurora
NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth. Together, NASA’s contribution to the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope Epsilon Mission, or EUVST, and the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer, or EZIE, will help us understand the Sun and Earth as an interconnected system. iss059e099150 (June 8, 2019) — The International…
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NASA Discoveries, R&D, Moon to Mars Exploration Plans Persevere in 2020
In 2020, NASA made significant progress on America’s Moon to Mars exploration strategy, met mission objectives for the Artemis program, achieved significant scientific advancements to benefit humanity, and returned human spaceflight capabilities to the United States, all while agency teams acted quickly to assist the national COVID-19 response. “NASA has impressed the nation with our resilience and persistence during the pandemic,” said NASA Administrator…
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NASA Awards Contract for Cold Stowage II
NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide a suite of freezers to maintain a controlled temperature environment for science samples aboard the International Space Station, as well as to and from low-Earth orbit. Cold Stowage II is a single award, cost-no-fee contract with cost-no-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders. The new contract’s base…
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Astrobotic’s CubeRover Completes Successful Mobility Testing
Pittsburgh, PA – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAstrobotic’s CubeRover successfully completed more than 150 mobility tests inside a 120-ton enclosure designed to mimic the surface of the Moon. These tests will further inform the final wheel design of all three sizes of the scalable CubeRover line. Because CubeRovers are smaller than any rover that has operated on the lunar surface, only estimates from…
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NASA Supports America’s National Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
President Donald Trump has issued a new Space Policy Directive that will help propel NASA and humanity’s next giant leap – creating a sustainable presence on the Moon and sending astronauts to Mars. The president issued Space Policy Directive-6 (SPD-6), the Nation’s Strategy for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (SNPP), Wednesday, Dec. 16. Space nuclear systems power spacecraft for missions…
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