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Students, teachers and spectators watch Discovery launch
10.26.07 - Experience of a Lifetime
Students watch the Discovery launch that brings 'Harmony' to the International Space Station.
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two students in Cassini program
10.23.07 - Be A Cassini Scientist For A Day
The Ph.D. can wait for a few years! Students can have the fun of being a NASA scientist exploring the universe even before they've finished secondary school by participating in the Cassini Scientist-for-a-Day contest.
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Scott Parazynski wearing a white extravehicular activity suit
10.22.07 - Living His Dream
Scott Parazynski always wanted to be an astronaut. Now, he is helping to build the space station.
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Pam Melroy in a training version of her orange launch and entry spacesuit
10.22.07 - Bringing Mars Closer
Shuttle Commander Pam Melroy is working to prepare for the future.
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The Milky Way above a country road in Texas
10.22.07 - The Fantastic Skies of Orphan Stars
Nothing you've ever seen on Earth could prepare you for the fantastic skies of some 'orphan stars.'
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A drawing of the STS-120 mission patch with the names of the crew encircling a drawing of the space shuttle, a starburst, the moon and Mars
STS-120 Mission Patch Explorer
Click on the different parts of the STS-120 mission patch to learn about the mission and the crew.
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Undular bore waves over Iowa, Oct. 3, 2007
10.17.07 - Giant Atmospheric Waves Over Iowa
Cameras in Iowa captured a giant atmospheric wave passing over Des Moines.
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Logo for NASA's 50th anniversary
10.15.07 - NASA 50th Anniversary Essay Competition
NASA announces the 50th Anniversary Essay Competition for middle and junior high school students.
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Sputnik
10.10.07 - Tones From Deep Space
An ultra-modern probe heading for Pluto is using Sputnik-like tones to communicate with Earth.
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2nd Annual 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition
09.28.07 - Second Annual 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition
Try answering this question in the form of a podcast: What do you think is NASA's greatest exploration achievement in the past 50 years, and why?
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Picture of the Dawn spacecraft launching
10.01.07 - Voyage to the Giant Asteroids -- Liftoff!
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has left Earth on a mission to explore mysterious, giant asteroids.
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Rob Suggs poses by the new lunar impact telescope
10.01.07 - A New Lunar Impact Observatory
Researchers have built a "lunar impact" observatory, and are sharing the facility with local students.
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Deep Impact strikes Comet Tempel 1
09.26.07 - Blowing a Hole in a Comet: Take 2
The dust has cleared and NASA is returning to examine the hole Deep Impact made.
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One of the seven dark openings into cavenrous spaces on the slopes of Arsia Mons
09.24.07 - Cave Skylights Spotted on Mars
Orbiters have spotted 'skylights' apparently leading to cavernous, underground spaces.
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Phil Christensen stands in front of a rocket
09.12.07 - Like Mars, Like Earth
Geologist Phil Christensen compares Mars and Earth with the help of students around the world.
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Astronaut Barbara Morgan at Walt Disney World
09.11.07 - Astronauts Bring NASA's Magic to Disney
After the STS-118 astronauts wrapped up a successful 13-day mission in space, where did they go? Walt Disney World!
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Astronomers examine the mirror at the heart of the Hubble Space Telescope
09.12.07 - The Universe Through the Looking Glass
Astronomers are testing a strangely-shaped mirror to explore the universe using super-energetic X-rays.
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Bianca in a white graduation cap and gown
09.05.07 - Growing Up With NASA
One of NASA's youngest investigators is continuing her science investigations in college.
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Hot gas observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the Supernova remnant N132D
09.05.07 - Cosmic Cockroaches
A tough, pesky molecule possibly key to the origins of life on Earth has been spotted in deep space surviving the ferocious blastwave of a supernova explosion.
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An artist's concept of a lunar meteoroid strike
08.29.07 - Exploding Lunar Eclipse
A NASA team will attempt to observe meteoroids hitting the moon and exploding during a lunar eclipse.
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