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Boeing Launches Starliner Commercial Crew Capsule

As 2019 comes to an end, the commercial spaceflight industry has hit a major milestone: Boeing has launched the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the first time. The launch of this unpiloted flight kicks off what Boeing hopes to be a bright future as a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) industry partner.

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • DEC 20, 2019

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Atyam working on a Tri-D rocket engine created by Atyam and his partner Alex Finch at the University of California San Diego. CREDIT/ERIK JEPSEN

Inside the Mind of a Young Professional: A Conversation with Deepak Atyam

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CLPS Program Plans to Take NASA to the Moon Faster than Ever Before

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New artwork released by NASA for the Artemis Program. CREDIT/NASA

NASA is Revolutionizing the Role of Women in Space

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • NOV 20, 2019

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014. The solar flare is the bright flash of light on the left limb of the sun. CREDIT/NASA

From Solar Flares to Power Scares: What Is Space Weather and How Does It Affect Us?

BY VICTORIA WOODBURN • NOV 20, 2019

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Atyam working on a Tri-D rocket engine created by Atyam and his partner Alex Finch at the University of California San Diego. CREDIT/ERIK JEPSEN

Inside the Mind of a Young Professional: A Conversation with Deepak Atyam

BY MOLLY KEARNS • NOV 20, 2019

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Dr. Camille Alleyne, Deputy Manager of Commercial Lunar Payload Services at NASA Johnson Space Center CREDIT/NASA MSFC

CLPS Program Plans to Take NASA to the Moon Faster than Ever Before

BY LUCI WILLIS • NOV 20, 2019

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Boeing Launches Starliner Commercial Crew Capsule

As 2019 comes to an end, the commercial spaceflight industry has hit a major milestone: Boeing has launched the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the first time. The launch of this unpiloted flight kicks off what Boeing hopes to be a bright future as a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) industry partner.

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • DEC 20, 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS
New artwork released by NASA for the Artemis Program. CREDIT/NASA

NASA is Revolutionizing the Role of Women in Space..aas . …. society..astronautical..nasa

BY EMILY CAVANAGH • NOV 20, 2019

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014. The solar flare is the bright flash of light on the left limb of the sun. CREDIT/NASA

From Solar Flares to Power Scares: What Is Space Weather and How Does It Affect Us?

BY VICTORIA WOODBURN • NOV 20, 2019

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