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  1. 9 hours ago

    Calling all social media users! Want to witness & share the experience of our next cargo launch to ? Apply to attend a event on May 19-20 at in VA & feel the rumble of a real-life rocket launch! Details & application

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  2. 10 hours ago

    Tracking water movement on Earth gives us a unique view of the planet’s climate & we're launching twin satellites to continue providing these critical measurements. Tune in live tomorrow at 1pm ET to hear from our experts about this mission: Q?

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Since Dec. 2013, after a period of hibernation, has completely scanned the skies and observed and characterized 29,375 objects, including 27,000 asteroids (green), 788 near-Earth objects (gray) and 136 comets (yellow):

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  4. 14 hours ago

    We’re getting to launch our next mission to Mars on May 5! The lander will be the 1st spacecraft to take the Red Planet’s vital signs & study its deep interior, giving us insight (get it?) into how rocky planets form. Learn more:

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  5. 15 hours ago

    Located ~80 million light-years from Earth is this cloud-like object, seen by our telescope. The complex dynamics of the gas in the galaxy suggest that it may have had a turbulent past, including mergers and interactions with other galaxies:

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  6. Apr 28

    Okay launch team, now let’s do simulations! A recent countdown demonstration of our systems that will help us travel deeper into space, including our rocket & spacecraft, took us one step closer to launching humans to the Moon & Mars:

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  7. Apr 28

    Lazy weekend? Listen to , America's space radio station w/ new rock discovery:

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    Apr 28

    Calling all social media users! Want to witness a cargo launch to the ? is looking for you. is inviting active social users to view Orbital ATK's CRS-9 launch for a 2-day event. More info here: .

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    Apr 28

    Karen and I are wheels up to California! Looking forward to visiting later this afternoon. Since its inception, JPL has been involved in nearly every science mission.

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    Apr 27

    SLS Trivia is back with three new questions about the world's largest rocket stage, the core stage! COMMENT to let us know how you do and SHARE with your friends!

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    Apr 28

    Thanks to everyone who sent their name to the Sun with Parker ! The final count is in — the spacecraft will carry 1,137,202 names on its journey to the Sun.

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    Apr 23

    On the ground, in the air and from orbit, and are always making new discoveries. On the latest podcast, we talk about our shared history using remote sensing to gain a deeper understanding of our planet. Listen:

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    .'s next mission to Mars, , is scheduled to launch Saturday, May 5 from in CA. Coverage of prelaunch and launch activities begins Thursday, May 3. Read more:

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    In the newest episode of Houston, We Have a Podcast we continue our journey behind the scenes of , the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V that took us to the Moon. Listen here:

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  15. Apr 27

    We want YOU to come experience and share the excitement around our next cargo launch to the ! Feel the rumble of a real-life rocket launch by applying to attend our event on May 19-20 at in VA! Details & application:

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  16. Apr 27

    17 years ago, in a galaxy far, far away (40 million light-years to be exact), astronomers witnessed a massive star explosion. Now, in the fading afterglow of the blast, space telescope captured the first 📸 of...a surviving lustrous larcenist?

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  17. Apr 27

    This week at NASA: • We welcomed our 13th Administrator, • Our telescope celebrated its 28th anniversary • A long-standing mystery about the clouds on the planet Uranus was solved For more details, watch this video!

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  18. Apr 27

    To ensure astronauts aboard spacecraft have the view they need to carry out their tasks, eye Earth and navigate farther into the solar system than they've ever been, researchers are 'looking into' windows to space. Get the details:

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    Apr 27

    We’re committed to lunar exploration . Resource Prospector instruments will go forward in an expanded lunar surface campaign. More landers. More science. More exploration. More prospectors. More commercial partners. Ad astra!

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    Happy ! What's an astronaut's favorite outfit? A spacesuit! The EMU suit protects astronauts from the extreme conditions of space, & acts as a mobile life support system with oxygen supply, electrical power, water-cooling equipment, ventilating fan, and a drink bag.

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