U.S. astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared this photograph of a blooming zinnia flower in the Veggie plant growth system aboard the space station in early 2016. This experiment in flowering plants precedes planned tests of growing tomatoes and peppers in space.

January 29, 2018

Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth

The 2018 edition of NASA’s annual Spinoff publication features 49 technologies the agency helped create that are used in...

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Jose Benavides Ames Research Center SPHERES

January 29, 2018

Exactly Like the Droid on Star Wars

NASA in Silicon Valley is a weekly audio podcast from NASA’s Ames Research Center featuring an in-depth look at the...

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On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, Mark Vande Hei snapped his own portrait, better known as a space selfie, during the first spacewalk of the year. NASA astronauts Vande Hei and crewmate Scott Tingle ventured outside the International Space Station to perform maintenance on the stations Canadarm2 robotic arm during a seven hour and 24 minute spacewalk.

January 28, 2018

Mark Vande Hei’s ‘Space-Selfie’

Everybody likes a selfie! On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, Mark Vande Hei snapped his own portrait, better known as a...

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NASA astronaut Scott Tingle works within the Japanese Experiment Module airlock.

January 26, 2018

NASA’s ISS Research Summary: Week of January 22, 2018

It was another busy week on the International Space Station as astronauts carried out investigations in the fields of human...

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January 26, 2018

Houston We Have a Podcast: The National Lab in Space

“Houston We Have a Podcast” is the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, the home of human...

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Space to Ground: Christa’s Lessons: 01/26/2018

January 26, 2018

Space to Ground: Christa’s Lessons: 01/26/2018

This week’s video update shares highlights from Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle’s successful spacewalk to repair...

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The graves of Apollo 1 crew members, Virgil Grissom, left, and Roger Chaffee are seen during a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASAs Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Wreaths were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration.

January 25, 2018

NASA’s Day of Remembrance

Each year, NASA remembers and pays tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other...

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Peanut Butter and Jelly in Space!

January 24, 2018

Peanut Butter and Jelly in Space!

Enjoy National Peanut Butter Day by watching how astronauts make pb&j on the International Space Station!

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January 24, 2018

NASA, Challenger Center Collaborate to Perform Christa McAuliffe’s Legacy Experiments

NASA and the Challenger Center will collaborate to conduct several legacy lessons designed by Christa McAuliffe, a high...

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A Decade in Space

January 23, 2018

A Decade in Space

Ten years ago, Europe’s Columbus module left Earth, bound for the International Space Station. Since then, ESA’s...

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On Dec. 24, 2013, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, participates in the second of two spacewalks, spread over a four day period, which were designed to allow the crew to change out a degraded pump module on the exterior of the Earth orbiting International Space Station. He was joined on both spacewalks by NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, whose image shows up in Hopkins helmet visor.

January 23, 2018

Watch a Live Spacewalk!

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station are preparing for a pair of spacewalks to service Canadarm2, the station’s...

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai works on the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Tether Slosh experiment, that uses two SPHERES robots tethered to a fluid filled container covered in sensors to test strategies for safely steering spacecraft such as dead satellites that might still have fuel in the tank.

January 22, 2018

NASA’s ISS Research Summary: Week of January 15, 2018

Astronauts living and working on the International Space Station continue research in the fields of human research, education...

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