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President Obama on NASA's Day of Remembrance
This Month in Exploration - February
Twenty-five years ago American astronauts performed the first untethered excursions. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
Acting Administrator on NASA's Day of Remembrance
Today we honor the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia crews, and all members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the exploration of space.
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62 Years at NASA and Still Going Strong
Sixty-two years ago today, Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the Ames director, first reported to work at Moffett Field, the home of NASA's Ames Research Center.
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This Month in Exploration - January
Five years ago NASA's Stardust spacecraft navigated through a cloud of ice and dust to return images of comet Wild 2. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
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Snoopy Soars with NASA at Charles Schulz Museum
The Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif., is highlighting the connection between NASA's pioneering astronauts and Peanuts' barnstorming beagle.
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Temporary Position or Exceptional Career?
When Erwin Zaretsky interviewed with NACA in Cleveland in 1957, he was looking for a temporary position. More than 50 years later, he's a NASA Glenn chief engineer.
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This Month in Exploration - December
Forty years ago the crew of Apollo 8 transmitted the first image of Earth from space. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
News Releases
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NASA Television Honored by Midsouth Emmy Chapter
01.22.09 - NASA Television and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will receive special recognition from the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on Saturday, Jan. 24.
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NASA Television Commemorates Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast
12.22.08 - NASA Television will honor the 40th anniversary of the historic Christmas Eve broadcast by the Apollo 8 crew with special programming Dec. 24 and 25 on the NASA TV Public Channel (101).
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