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Continuing the agency’s efforts to bring space closer to home, NASA+ is headed to more streaming platforms. On Thursday, NASA announced that its programming is on Fire TV channels. Fire TV customers can easily access this content by requesting it from Alexa+ on compatible devices. Future programming on Fire TV may include science mission launches,
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Scientists on NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission have discovered a key piece of the puzzle in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, discovering that they form similarly to terrestrial auroras.Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show that the same mechanism that circulates and catapults charged particles into Earth’s atmosphere is happening
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Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall Artemis IV liquid hydrogen tank from a production cell inside the main factory building to a separate test building on a separate part of the 829-acre site on May 15, 2026. The liquid hydrogen tank will form part of the core stage of
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After eight months aboard the International Space Station for his first mission, NASA astronaut Chris Williams is preparing to return to Earth. During his assignment, Williams contributed to research into new cancer treatments, advanced the production of materials to improve computers and electronics, ventured into the vacuum of space to complete two spacewalks, and much
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