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New NASA Game Lets Players Build and Launch a Virtual RocketNew NASA Game Lets Players Build and Launch a Virtual Rocket

New NASA Game Lets Players Build and Launch a Virtual Rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for computers and iPad users, you don't…

13 years ago
Asteroid That Flew By Is Larger Then We Thought.Asteroid That Flew By Is Larger Then We Thought.

Asteroid That Flew By Is Larger Then We Thought.

The Asteroid we talked about last week, 2012 LZ1, came within 3.3 million miles of the earth on June 14. The flyby did allow astronomers to…

13 years ago
NuSTAR Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds 33-Foot Mast in OrbitNuSTAR Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds 33-Foot Mast in Orbit

NuSTAR Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds 33-Foot Mast in Orbit

The NuSTAR black hole telescope unfolded its giant mast in orbit on Thursday, June 21. This is one of the…

13 years ago
NASA Space Launch System Core Stage Moves From Concept to DesignNASA Space Launch System Core Stage Moves From Concept to Design

NASA Space Launch System Core Stage Moves From Concept to Design

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- The nation's space exploration program is taking a critical step forward with a successful major technical review…

13 years ago
NASA Administrator To Speak With NEEMO 16 Crew During Underwater ‘Spacewalk’NASA Administrator To Speak With NEEMO 16 Crew During Underwater ‘Spacewalk’

NASA Administrator To Speak With NEEMO 16 Crew During Underwater ‘Spacewalk’

WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak with astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, commander of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission…

13 years ago
NASA’S Pleiades Supercomputer Gets A Little More OomphNASA’S Pleiades Supercomputer Gets A Little More Oomph

NASA’S Pleiades Supercomputer Gets A Little More Oomph

WASHINGTON -- NASA's flagship Pleiades supercomputer just received a boost to help keep pace with the intensive number-crunching requirements of…

13 years ago
NASA Selects Low Cost, High Science Earth Venture Space SystemNASA Selects Low Cost, High Science Earth Venture Space System

NASA Selects Low Cost, High Science Earth Venture Space System

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected an ocean wind study proposal led by the University of Michigan from among 19 submitted…

13 years ago
NASA’S Fermi Detects The Highest-Energy Light From A Solar FlareNASA’S Fermi Detects The Highest-Energy Light From A Solar Flare

NASA’S Fermi Detects The Highest-Energy Light From A Solar Flare

WASHINGTON -- During a powerful solar blast on March 7, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the highest-energy light ever…

13 years ago