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    Aug 24
    Today marked the largest civil servant swearing-in ceremony Ames Research Center has ever hosted. Their appointment is a testament to what’s needed to achieve the unprecedented. Through their service, they will contribute to @NASA’s mission to establish a sustained human
    Group photo of the new civil servants and guests with NASA and Ames Center leadership after the NASA Civil Servant Swearing-in Ceremony in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres Navarrete
    Participants stand while Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya administers the Oath of Office during the NASA Civil Servant Swearing-in Ceremony in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres Navarrete
    Participants stand while Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya administers the Oath of Office during the NASA Civil Servant Swearing-in Ceremony in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres Navarrate
    Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya gives remarks at the NASA Civil Servant Swearing-in Ceremony in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres Navarrate
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    Say hi to our galactic neighbor! 👋 2.5 million light-years away is the Andromeda galaxy, the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way.
    Composite image of the Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31). Andromeda is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years. Astronomers use Andromeda to understand the structure and evolution of our own spiral, which is much harder to do since Earth is embedded inside the Milky Way. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/UMass/Z. Li & Q.D. Wang, ESA/XMM-Newton; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE, Spitzer, NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Gordon (U. Az), ESA/Herschel, ESA/Planck, NASA/IRAS, NASA/COBE; Radio: NSF/GBT/WSRT/IRAM/C. Clark (STScI); Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GALEX; Optical: Andromeda, Unexpected © Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner, Yann Sainty & J. Sahner, T. Kottary. Composite image processing: L. Frattare, K. Arcand, J.Major
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    Aug 25
    Keeping it 100 💯 On Sunday, Aug. 23, BioSentinel reached 100 million kilometers (~62 million miles) from Earth! Since catching a ride to deep space on Artemis I, the CubeSat has been collecting valuable data on the type and dose of space radiation that can affect living
    Illustration of BioSentinel in deep space, with the Milky Way and Sun behind. Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter
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    Aug 20
    Spicing things up in orbit 🛰️ Our Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability mission is set to launch later this year. SSPICY will demonstrate new propulsion, guidance, navigation, and control technologies to inspect satellites and orbital debris. Explore how this
    Illustration of Otter, a satellite servicing spacecraft, in low Earth orbit, traveling at roughly 17,500 mph around Earth.  Credit: Starfish Space
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    Aug 19
    "As long as I can remember, I’ve always looked up at the sky wondering what it would feel like to be up there. Traveling on commercial airplanes fed that curiosity, but the real spark came when I first soared through the air myself. Flying a paraglider felt like borrowing wings
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