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Dennis Andrucyk
Dec 21, 2016
Dennis Andrucyk has been selected as deputy associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) in Washington, effective Jan. 17... Read More
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A New View of Coral Reefs Poster 1
Earth
Dec 19, 2016
A three-year NASA field expedition to examine Earth’s coral reefs is now underway, giving scientists the opportunity to study reefs ecology and... Read More
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The Power of Light Poster 1
ISS
Dec 13, 2016
A new NASA study on the International Space Station is investigating how different light spectra can be used to effect astronauts' sleep, or lack of... Read More
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Map of United States with data overlay
Dec 8, 2016
The Scientific Visualization Studio works closely with scientists to create visualizations, animations, and images to depict NASA science.
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view of outer edges of Saturn's main rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft
Solar System
Dec 7, 2016
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has sent to Earth its first views of Saturn’s atmosphere since beginning the latest phase of its mission.
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Toolkit topics
Dec 2, 2016
Toolkits are compilations of free downloadable resources with various science themes.  For example, toolkits may contain ready-to-print posters... Read More
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The Mystery of Coronal Heating Poster 1
Sun
Nov 30, 2016
Observations by NASA's IRIS spacecraft suggest that "heat bombs" are going off in the sun's outer atmosphere, helping to explain why the solar corona... Read More
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photograph of MOS instrument
Earth
Nov 18, 2016
Technology Development: The Multi-Slit Optimized Spectrometer (MOS) prototype instrument is an airborne sensor designed to demonstrate and validate... Read More
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coronagraph imaging
Universe
Nov 9, 2016
Technology Development: The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is the highest-ranked recommendation for a large space mission in the NRC... Read More
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Taking the Surprise out of Hurricane Season Poster 1
Earth
Oct 20, 2016
NASA is helping improve the ability of forecasters to predict hurricane intensity by flying missions into and above the hearts of powerful storms... Read More