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Tomorrow, between 10 and 11 a.m. EDT, space shuttle Discovery, mounted on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, will fly through the Washington, D.C. area.

Spot the Shuttle

## 19th Annual Moonbuggy Race Winners

Teams from Puerto Rico and Huntsville, Ala. win.

## Testing Webb's Instruments

Several critical items related to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope tested.

## Dragon to Set Course

The flight to the International Space Station is expected to be a key milestone.

## World's Greatest Piggyback Ride

NASA's 747 will ferry the shuttles.

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## Hubble Sees Messier 70

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the brilliance of Messier 70.

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### Moscow at Night

Moscow appears at the center of this nighttime image photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude...

### Apollo 13

NASA's Apollo 13 was slated to be the United States' third lunar landing mission. It launched April 11, 1970, at 2:13 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39A in...

### STS-1 Launch

On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen launched into space on space shuttle Columbia on the STS-1 mission--NASA's first mission aboard...

### Shuttle Carrier Aircraft...

The newly arrived Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is seen through the platforms of the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy...

### Shuttle Carrier Aircraft...

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft glides down the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as...

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### Space Race Blast Off

NASA's Interactive Facebook Game!

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### NASA’s Framework on Scientific Integrity

This priority is embedded in the rules and requirements that govern professional behavior.

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  747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Overview

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  The Future of Human Space Flight

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  Eyes on the Solar System: Explore the Cosmos

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  This Week @ NASA, April 13, 2012

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  Space Shuttle Era: Ferry Flights

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  This Week @ NASA, April 6, 2012

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