Milestone Achieved as X-57 Mod II Takes Shape
The electric motors for X-57’s Mod II vehicle and their propellers were powered up and spun together for the first time as part of an integrated spin test.
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RockOn! and RockSat-C: Launching Student Experiments to Space
RockOn! and RockSat-C: Launching Student Experiments to Space
At 5:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 20, 2019, a 40-foot tall rocket carrying 28 student experiments (measuring acceleration, humidity, pressure, temperature and radiation counts) launched from Wallops Flight Facility.
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A Look Inside the X-59 QueSST Cockpit
A Look Inside the X-59 QueSST Cockpit
The pilot of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, aircraft will navigate the skies in a cockpit unlike any other.
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Countdown to Apollo 11
Countdown to Apollo 11
Command Module pilot Michael Collins practices in the CM simulator on June 19, 1969, at Kennedy Space Center.
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Storm Rages in Cosmic Teacup
Storm Rages in Cosmic Teacup
Samples of spacesuit material will be flown on the Mars 2020 mission to study show they might degrade in the Martian environment.
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