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NASA Requests Game-Changing Technologies Research
02.10.2012 - NASA's Space Technology Program has issued a NASA Research Announcement to solicit proposals for Game Changing Opportunities in Technology Development covering several aspects of technology maturation, including development of advanced technologies, test articles and techniques for testing, and concepts of operations.
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Unique Testbed Soon Will Be in Space
2.09.12 - An orbiting laboratory will soon be providing new and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate.
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Spacecraft Computer Issue Resolved
02.09.12 - 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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The Sun As Art
02.06.12 - A new interactive NASA art exhibit opens February 9 at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore that will showcase stunning images of the sun.
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Astronaut Vision Changes Offer Opportunity for Research
02.09.12 - Astronauts on the station are not allowing vision issues to keep them from completing their important tasks on the orbiting laboratory.
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Black Hole Grazes on Asteroids
02.08.12 - The giant black hole at the Milky Way center may be devouring asteroids.
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NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 911's Final Flight
02.10.12 - One of NASA's two space shuttle carrier aircraft to be retired after final hop from Edwards AFB to he Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale.
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Young Stars at Home in Ancient Cluster
02.08.12 - Looking like a hoard of gems fit for an emperor's collection, this deep sky object called NGC 6752 is in fact far more worthy of admiration.
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New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers
02.08.12 - New color images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the agency's 2008 Phoenix Mars Lander and the lander that carried its rover Spirit to Mars in 2004.
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NASA Seeks Proposals for Green Propellant Technology
02.08.12 - NASA is seeking technology demonstration proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine.
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NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth's Melting Land Ice
02.07.12 - In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise.
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NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer in Standby Mode
02.07.12 - NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine years after the telescope's launch.
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Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup
02.07.12 - At least one object in photos NASA's Curiosity rover will transmit from Mars later this year will look familiar to all Americans: a Lincoln penny sent as a camera reference.
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RHESSI Celebrates 10 Years and 40,000 X-Ray Flares
02.08.12 - Ten years since its launch, RHESSI has observed more than 40,000 X-ray flares, helped craft a model of how solar eruptions form, and fueled additional serendipitous science papers on such things as the shape of the sun.
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NASA PIT Crews Essential to Commercial Space Endeavor
02.07.12 - NASA's Commercial Crew Program has Partner Integration Teams, or PIT Crews, to help guide industry partners in their race to space.
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Hubble Observes NGC 1073
02.06.12 - Hubble has imaged the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster).
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Mobile Launcher Tests Confirm Designs
02.06.12 - Precision instruments on the mobile launcher showed engineers how much the 35-story structure will sway and vibrate when in motion.
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Astronaut Pettit Shares Passion for Science from Space
02.06.12 - NASA astronaut Don Pettit will use everyday objects from Earth to demonstrate physics through "Science off the Sphere."
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VIIRS Eastern Hemisphere Image - Behind the Scenes
02.02.12 - NASA scientists created a companion image to the wildly popular 'Blue Marble' released Jan. 25, 2012.
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Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy
02.02.12 - Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, Hubble got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.