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Spinoff Book Highlights NASA Technology Everywhere
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Spinoff Book Highlights NASA Technology Everywhere

From precision GPS to batteries for one of the world's first commercial all-electric airplanes, NASA technology turns up in nearly every corner of modern life. ...

How We Saved the Deep Space 1 Spacecraft
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How We Saved the Deep Space 1 Spacecraft

On Sept. 22, 2001, about 50 people huddled around computer monitors in a control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, some more anxious...

Scientists to Debate Landing Site for Next Mars Rover
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Scientists to Debate Landing Site for Next Mars Rover

Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts will convene in a hotel ballroom just north of Los Angeles later this week to present, discuss and deliberate...

Painting Cars for Mars
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Painting Cars for Mars

When John Campanella's friend wanted his beloved Ferrari painted, he knew exactly who to call.

JPL Roles in NASA's Sun-Bound Parker Solar Probe
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JPL Roles in NASA's Sun-Bound Parker Solar Probe

The navigation for NASA's Parker Solar Probe is led by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, which also has a role in two of the spacecraft's...

360 Video: Tour a Mars Robot Test Lab
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360 Video: Tour a Mars Robot Test Lab

NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another...

Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth
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Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth

The 2018 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication, released Tuesday, features 49 technologies the agency helped create that are used in almost every facet of...

Jpl Deploys a Cubesat For Astronomy
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Jpl Deploys a Cubesat For Astronomy

Tiny satellites called CubeSats have attracted a lot of attention in recent years. Besides allowing researchers to test new technologies, their relative simplicity...

Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres
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Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres

NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the...

Robot Spelunkers Go For a Dip
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Robot Spelunkers Go For a Dip

NASA has changed the perspective of science, building satellites to study Earth's surface. Deep below that surface, where it's harder for satellites to see, is...

Nasa's Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn
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Nasa's Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn

A thrilling epoch in the exploration of our solar system came to a close today, as NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a fateful plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn...

Nasa Selects Proposals to Study Galaxies, Stars, Planets
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Nasa Selects Proposals to Study Galaxies, Stars, Planets

NASA has selected six astrophysics Explorers Program proposals for concept studies.

Why No One ­nder 20 Has Experienced a Day Without Nasa at Mars
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Why No One ­nder 20 Has Experienced a Day Without Nasa at Mars

As the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft approached its destination on July 4, 1997, no NASA mission had successfully reached the Red Planet in more than 20 years.

Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula
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Observatories Combine to Crack Open the Crab Nebula

Astronomers have produced a highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula, by combining data from telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic...

Nasa Selects Cubesat, Smallsat Mission Concept Studies
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Nasa Selects Cubesat, Smallsat Mission Concept Studies

NASA has selected 10 studies under the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program to develop mission concepts using small satellites to investigate...

Nasa Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos
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Nasa Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos.

Jpl Seeks Robotic Spacecraft Development For Asteroid Redirect Mission
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Jpl Seeks Robotic Spacecraft Development For Asteroid Redirect Mission

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) seeking design, development and build of the robotic spacecraft...

Nasa Approves 2018 Launch of Mars Insight Mission
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Nasa Approves 2018 Launch of Mars Insight Mission

NASA is moving forward with a spring 2018 launch of its InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars, following final approval this week by the agency's Science...

Nasa Symposium: Futuristic Space Exploration Concepts
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Nasa Symposium: Futuristic Space Exploration Concepts

Each year, NASA funds a handful of futuristic concepts to push forward the boundaries of space exploration.

Curiosity Rover Report: Four Years on Mars
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Curiosity Rover Report: Four Years on Mars

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity celebrates its fourth year on Mars since landing at Gale crater on August 5, 2012.
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