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NASA Conducts Second RS-25 Engine Test of Year
NASA conducted its second RS-25 engine hot fire test of the new year Feb. 8 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. NASA is testing RS-25 engines to help power the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on future deep-space missions. Four RS-25 engines will generate a combined 2 million pounds of thrust to power SLS’s ascent.
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NASA Prepares to Join Two Major Parts for Artemis II Core Stage
Technicians are preparing to connect two major parts of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s Artemis II core stage. On Jan. 30, technicians moved the largest part of the stage, the 130-foot liquid hydrogen tank, to the vertical assembly area at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it will be prepared for joining with the 66-foot forward assembly.
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Photons Incoming: Webb Team Begins Aligning the Telescope
Last week, James Webb Space Telescope team members saw the first photons of starlight that traveled through the entire telescope and were detected by the Near Infrared Camera instrument. This milestone marks the first of many steps to capture images that are at first unfocused and use them to slowly fine-tune the telescope.
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Honoring African Americans in Space
In honor of Black History Month, NASA recognizes the contributions of African Americans to the nation’s space programs. These astronauts have made history with contributions that include participating in space shuttle missions to perform critical tasks, such as deploying and retrieving satellites, performing spacewalks, conducting science and technology research, and piloting and commanding space shuttle missions.
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Parker Solar Probe Captures its First Images of Venus' Surface in Visible Light, Confirmed
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space. Smothered in thick clouds, Venus’ surface is usually shrouded from sight. But in two recent flybys of the planet, Parker used its Wide-Field Imager to image the entire nightside in wavelengths of the visible spectrum – the type of light that the human eye can see – and extending into the near-infrared.
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