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Former NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Gemini IV mission and flew around the Moon as the commander of Apollo 9, died Oct. 13. McDivitt passed away peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family and friends in Tucson, Arizona. He was 93 years old. October 17, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/kBtZ1bR via IFTTT

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down Friday off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing the agency’s fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 170 days in orbit. October 14, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/DRxUpvG via IFTTT

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Media accreditation is now open for the upcoming launch of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a pathfinder mission about Earth’s water that will use new technology to address climate change and its impact on our environment. October 13, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/mjiy4BE via IFTTT

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NASA has selected TBP & JJ Worldwide Services of Leesburg, Virginia, to provide facilities operations and maintenance service for the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. October 13, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/9E4wQbi via IFTTT

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NASA has selected two companies – Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) USA of Denver and SpaceLink Corporation of McLean, Virginia – to develop capability studies to explore and demonstrate communications and navigation services in support of Artemis missions to the Moon. October 12, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/jKGvSZT via IFTTT

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NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station. October 11, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/lNqxrRk via IFTTT

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Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale dem October 11, 2022 from NASA https://ift.tt/45KxfYB via IFTTT