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#AskNASA: Brad Pitt Helps NASA Kick Off New Video Series

Subscribe so you don’t miss any episodes of our #AskNASA series where NASA experts will answer your questions about space exploration! Actor Brad Pitt …

ISS Crew Discusses Life in Space

Aboard the International Space Station, the new Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts of NASA and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European …

Space Launch System Booster Test Fired on This Week @NASA – July 1, 2016

On June 28, the booster for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was fired up for a major two-minute full-duration qualification ground test at Orbital ATK …

Tribute to Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin was chosen as a member of the three-person Apollo 11 crew that landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, fulfilling the mandate of President John F.

NASA Astronauts Back From Space, Talk with Media

NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer, who returned to Earth on Sept. 2 after spending months aboard the International Space Station, discussed …

NASA in Silicon Valley Live: Space Robots

Robots + astronauts = a match made in space exploration ? ‍ ! Join us at 7 p.m. EDT for a new episode of NASA in Silicon Valley Live to hear our experts …

NASA in Silicon Valley Live – Halloween Episode

Need a #NASACostume idea for Halloween? Join us at 7 p.m. EDT for a new episode of NASA in Silicon Valley Live to see some space-tacular outfits as we host our annual NASA-themed Halloween costume and cosplay contest!

First All-Woman Spacewalk on October 18

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch are set to conduct the first spacewalk to be performed by two women on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. They will be …

Tribute to Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Neil Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the Moon and first to step on its surface. For more information on the Apollo Program, visit https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/