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Celebrating 20 Years of Hubble |
| NASA's Hubble Space Telescope began a remarkable journey of discovery on April 24, 1990. After 20 years in space, the observatory has shown humanity more of the universe than ever before. With the help of the space shuttle, astronauts clarified Hubble's vision, then sha.... |
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Pad Abort-1 Launch |
| Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) launched May 6 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. PA-1 is the first fully integrated flight test of the launch abort system being developed for the Orion crew exploration vehicle. |
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Colliding Galaxies Create Active Galactic Nuclei |
| This simulation follows the collision of two spiral galaxies that harbor giant black holes. The collision merges the black holes and stirs up gas in both galaxies. The merged black hole gorges on the feast and lights up, forming an active galactic nucleus called a quasa.... |
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NASA Satellites View Gulf Oil Spill |
| Two NASA satellites are capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which began April 20, 2010, with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This series of images shows a space-based view of the burning oil rig and the ensuing spill through May 24. .... |
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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket |
| Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 2:45 p.m. EDT on June 4. This commercial launch by SpaceX is a pathfinder for the first NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Servi.... |
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NASA Launchpad' Episode Wins Emmy |
| A NASA video program aimed at helping high school students learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics has won an Emmy. The Emmy was awarded for this episode on "Bernoulli's Principle," explaining the relationship between pressure and speed and its.... |
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