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Why We Explore

Why Do We Explore?

From the time of our birth, humans have felt a primordial urge to explore -- to blaze new trails, map new lands, and answer profound questions about ourselves and our universe.

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Library

Speeches, Reports and Committees

Find reports, briefings and materials from Human Exploration and Operations committees, conferences and forums.

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Education and Outreach

NASA's Exploration Experience exhibit trailer

Informing and educating the public about NASA's plans for a new era in space exploration. Find educational materials, visit traveling exhibits, request a NASA speaker and more.

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About

Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate

Leadership and management of NASA space operations related to human exploration in and beyond low Earth orbit.

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New Doppler Radar Wind Profiler Installed

NASA is replacing decades-old wind measurement equipment with upgraded Doppler radar near the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

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Antares Engine Test Aborted; New Date TBD

The planned first stage propulsion system “hot fire” test of Orbital’s new Antares medium-class rocket was halted in the final seconds of the ...

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Stephen Roderick supports an autonomous rendezvous and capture test in Goddard's Satellite Servicing Center, an incubator for cutting-edge satellite-servicing technologies. (NASA)

Robotic Refueling Demo Points To Bright Future

Following six historic days of operations, NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission demonstrated remotely controlled robots could refuel satellites.

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Astronaut Frank DeWinne works with the Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in Liquids (SODI-IVIDIL) hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station. (Credit NASA)

Fluids in Space, Shaken Not Stirred

Furthering fluid physics fundamentals in microgravity with results from the International Space Station SODI-IVIDIL investigation.

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2012 Human Research Program Annual Report

The Human Research Program 2012 Year in Review.

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News Releases

NASA Targets March 1 Launch for Next SpaceX Station Resupply Mission; Media Accreditation Open

02.14.13 - NASA and its international partners are targeting Friday, March 1, as the launch date for the next cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract

02.14.13 - NASA has selected Aerojet of Sacramento, Calif., for a $23.3 million contract to develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for future advanced boosters for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS).