Space & Aviation
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For the first time, astronomers have seen a bubble around a star that is similar in size and mass to our Sun, but much younger. This discovery, made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, teaches astronomers about what might have been happening . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Noted Navy mathematician and computer programmer Gladys Mae Brown was born to Black sharecroppers in Sutherland, Virginia, on October 27, 1930, just years after legislation in the state codified its harshest post-Civil War discrimination . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: Six planets will all be visible from clear and dark night skies. New sonifications from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released Wednesday will help commemorate . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Jacobs played a key role in developing and managing the “pop pod” camera system that filmed Saturn V stage separation in flight—footage that helped ensure the safety of future Moon missions and offered early views of Earth from orbit.
The strange, fast groups of protons help scientists trace the Sun’s magnetic field and understand why its wind is so hot.
The design embedded in the terrazzo floor of the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall is based on a famous illustration from the 1970s that shows the location of Earth’s solar system.
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NASA’s administrator blames both the agency and Boeing for Starliner’s infamous problems
What you need to know about NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon.