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SpaceX CRS-23 Dragon Returns Experiments on Brain, Muscles, Liver to Earth
The 23rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission returns samples from scientific experiments on the International Space Station. Back on Earth, scientists anticipate quick access to their experiments for additional observations and analyses. Read more about some of the experiment samples riding the Dragon back to Earth
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Teams Develop Code to Coordinate Robots, Win $535,000 in Space Robotics Challenge
NASA has awarded a total of $535,000 to seven teams that competed in the agency’s Space Robotics Challenge. The teams developed code to help advance state-of-the-art autonomous robotics for future space exploration missions.
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SLS Modal Testing: Finding the Range of a Rocket’s Reflexes
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will conduct a series of tests to determine the Space Launch System rocket’s reflexes. During launch and flight, SLS will experience and react to a series of frequencies and vibrations. Engineers conduct integrated modal testing to determine the full range of these frequencies and vibrations so that the flight software and navigation systems can safely guide the rocket through launch and ascent.
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NASA’s Lucy Mission Prepares for Launch to Trojan Asteroids
NASA has tested the functions of Lucy, the agency’s first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, filled it with fuel, and is preparing to pack it into a capsule for launch Saturday, Oct. 16. Named after characters in Greek mythology, these asteroids circle the Sun in two swarms, with one group leading ahead of Jupiter in its path, the other trailing behind it. Lucy will be the first spacecraft to visit these asteroids.
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Hubble Shows Winds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot Are Speeding Up
The winds in the outermost "lane" of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating – a discovery only made possible by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Researchers analyzing Hubble's regular "storm reports" found that the average wind speed just within the boundaries of the storm, known as a high-speed ring, has increased by up to 8% from 2009 to 2020.
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