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Cassini Successfully Flies Over Enceladus
Cassini flew by Enceladus at an altitude of about 46 miles (74 kilometers). This flyby was designed primarily for the ion and neutral mass spectrometer to analyze...
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Nasa Views Our Perpetually Moving Ocean
The swirling flows of Earth's perpetually changing ocean come to life in a new NASA scientific visualization that captures the movement of tens of thousands of...
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The Miri Has Two Faces: Go 'behind the Webb' (telescope)
A short new video takes viewers behind the scenes with the MIRI or the Mid-Infrared Instrument that will fly on-board NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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'mount Sharp' on Mars Links Geology's Past and Future
One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado's grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s.
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Nasa Pinning Down Where 'here' Is Better Than Ever
Before our Global Positioning System navigation devices can tell us where we are, the satellites that make up the GPS need to know exactly where they are.
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Spacecraft Computer Issue Resolved
Engineers have found the root cause of a computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and have determined how to correct it.
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Durable Nasa Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work
Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially...
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Strongest Solar Radiation Storm Since September 2005 Could Reach Earth Today
The sun erupted late on January 22, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, an earth-directed coronal mass ejection, and a burst of fast moving, highly energetic protons...
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Trajectory Maneuver Slated for Jan. 11
An engine firing on Jan. 11 will be the biggest maneuver that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft will perform on its flight between Earth and Mars.
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'Greeley Haven' is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven."
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NASA Presents Software of the Year Award
Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since...
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Nasa Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth
NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth.
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NASA Mars Rover Arrives at New Site on Martian Surface
After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before...
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Nasa's Dawn Spacecraft Begins Science Orbits of Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the first ever to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt, is spiraling toward its first of four intensive science orbits. That initial...
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Nasa Dawn Spacecraft Returns Close-Up Image of Asteroid Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the first close-up image after beginning its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta. On Friday, July 15, Dawn became the first...
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Nasa Spacecraft to Enter Large Asteroid's Orbit on July 15
On July 15, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta, making the mission the first to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid...
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Dawn Nears Start of Year-Long Stay at Giant Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16 and begin...
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Nasa Spacecraft Confirms Theories, Sees Surprises at Mercury
NASA scientists are making new discoveries about the planet Mercury. Data from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving scientists important...
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Dawn Captures Video on Approach to Asteroid Vesta
Scientists working with NASA's Dawn spacecraft have created a new video showing the giant asteroid Vesta as the spacecraft approaches this unexplored world in...
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