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The next crew headed to the space station …

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Black holes on a collision course …

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And an anniversary on Mars … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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On Feb. 21,

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the members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission arrived at our Kennedy

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Space Center ahead of their flight to the International Space Station.

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The crew, including NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg,

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are targeted for launch no earlier than Feb. 27 from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A.

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Astronomers have used our Chandra X-ray Observatory to track two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses.

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This is the first evidence for such an impending encounter,

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and it is providing important information about the growth of black holes in the early Universe.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover recently celebrated its second anniversary on Mars.

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Since landing in February 2021, the rover has traveled over 9 miles, collected 18 samples,

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and taken hundreds of thousands of images – all as part of the mission’s search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.

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As part of our effort to provide more resources and information to new audiences,

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we have launched new Spanish-language webpages featuring NASA aeronautics content and information.

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You can also find STEM-related educational content on these webpages for students.

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Find out more at nasa.gov/aeroes.

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That’s nasa.gov/a-e-r-o-e-s.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …

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For more on these and other stories, follow us on the web at nasa.gov/twan.