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NASA Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica
NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon in Antarctica.
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Mysterious Source of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered
Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a previously unidentified nearby source of high-energy cosmic rays. The finding was made with a NASA-funded balloon-borne instrument high over Antarctica.
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NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Virginia Historical Marker Unveiling Set
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility will be recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia for its contributions to aerospace research during a historical marker unveiling ceremony at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, at the NASA Visitor Center.
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NASA Aircraft Examine Impact of Forest Fires on Arctic Climate
As the summer fire season heats up, NASA aircraft are set to follow the trail of smoke plumes from some of Earth's northernmost forest fires, examining their contribution to arctic pollution and implications for climate change.
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University Faculty and Students to "RockOn!" With NASA
University faculty and students from across the country will RockOn! with NASA during a workshop June 22 - 27 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island in Virginia. During RockOn!, they will learn the basics of building experiments for flight on suborbital rockets
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NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery
NASA explores some of the most far-out parts of space, but NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science satellites are taking part in the management and recovery of an ecosystem right in our own backyard, the Chesapeake Bay.
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NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution
NASA begins the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.
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Model Rocket Launches at the NASA Visitor Center
March 1st marks the beginning of the annual model rocket season at NASA Wallops Flight Facility’s Visitor Center. For nearly 25 years, the Visitor Center’s staff has been routinely launching an assortment of low power model rockets for public viewing.
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