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NASA’s Mars Odyssey is Back Up and Running
NASA announced today that the Mars Odyssey orbiter has switched to a set of redundant equipment and has resumed its observational and relay duties. The equipment that was switched...
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NASA Study Grades Climate Models, Finds Higher Temperatures Likely
NASA today announced the results of a new study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. It shows that climate model p...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Team Switches to Earth Time
NASA announced today that the Mars rover Curiosity team will be switching back to Earth time. The team has spent the thr...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Reveals Loss of Mars’ Atmosphere
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is now helping scientists understand how much of its original atmosphere the red planet may h...
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Angry Birds and NASA Detail Mars Rover Curiosity’s Mission
Anyone who has played Angry Birds Space knows that the game contains a satellite that links to a NASA mobile web page that educates kids on the effects of microgravity and that Ang...
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NASA’s Dawn Discovers ‘Young’ Surface on Asteroid
NASA announced today that data from its Dawn probe show the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly "stirring" its surface, presenting a "young" appearance. The type of weathering that...
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Mars Rover Curiosity’s First Mineralogy Analysis Shows Basaltic-Like Soil
NASA today announced the results of Mars rover Curiosity's initial analysis of the soil it has been...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Still Scooping Away
Mars rover Curiosity continued to sample soil at the dusty "Rocknest" location on Mars this week. The rover has been stationed at the site for nearly one Earth month. The rover...
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NASA Develops a 3-D Imaging Radar For Oil Spills
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) researchers have developed a method of using a specialized 3-D imaging radar to "characterize" the oil in oil spills. This represents the firs...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Takes a Fourth Scoop
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took its fourth scoop of Martian soil over the weekend and yesterday was issued commands to place a bit of the sample into the rover's Chemistry and Min...
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Mars Rover Curiosity’s Third Scoop Being Analyzed
Earlier this week, NASA announced that Mars rover Curiosity had taken its t...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Takes a Third Scoop of Martian Soil
NASA has announced that Mars rover Curiosity will take its third scoop of Martian soil sometime today. While this may be the third scoop for the rover, it's the first one that wil...
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Jovian Trojan Asteroids’ Secrets Uncovered by NASA’s WISE
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) may have been decommissioned last year, but the data it has provided is continuing to reveal clues about our solar system. NASA...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Preparing to Analyze Martian Dirt
NASA researchers have begun preparing Mars rover Curiosity to scoop up Martian soil for testing. The rover was designed t...
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Mars Rover Opportunity to Thoroughly Examine Matijevic Hill
While Mars rover Curiosity might be getting all the attention these days, Mars rover Opportunity is still active during it...
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