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Space Shuttle Discovery Continues On Its Last Mission

NASA Celebrates 40 Years of Space Shuttle Discovery: A Legacy of Exploration and Innovation

Medicine & Technology Oct 20, 2023

NASA celebrates Space Shuttle Discovery's 40th anniversary, marking its rich history, numerous missions, and transition to the Udvar-Hazy Center after retirement. Continue reading to learn more.

VIDEO—NASA’s Satellite Space Fleet Path Patterns Revealed

Mar 09, 2015

While it may be a groggy Monday morning, after most of the world lost an hour this weekend in the readjustment of our clocks, a new animation from NASA reveals that you may be luckier than their satellites who are on the clock 24 hours a day. While you may know that many of the satellites like Aqua, Aura and CloudSat pass overhead everyday at 1:30pm, no matter where you are, you may not have given their movements much thought or ever fully realized exactly how many satellites are working for the space agency. But in celebration of NASA’s newest achievement in having their Dawn satellite reach the dwarf planet Ceres, their giving us a new view of what orbiters do here at home.