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Another successful parachute test for Orion, how we’re getting back to the Moon, and an Apollo 11 virtual experience … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0720_Successful%20Parachute%20Test%20for%20Orion%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20July%2020,%202018.html

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views at 10:37 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3 of Hurricane Dorian from 260 miles in altitude as it began to move from an almost stationary position over the northwestern Bahamas. Now a high category 2 hurricane, the storm is beginning to move northwestward at about 2 miles per […]

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views at 11:27 a.m. EDT on Sept. 2 of Hurricane Dorian from 260 miles in altitude as it churned over northwestern Bahamas. In its 11:00 a.m. EDT advisory, the National Hurricane Center said Dorian was almost stationary, moving toward the west at just 1 mile an hour just […]

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views of Hurricane Florence on Sept. 14 at 7:41 a.m. EDT minutes after the storm made landfall. NASA satellites track the storm: https://go.nasa.gov/2CEmDGQ Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina packing winds of 90 miles an hour. The National Hurricane Center said Florence is moving very slowly […]

A new resupply mission arrives at the Space Station, a closer look at dwarf planet, Ceres, and the Parker Solar Probe is ready for the heat … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA’s Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_0706_New%20Supplies%20and%20Research%20for%20the%20Space%20Station%20on%20This%20Week%20@NASA%20%E2%80%93%20July%206,%202018.html

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

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 …

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.