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Observed at: Edmonton Int'l Airport 12:00 AM MDT Wednesday 30 April 2025
Condition: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 8.4°C
Pressure: 101.3 kPa rising
Visibility: 32 km
Humidity: 56 %
Dewpoint: 0.2°C
Wind: NNW 8 km/h
Air Quality Health Index: 2
]]> Courtesy of Environment Canada

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    What does the future of space exploration look like? At the 2025 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, NASA gave student robotics teams and industry leaders a first-hand look?complete with lunar rovers, robotic arms, and real conversations about shaping the next era of discovery.  NASA engaged directly with the Artemis Generation, connecting with more than […]

  • NASA Advances Precision Landing Technology with Field Test at Kennedy
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  • NASA?s Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter?s and Io?s Surface
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  • NASA?s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon
    Editor?s note: This article was updated on April 29, 2025, to correct the amount of data collected during Intuitive Machines? IM-2 mission. NASA’s PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1) mission was designed to demonstrate technologies to help scientists better understand lunar resources ahead of crewed Artemis missions to the Moon. During the short-lived mission […]

  • NASA Gathers Experts to Discuss Emerging Technologies in Astrophysics
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  • NASA Technology Enables Leaps in Artificial Intelligence
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  • NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration
    Today is the 100th day of the Trump-Vance Administration after being inaugurated on Jan. 20. In his inaugural address, President Trump laid out a bold and ambitious vision for NASA?s future throughout his second term, saying, ?We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on […]