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New NASA App 2.0 Released for iPhone, iPod Touch
05.21.12 - NASA released Monday an updated version of the free NASA App for iPhone and iPod touch. The NASA App 2.0 includes several new features and a completely redesigned user interface that improves the way people can explore and experience NASA content on their mobile devices.
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NASA Ames Helps Re-enter the Dragon
05.18.12 - Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed by Ames' engineers has garnered the respect of government and commercial entities.
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NASA’s Kepler Detects Potential Evaporating Planet Candidate
05.18.12 - Astronomers may have detected evidence of a possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its host star located 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
05.15.2012 - April was a momentous time for the mission! The team received approval for a mission extension through fiscal year 2016.
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Meteorite Discovery Spurs Hunt For More Pieces
05.10.12 - Meteorite fragments were recently found that could hold answers to unsolved mysteries about our solar system and the origins of molecules necessary for life.
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NASA Asks Public to Provide Videos and Photos of Meteor
04.25.12 - NASA and the SETI Institute are asking the public to help find footage of the meteor that created sonic booms over a wide area April 22, 2012.
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Scientists Find History of Asteroid Impacts in Rocks
04.25.12 - Research concludes giant asteroids hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously thought.
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NASA’s Ultragreen Building Awarded Leed Platinum
04.19.12 - NASA's new ultragreen facility, Sustainability Base, received the highest level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
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NASA's SOFIA Featured In The Astrophysical Journal
04.19.12 - The Astrophysical Journal will issue a special edition of its Letters volume on April 20 with papers about observations made with NASA's SOFIA airborne telescope.
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NASA’s Latest Mission on Earth
04.19.12 - NASA leading the way to a better quality of life on Earth - Sustainability Base, designed in harmony with its environment, is a highly intelligent and intuitive new building.
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NASA Selects Science Instrument Upgrade for Flying Observatory
04.17.12 - NASA has selected a science instrument upgrade to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne observatory.
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NASA Showcases Method To Grow Algae-Based Biofuels
04.17.12 - NASA showcased the latest research on a method to grow algae, clean wastewater, capture carbon dioxide and ultimately produce feedstock for refining biofuels.
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NASA, Library of Congress Select First Astrobiology Chair
04.16.12 - NASA and the Library of Congress have announced the selection of David H. Grinspoon to be the first Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.
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NASA Invites Media To Tour Wastewater Biofuels Project
04.11.12 - Reporters are invited to attend a one-hour guided tour of NASA’s Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae (OMEGA) system on April 17, 2012.
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Reporters Invited to Tour New Ultragreen Building
04.11.12 - NASA's newest building also is one of the nation's greenest. News media are invited to tour the facility, called Sustainability Base, on Thursday, April 19, 2012.
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LADEE Project Manager Update
04.09.12 - NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer has received its integrated propulsion system that will enable the spacecraft to reach the moon.
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NASA-Supported Robotics Teams Advance to Championship
04.09.12 - High school teams from the San Francisco Bay area demonstrated engineering, electronics and programming skills as they designed and built robots.
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Ames Honored for NASA Government Invention of the Year
4.06.12 - Ames received the award for developing Toughened Uni-piece Fibrous Reinforced Oxidation-Resistant Composite (TUFROC).
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Young Innovators Present Solutions to Challenges
04.04.12 - High school teams from across the country presented solutions to 21st century problems during the Conrad Foundation’s Innovation Summit at NASA Ames.
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NASA's Kepler Mission Approved For Mission Extension
4.04.12 - NASA's Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016.