NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Share Twins Study Results
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 11, to share the results of a study – embargoed by the journal Science until that time – evaluating identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly.

April 08, 2019
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Moon Occults Saturn
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/08/2019
USOS Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #54: Today Anne McLain (EV-1) and David Saint-Jacques (EV-2) exited the Joint Airlock and performed US EVA #54 (Truss Jumper EVA) with a Phased Elapsed Time (PET) of 6h 29m. The crew completed the following tasks: P4 Battery Adapter Plate relocate Spider Cable installation under Lab MMOD shield Short Truss Jumper …

April 09, 2019 at 12:00AM
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David Saint-Jacques' First Spacewalk
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Martian Moon Phobos Crosses the Sun
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/09/2019
Combustion Integration Rack (CIR)/Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME) Hardware Replacement:  The crew changed the CIR/ACME system from the BRE (Burning Rate Emulator) experiment configuration to the Flame Design experiment configuration. The Flame Design investigation studies the production and control of soot to optimize oxygen-enriched combustion and the design of robust, soot-free flames. Soot can …

April 10, 2019 at 12:00AM
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Launching Rockets to Study Auroras
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NASA Invests in 18 Potentially Revolutionary Space Tech Concepts
Smart spacesuits and solar surfing may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they are just two of the technology concepts NASA has selected for further research as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program.

April 10, 2019
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NASA Awards Contract for Software, Maintenance, Support
NASA has awarded a contract to Minburn Technology Group in Great Falls, Virginia, for the procurement of Microsoft software, maintenance, and support.

April 10, 2019
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First Horizon Scale Image of a Black Hole
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/10/2019
Cerebral Autoregulation: Using the Cardiolab Portable Doppler and European Physiology Module Facility Continuous Blood Pressure Device, the crew performed data measurements for the JAXA Cerebral Autoregulation experiment.  As the body’s most important organ, the brain needs a strong and reliable blood supply so the brain is capable of self-regulating blood flow even when the heart …

April 11, 2019 at 12:00AM
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NASA’s Landmark Twins Study Reveals Resilience of Human Body in Space
Results from NASA’s landmark Twins Study, which took place from 2015-2016, were published Thursday in Science. The integrated paper — encompassing work from 10 research teams — reveals some interesting, surprising and reassuring data about how one human body adapted to — and recovered from — the extreme environment of space.

April 11, 2019
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Asteroid Redirect Test Mission
NASA has selected SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high speed – a technique known as a kinetic impactor.

April 11, 2019
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NASA TV Coverage Set for April 17 Cygnus Launch to International Space Station
NASA’s commercial partner Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Antares rocket carrying its Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the international Space Station at 4:46 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 17.

April 11, 2019
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A Cosmic Rose: The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
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Next Space Station Crew Available for Media Interviews
NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, along with crewmates Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station in a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, April 19, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

April 12, 2019
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NASA Invites You to “Picture Earth” for Earth Day
Our magnificent planet is always ready for its close-up. On Earth Day, April 22, NASA wants to see your take.

April 12, 2019
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Rigil Kentaurus and Sandqvist 169
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NASA Highlights Science on 17th SpaceX Resupply Mission to International Space Station
NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, April 22, to discuss select science investigations launching on the next SpaceX commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station.

April 15, 2019
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Northrop Grumman's 11th Cargo Launch Prepares to Launch to Station
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ISS Daily Summary Report – 4/15/2019
Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle Schools (EarthKAM): Today EarthKAM mission 66 concluded with a shutdown and stow of the related hardware.  As of the latest report, a total of 225 schools representing 24,512 students and 31 countries had signed up to request images;  22,123 image requests had been submitted, 10,278 images had been …

April 16, 2019 at 12:00AM
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