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Hidden FiguresAn untold true story of the African-American mathematician Katherine Johnson and her two fellow workers, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, who, while working in the segragated (due to race, religion, etc.) West Area Computers Division of Langley Research Center, assisted NASA with catching up in the Space Race. Using their calculations, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to circle the Earth.
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3d Image of MARtian satelLite 'Phobos'ExoMars orbiter's Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System composed this 3D image of Mars' moon Phobos from from the stereo pair of images collected with two of its four color filters.
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SpaceX Drone Ship landings
SpaceX is an amazing company and this video shows exactly why. They are on a mission to successfully land the first stage of their rockets, to one day help reduce the costs of launch vehicles and spaceflight. The vehicle uses its own propulsion system to return it back to Earth or onto a floating barge (ADSD). As SpaceX starts to succeed with their landings, they are on the road to reusable rockets are more affordable spaceflight. |
A Year In Review.
The Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA’s Johnson Space Center sifted through thousands of photos to deliver their top 16 of 2016. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured all of the breathtaking images. |
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