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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Launches to Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew will serve as the agency’s fifth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.
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NASA’s Juno Gets Highest-Resolution Close-Up of Jupiter’s Moon Europa
The highest-resolution photo NASA’s Juno mission has ever taken of a specific portion of Jupiter’s moon Europa reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of the moon’s heavily fractured icy crust. The image covers about 93 miles by 125 miles of Europa’s surface, revealing a region crisscrossed with a network of fine grooves and double ridges – pairs of long parallel lines indicating elevated features in the ice.
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I am Artemis: Mark Vaccaro
For many NASA employees, playing a role in space exploration fuels their passion for the work they do. For Mark Vaccaro, that passion comes from seeing structures and components come together to become new, powerful machines. As manager of the structures and assembly team for the Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters, Vaccaro oversees the integration of the boosters with SLS.
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NASA Announces Teams for the 2023 Student Launch Challenge
NASA has announced the 69 student teams representing 25 states and Puerto Rico selected to compete in the 2023 Student Launch Challenge. The annual competition – one of NASA’s Artemis Student Challenges – requires middle/high school and college/university students to design, build, and fly a high-powered amateur rocket and scientific payload to an altitude between 4,000 and 6,000 feet.
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NASA Selects Teams for 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge
NASA has announced the 61 teams selected to compete in the 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) from April 20-22 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. For the 2023 season, HERC returns to live, on-site competition for the first time since 2019.
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