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NASA Breaking News
24 Feb 2015, 22:59 UTC
NASA has rescheduled to 3 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 25, a briefing on an upcoming mission to study magnetic reconnection around the Earth, a fundamental process that occurs throughout the universe where magnetic fields connect and disconnect explosively releasing energy.
UPDATE -- NASA Reschedules MMS Briefing to 3 p.m. EST Feb. 25
24 Feb 2015, 22:59 UTC
NASA has rescheduled to 3 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 25, a briefing on an upcoming mission to study magnetic reconnection around the Earth, a fundamental process that occurs throughout the universe where magnetic fields connect and disconnect explosively releasing energy.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
24 Feb 2015, 17:50 UTC
An unusual comet skirted past the sun Feb 18-21, 2015, as captured by ESA and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO. The comet is a non-group comet, meaning it's not part of any known family of comets.
SOHO Sees Something New Near The Sun
24 Feb 2015, 17:50 UTC
An unusual comet skirted past the sun Feb 18-21, 2015, as captured by ESA and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO. The comet is a non-group comet, meaning it's not part of any known family of comets.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features
24 Feb 2015, 15:45 UTC
JPL will host a briefing Monday, March 2, about the March 6 arrival of NASA's Dawn spacecraft at the dwarf planet Ceres. The event will be carried live on NASA TV and online.
NASA Briefing to Discuss First Spacecraft Arrival at a Dwarf Planet
24 Feb 2015, 15:45 UTC
JPL will host a briefing Monday, March 2, about the March 6 arrival of NASA's Dawn spacecraft at the dwarf planet Ceres. The event will be carried live on NASA TV and online.
NASA Breaking News
23 Feb 2015, 21:09 UTC
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency's Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, effective Monday, March 2. The directorate is responsible for innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use on future NASA missions.
Jurczyk Named Head of NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate
23 Feb 2015, 21:09 UTC
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency's Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, effective Monday, March 2. The directorate is responsible for innovating, developing, testing and flying hardware for use on future NASA missions.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
23 Feb 2015, 17:25 UTC
NASA has awarded the Leadership Development and Excellence in Management contract to Greystone Consulting Group of Annapolis, Maryland.
NASA Awards Leadership Development and Excellence in Management Contract
23 Feb 2015, 17:25 UTC
NASA has awarded the Leadership Development and Excellence in Management contract to Greystone Consulting Group of Annapolis, Maryland.
NASA Breaking News
23 Feb 2015, 17:16 UTC
Over the past 12 months NASA has added five missions to its orbiting Earth-observing fleet – the biggest one-year increase in more than a decade. NASA scientists will discuss early observations from the new missions and their current status during a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 26.
NASA Briefing to Highlight Early Results from New Earth Science Missions
23 Feb 2015, 17:16 UTC
Over the past 12 months NASA has added five missions to its orbiting Earth-observing fleet – the biggest one-year increase in more than a decade. NASA scientists will discuss early observations from the new missions and their current status during a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 26.
ESA Top News
23 Feb 2015, 12:59 UTC
In Antarctica, the crew of the French–Italian Concordia research station are preparing for the winter. They have to survive six months of complete isolation – four in darkness because the Sun never rises above the horizon – while they perform science in one of the most barren places on Earth.
