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Something amazing every day.
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Ambitious Venus Mission Ideas Include Robots, Planes, Humans |
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After over 20 years of neglect, the planet Venus is once more drawing NASA's eye for ambitious new missions. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Space Farms Could Mine Minerals From Moon Dirt |
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Future missions to the Moon or Mars could use plants as bio-harvesters to extract valuable elements from the alien soils |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Huge Star Burns Fast and Furious in Photo |
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A bright hot star with more than 70 times the mass of our sun will live fast and die young. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Space Station Suffers Cooling System Malfunction |
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The International Space Station suffered a cooling system malfunction late Saturday that forced its astronaut crew to power down some vital systems. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Area of Mars Identified as Good Place to Look for Evidence of Past Life |
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A spot on Mars called Nili Fossae that is rich in clay mineral-rich rocks could be a prime spot to search for the fossilized remains of Martian life that may have existed 4 billion years ago, a new study suggests. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Whole New Mercury Promised by NASA Spacecraft |
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A NASA spacecraft that has been studying Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system, is about eight months away from achieving its main objective of entering the planet's orbit. But, after a series of flybys, the steadfast probe has already unlocked valuable information about the planet closest to our sun. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Mars Rover Spirit May Not Survive Martian Winter |
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NASA's beleaguered Mars rover Spirit, which has been hibernating on the surface of Mars since March, is facing its toughest challenge yet - the harsh conditions of the Martian winter. And the rover may lose. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| NASA Adds Video Camera To Next Mars Rover |
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NASA has added a video camera to its next Mars rover to take viewers on Earth along for a ride when it lands on the Martian surface. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Vote on House NASA Bill Appears Unlikely Before September |
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A controversial House NASA authorization bill that appeared headed for a floor vote today has stalled. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| One Saturn Moon Blows Oxygen to Another |
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A comprehensive model of Saturn's magnetosphere and moons has revealed that the ringed planet's largest moon Titan gets its oxygen from the icy geysers on another. Icy geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus send icy vapor into space, which breaks down and migrates to Titan's atmosphere. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Hunt for Life's Building Blocks in Space Gets NASA Boost |
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NASA did not violate federal law or congressional guidance by taking actions that would prematurely kill the Constellation program, a new report says. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| NASA's Moon Program Slowdown Within the Law, Report Finds |
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NASA did not violate federal law or congressional guidance by taking actions that would prematurely kill the Constellation program, a new report says. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Rare Find: Failed Star Circling Sun-Like Star |
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A very young failed star, known as a brown dwarf, was discovered in a close orbit around a nearby, young sun-like star - in closer proximity to each other than most young brown dwarf and planetary companions that have been previously found by direct imaging, according to a new study. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Commercial Spaceflight Supporters Rally to Stall Vote on NASA Bill |
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A flurry of behind-the-scenes maneuvering took place late Wednesday as opponents of a NASA authorization bill fought back efforts by lawmakers to push for a floor vote on the measure before they break for the summer district work period Aug. 2. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Mars Rover Opportunity Finally Sees Martian Dust Devil |
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After six-and-a-half years roaming the surface of Mars, a NASA rover has spotted its first dust devil on the red planet. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Giant Sand Dunes on Titan Shaped by Backward Winds |
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Gusty winds that blow in reverse of prevailing weather on Saturn's largest moon Titan appear to shape some of the moon's odd equatorial sand dunes, a new study finds. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| Chinese Space Junk Won't Endanger Space Station Crew |
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NASA is tracking a piece of Chinese space junk that is headed uncomfortably close to the International Space Station and may force the outpost's crew to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats as a precaution. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| New Report Urges U.S. Space Launch Policy Overhaul |
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The U.S. government should permit China to launch U.S.-built commercial satellites and force an overhaul of the U.S. Air Force�s relationship with its principal launch-services provider, a U.S. think tank has concluded. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| New Space Telescope Mirrors Get Frosty Treatment |
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NASA is putting the mirrors for its ambitious new James Webb Space Telescope through the ultimate cold test. |
| 08/01/2010 07:01 AM |
| How Astronomy Lit Up the Solar System |
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Astronomy has come a long way in the 401 years since Galileo turned his first primitive telescope to the sky, so it's no surprise we see a very different solar system than the field's earliest pioneers. |