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Who flew the X-15 into space?
Three view art of the North American X-15. Robert White, Bill Dana, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle were on hand when astronaut wings were presented to the three NASA pilots who flew the X-15 into space. Southwestern US, with Las Vegas, NV in foreground, taken by X-15 Hycon HR-236 Camera during flt. 2-39-70 on June 27, 1965.
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What is the length of Voyager 1?
6,490 km (4,030 mi) Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System, Voyager 1 was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2.
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What is the difference between SpaceX Starship and NASA’s Artemis 3?
NASA will use the Block 1 crew variant for Artemis 3. The Starship, on the other hand, touts the ability to send over 100 tons (220,000 pounds) to low-Earth orbit and 21 tons to geostationary transfer orbit. SpaceX claims the Starship needs to refuel in orbit to send payloads to the Moon, at which point it can send over 100 tons (220,000 pounds).
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What is the NASA image and video library?
The NASA Image and Video Library website consolidates imagery spread across more than 60 collections into one searchable location.
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What is worldview snapshots?
Worldview Snapshots is a lightweight tool for creating image snapshots from a selection of popular NASA satellite imagery layers. The Earth Observing System Data and Information System is a key core capability in NASA’s Earth Science Data Systems Program.
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What is the history of NASA?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower established NASA in 1958 with a distinctly civilian, rather than military, orientation encouraging peaceful applications in space science. The National Aeronautics and Space Act was passed on July 29, 1958, disestablishing NASA’s predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
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What is World Wind?
Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.
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What is the Viper mission?
An illustration of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. VIPER is a mobile robot that will roam around the Moon’s south pole looking for water ice. The VIPER mission will give us surface-level detail of where the water is and how much is available for us to use.
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What will we observe with Webb?
Webb observations will seek dusty galaxies from the first billion years of the universe. With the completion of its latest series of milestone tests, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now survived all of the harsh conditions associated with a rocket launch to space. Researchers will study four nearby merging galaxies in unprecedented detail.
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What will James Webb Space Telescope find?
More on the Webb Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope will find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and peer through dusty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems. Learn more from the mission’s project website.
