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John Young Salutes on the moon during Apollo 16. Credit: NASA

NASA Salutes America's Veterans

The NASA Family pauses this Veterans Day to remember the contributions our men and women in the armed services have made to our safety and our way of life, and the sacrifices they continue to make for all of us on a daily basis.

› Image Feature: Salute on the Moon | › Watch Administrator Bolden's Message | › Watch Message From the Space Station

NASA Ready for November Launch of Car-Size Mars Rover

NASA's most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, the Mars Science Laboratory carrying the Curiosity rover, is set to launch at 10:25 a.m. EST on Nov. 25 on a mission to examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars.

› Learn More | › MSL Photo Gallery

NASA's New Upper Stage Engine Passes Major Test

NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Nov. 9, marking another important step in development of an upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS).

› Learn More | › View Video

This image reveals 18 tiny galaxies uncovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

18 Tiny Galaxies Uncovered by Hubble Space Telescope

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation. The rapid star-birth observed in these newly found examples may change the understanding of the ways in which galaxies form.

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Animation Depicts Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014

Exploration Flight Test-1 supports the new Space Launch System that will take astronauts farther into space than ever before, create U.S. jobs, and provide the cornerstone for America's future human spaceflight efforts.

› Watch Animation | › Download HD Version | › News Release

International Team to Drill Beneath Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf

Researchers will travel next month to one of Antarctica's most active, remote and harsh spots to determine how changes in the waters circulating under an active ice sheet are causing a glacier to accelerate and drain into the sea.

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NASA Releases Updated Radar Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55

NASA Scientists working with the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have released a second, longer, and more refined, movie clip of asteroid 2005 YU55.

› Learn More | › Updated Radar Movie of Asteroid | › Asteroid and Comet Watch Section | › View Video

NASA Images

The Growing Tarantula Within

The star-forming region, 30 Doradus, is one of the largest located close to the Milky Way and is found in the neighboring galaxy, Large Magellanic Cloud....