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NASA Unmanned Aircraft Measures Greenhouse Gases
12.05.11 - NASA researchers have demonstrated the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to collect very low altitude airborne measurements of greenhouse gases.
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Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone
12.05.11 - NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface.
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Super Earth-size Planet Confirmed Around Bright Star
12.02.11 - A research team led by Steve Howell has announced the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting one of the brightest stars in the Kepler field of view.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
12.01.2011 - The mission operations team just successfully completed our latest science data downlink and we are making final preparations for the Kepler Science Conference.
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NASA Announcing Kepler Discoveries at Conference
12.01.11 - NASA will host a news briefing during the Kepler Science Conference at 8 a.m. PST, Monday, Dec. 5, to announce new discoveries by the Kepler mission.
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NASA, Library of Congress Establish Astrobiology Chair
11.30.11 - NASA and the Library of Congress have established the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA-Library of Congress chair in Astrobiology.
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Scientists Simulate Moon and Mars Exploration
11.23.11 - NASA and collaborators returned to the Mojave Desert to investigate how humans will conduct science on the moon or Mars.
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NASA Ames Features Live Broadcast of Mars Launch
11.21.11 - News media are invited to observe a live televised broadcast of the launch of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft with the Curiosity rover on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, in the Exploration Center at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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MSL Entry, Descent and Landing Instrumentation (MEDLI)
11.18.11 - Sensors in MSL's heat shield feed NASA researchers' curiosity about high-speed flight in out-of-this-world atmospheres.
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NASA's Airborne Observatory Views Star Forming Region
11.21.11 - A new image from SOFIA provides the highest resolution mid-infrared image taken to-date of the massive star formation region W40.
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NASA Develops New Game-Changing Technology
11.17.11 - A manufacturing process using electron beams could mean big savings and environmental benefits.
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Interplanetary Science Communication Competition
11.17.11 - A NASA, Cheltenham Festivals, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science competition is now open.
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NASA Invites Media to Mars Science Lectures
11.16.11 - News media are invited to hear NASA’s David Blake give a free public lecture about Mars and NASA’s next mission to Mars on Nov. 17.
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NASA Probe Data Show Evidence of Liquid Water on Icy Europa
11.16.11 - Data from a NASA planetary mission have provided scientists evidence of what appears to be a body of liquid water, equal in volume to the North American Great Lakes, beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa.
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NASA's Supercomputer Maintains Ranking
11.15.11 - NASA's largest supercomputer, Pleiades, maintained its status as seventh on the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful, high-performance computers.
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NASA Hosting Science Update About Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa
11.15.11 - News media are invited to interview NASA Planetary Scientist Jeff Moore in addition to viewing a live televised broadcast of a Science Update from NASA Headquarters about new theories concerning Jupiter's moon at 10 a.m. PST on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
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Elementary Students in Hawaii Remotely Operate NASA Rovers for World Leaders
11.15.11 - During the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Conference held Nov. 7-13, 2011, NASA collaborated with the University of Hawai’i Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) to share the excitement of exploration and robotics technology with elementary school children and even some APEC delegates.
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NASA Invites Media to Interview Mars Science Lab Scientist
11.14.11 - News media are invited to interview NASA scientist David Blake, a principal investigator for the Mars Science Laboratory, at a briefing and lab demo at 10 a.m. PST, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, in building 239, room B-48, at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA, Science Technology Featured at Supercomputing Conference
11.08.11 - NASA will highlight the vital role of supercomputing in the search for Earth-size planets, understanding the causes of space weather, relating air quality impacts to the changing weather and climate, improving aircraft performance, designing next-generation spacecraft, and much more at the 24th annual Supercomputing 2011 (SC11) conference.
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Scientists Prepare for Coming ATTREX Climate Study
11.08.11 - Multi-year NASA airborne campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of the tropical tropopause over the Pacific Ocean in 2013-2014.