NASA's Space Exploration and Tech Goals for 2014 (Photos)

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Next Generation Space Telescope

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NASA engineer Ernie Wright looks on as the first six flight ready James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments are prepped to begin final cryogenic testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. [Full Story on NASA's asteroid plan and 2014 budget]

Aeronautics Research

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The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. [Full Story on NASA's asteroid plan and 2014 budget]

STEM Education

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited the MathScience Innovation Center in Richmond, Va., on Friday, Feb. 28, to meet seventh and eighth-grade students from the city's Albert Hill Middle School. [Full Story on NASA's asteroid plan and 2014 budget]

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