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Anatomy of a Rover: The Mechanics of a Winning Student Vehicle Design
NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge isn’t for the faint of heart. The critical thinking that goes into designing rovers and the hours spent building them require dedication from teams of students from high schools, colleges and universities around the world. The annual challenge, entering its 26th year, is managed by the Office of STEM Engagement at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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NASA’s Newest Astronauts Ready for Space Station, Moon and Mars Missions
NASA welcomed 11 new astronauts to its ranks Jan. 10, increasing the number of those eligible for spaceflight assignments that will expand humanity’s horizons in space for generations to come. The new astronauts successfully completed more than two years of required basic training and are the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program.
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Astronauts Wrap Up First Spacewalk of 2020
At 2:04 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Christina Koch and Jessica Meir concluded their spacewalk. During the 7-hour, 29-minute spacewalk, the two NASA astronauts successfully replaced nickel-hydrogen batteries with newer, more powerful lithium-ion batteries for the power channel on one pair of the International Space Station’s solar arrays.
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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Has a Close Encounter with Jupiter
A multitude of swirling clouds in Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt was captured in an image from NASA's Juno spacecraft. Appearing in the scene are several bright-white “pop-up” clouds as well as an anticyclonic storm, known as a white oval. Juno is part of the New Frontiers Program, managed by Marshall.
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name
NASA's Mars 2020 rover is one step closer to having its own name after 155 students across the United States were chosen as semifinalists in the "Name the Rover" essay contest. Just one will be selected to win the grand prize -- the honor of naming the rover and an invitation to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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