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First X-rays from Uranus Discovered
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about the solar system’s enigmatic ice giant planet. Since Voyager 2 was the only spacecraft to ever fly by Uranus, astronomers currently rely on telescopes much closer to Earth, like Chandra and the Hubble Space Telescope, to learn about this distant and cold planet.
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NASA Begins Final Assembly of Spacecraft Destined for Asteroid Psyche
A major component of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known as assembly, test, and launch operations is now underway. Over the next year, the spacecraft will finish assembly and undergo rigorous checkout and testing before it’s shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for an August 2022 launch to the main asteroid belt.
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The Menu for Mars: Designing a Deep Space Food System
Designing a space food system that provides astronauts with ample sustenance on long and distant missions is crucial to humans venturing farther into space. In this story, learn what NASA food scientists and nutritional biochemists outlined as the key requirements and challenges of creating a food system that can support human exploration missions anywhere between low-Earth orbit and Mars.
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Hubble Spots a Galaxy with Peculiar Arm
A recent image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 7678 – a galaxy with one particularly prominent arm, located approximately 164 million light-years away in the Pegasus constellation. With a diameter of around 115,000 light-years, this bright spiral galaxy is a similar size to the Milky Way galaxy.
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Women’s History Month: Celebrating the ‘First Ladies’ of Marshall
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, celebrated Women’s History Month by highlighting the work and contributions of its female team members. That includes a group who have achieved significant “firsts” in Marshall’s history. Read more about these “first ladies” of Marshall, who are guiding and supporting missions through engineering, science, communications, legal counsel, and other roles.
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