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Saluting Our Nation's Independence

NASA Dryden's four F/A-18 mission support aircraft flew in formation for a pilot proficiency flight on Nov. 24, 2008, in this image. NASA Dryden photographer......
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NASA Returning to the Moon

Space Fact of the Day

When Neil Armstrong took that historical step of "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," it would not have occurred to anyone that the step he took in the dust of the moon was there to stay. Neil's footprint will be there for at least 10 million years.

Regolith Challenge Update

Telerobotic Communications Link Update
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New Competition Date
Technical difficulties
Team agreement updated with new deadlines

Space Space Blog Update

The Space Space Blog was launched at NASA's Next Generation Exploration Conference with over 150 young professionals from around the world in attendance.

Space Space Blog

Project in focus

The STEM Inventory

The California Space Education and Workforce Institute have developed the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Inventory. The STEM Inventory is an on-line, user-friendly, searchable database of many California and national STEM programs organized by grade level, geography and topic. It is targeted towards students, STEM practitioners, teachers and parents and is envisioned as "the place" to go to research and find existing STEM programs. It is also envisioned as a way to facilitate the development of a "STEM community" - by having organizations and programs present at one place, organizers will know that they share a common goal with others around the nation.

The STEM Inventory is a resource that educators, parents, transitioning workers, STEM program managers, and others can utilize by searching for programs by grade level, region, topic, funding and other categories.

For more information click www.steminventory.com

NASA Breaking News

NASA Updates Shuttle Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details
News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., have been updated for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
NASA Astronaut Starts Agency's First Bilingual Twitter
NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez, set to fly aboard space shuttle Discovery in August, is providing insights about his training on Twitter in both English and Spanish. It will be the agency's first bilingual Twitter.
NASA's Fermi Telescope Probes Dozens of Pulsars
With NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars.

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Something about Saturn...

Mystery of Saturn's Watery Moon Solved

Cosmic sprinklers that spurt misty jets from cracks along Saturn's sixth largest moon could hint at a vast watery lake hidden beneath the icy shell of Enceladus.

Story continues at Space.com

Bright Lights, Eerie 'Heartbeat' at Saturn

When a large storm of charged particles leapt from the Sun in January 2004, scientists jumped at the chance to observe what would happen when the tempest reached Saturn. The storm kicked up bright lights above the planet and created radio emissions that sound like an eerie, hissing heartbeat.

Story continues at Space.com

Saturn Data Sheet

Much like its neighbor Jupiter, the sixth planet from the sun has a rocky core and a gaseous surface. But Saturn is chiefly known for its intricate series of rings that encircle it. The mile-thick rings are made of countless orbiting ice particles, from less than an inch to several feet in size.

Story continues at Space.com

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