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NASA: (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. NASA is led by Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA's 13th administrator.
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OCT 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was recently kicked into safe mode following a mysterious anomaly. Spacecraft eng ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
A little more than a week ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope started exhibiting wonky gyroscope data consistent wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been physically exploring the surface of Mars since 2012, but as it rolls along, it sen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
In recent years, SpaceX has earned a respectable reputation in the commercial space industry. At one point, even Elon Mu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know by now that NASA’s planning to send another rover to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 09, 2018Space & Astronomy
Just over six years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first man-made object to fly beyond the heliopause ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which launched into orbit around the Earth in 1990, remains one of the most powerfu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2018Space & Astronomy
While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 02, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope earned a reputation for being quite the capable exoplanet hunter, but after all thes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto and capture stun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2018Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission, ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Among all the extrasolar systems astronomers have discovered to date, the TRAPPIST-1 system is unquestionably one of the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 25, 2018Space & Astronomy
Dust storms aren’t particularly pleasant, but you should consider yourself lucky if you ever get to experience one ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2018Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Experts approximate that there’s around 7.5 metric tons’ worth of space junk swirling around our planet. Mos ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 18, 2018Space & Astronomy
In 2013, a notably-sized meteor exploded over the sky in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The shockwave from this event was so power ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 17, 2018Space & Astronomy
To date, only 24 humans have journeyed to the Moon. Every one of these visits took place more than four decades ago, wit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2018Space & Astronomy
A United Launch Alliance-branded Delta II rocket took to the skies from a Vandenberg Air Force Base, California-based la ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions are faced with several challenges, including human safety and resource limitations, but aster ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
While some researchers study our planet to learn more about its history and formation, other researchers focus their eff ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Venomous snakes, especially rattlesnakes, sport a somewhat salty reputation for biting humans when threatened in their n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2018Space & Astronomy
Despite an onslaught of delays that have thus far prevented NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope from being launched ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory was recently kicked into safe mode following a mysterious anomaly. Spacecraft eng
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
A little more than a week ago, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope started exhibiting wonky gyroscope data consistent wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been physically exploring the surface of Mars since 2012, but as it rolls along, it sen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In recent years, SpaceX has earned a respectable reputation in the commercial space industry. At one point, even Elon Mu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know by now that NASA’s planning to send another rover to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Just over six years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first man-made object to fly beyond the heliopause
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which launched into orbit around the Earth in 1990, remains one of the most powerfu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 02, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope earned a reputation for being quite the capable exoplanet hunter, but after all thes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto and capture stun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t long ago that JAXA’s asteroid-sampling Hayabusa 2 mission arrived at the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In a recent press release, NASA reported that when traveling across the arctic circle its long duration balloon mission,
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Among all the extrasolar systems astronomers have discovered to date, the TRAPPIST-1 system is unquestionably one of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
NASA hasn’t sent any of its astronauts to the lunar surface for scientific exploration since the Apollo 17 mission
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Dust storms aren’t particularly pleasant, but you should consider yourself lucky if you ever get to experience one
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Following in the successful footsteps of NASA’s Kepler mission, the space agency’s brand-new Transiting Exop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Experts approximate that there’s around 7.5 metric tons’ worth of space junk swirling around our planet. Mos
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2018
Space & Astronomy
In 2013, a notably-sized meteor exploded over the sky in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The shockwave from this event was so power
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 17, 2018
Space & Astronomy
To date, only 24 humans have journeyed to the Moon. Every one of these visits took place more than four decades ago, wit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2018
Space & Astronomy
A United Launch Alliance-branded Delta II rocket took to the skies from a Vandenberg Air Force Base, California-based la
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions are faced with several challenges, including human safety and resource limitations, but aster
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
While some researchers study our planet to learn more about its history and formation, other researchers focus their eff
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Venomous snakes, especially rattlesnakes, sport a somewhat salty reputation for biting humans when threatened in their n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Despite an onslaught of delays that have thus far prevented NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope from being launched
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard