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NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield

A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
Astronaut Safety Gets Max Attention

The Max Launch Abort System was successfully tested in a simulated pad abort test at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Three Scientific Balloons Afloat Above Northern Hemisphere

Three NASA scientific balloons carrying space science experiments were simultaneously afloat over the Northern Hemisphere on June 8 and 9
TacSat-3 to Launch from Wallops

NASA'S Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia was the site of the TacSat-3 launch.
NASA Flies to Greenland to Extend Polar Science

NASA scientists and crew embark this week on a month-long airborne campaign to Greenland, where they will make flights on an airborne science laboratory to learn about the ongoing changes to the region's snow and ice.
NASA Visitor Center Premiers NASA Film "Frozen" on Newest Exhibit -- Science on a Sphere

“Frozen,” a 12-minute movie about Earth’s changing ice and snow cover as captured by NASA spacecraft, premieres March 27 at the NASA Visitor Center.

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