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NASA Selects Classroom Teachers for SOFIA Science Flights
05.10.11 - NASA has selected six teachers to work with scientists aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) during research flights in May and June.
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NASA to Host Video Chat Showcasing SOFIA Science
05.06.11 - NASA invites the public to join an online video chat about viewing the infrared universe with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
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Three NASA Ames Employees Honored by Space Flight Awareness Program
05.09.11 - NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program recently recognized three NASA Ames Research Center employees for their outstanding support of human space flight.
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NASA's Spaceward Bound Takes Teachers Across Desert
05.06.11 - What on Earth are the clues NASA scientists use to help them deduce that there may be life on other planets?
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Bright Young Minds Present Visions for the Future
05.05.11 - High school teams from across the country, plus the Isle of Man, presented their solutions to a variety of 21st century problems during the Conrad Foundation’s Innovation Summit held at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., April 28 - May 1, 2011.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
05.05.11 - Another 93 Gigabytes of Data Added to the Archive
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NASA Unveils Website with Spectacular Solar System Images
05.03.11 - NASA has made available for the public a new online collection of images of our solar system and locations on Earth where astrobiology researchers travel to conduct field research.
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NASA Honors 13 Ames Employees with Silver Snoopy Awards
05.03.11 - Thirteen Ames employees, including eight from the Space Biosciences Division, recently received the prestigious 2010 Silver Snoopy award for their outstanding work and professional dedication.
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Q&A With Michael Craig on Cirrus Clouds
04.26.11 - The Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment is a NASA field campaign, investigating cirrus cloud properties.
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NASA Ames to Host Live Broadcast of Endeavor's Final Launch
04.26.11 - News media and the public are invited to observe a live televised broadcast of space shuttle Endeavour's launch to the International Space Station at 12:47 p.m. PDT on Friday, April 29, in the Exploration Center at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA Hosts Conrad Foundation's 2011 Spirit of Innovation Awards
04.25.11 - Young innovators from across America are invited to solve the challenges of the 21st century by creating breakthrough technologies at the Conrad Foundation’s 2011 Innovation Summit.
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Spacecraft Reveals Dramatic Changes in Mars' Atmosphere
04.21.11 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the total amount of atmosphere on Mars changes dramatically as the tilt of the planet's axis varies.
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NASA and Students Celebrate Fifty Years of Human Space Flight
04.15.11 - Today, space exploration still inspires wonder in a new generation -- sparking passions and pursuits of the unknown.
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Mission Into Ice Clouds: Q&A with Pilot Bill Rieke
04.13.11 - William Rieke is the research pilot for the Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment.
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NASA's Kepler Reaches into the Stars
04.12.11 - New findings published in three papers in the journal Science illustrate the power of the Kepler Space Telescope to probe the internal structure of distant stars.
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Is the Moon Titan Shaped By Weather, or Ice Volcanoes?
04.07.11 - Have the surface and belly of Saturn's smog-shrouded moon, Titan, recently simmered like a chilly, bubbling cauldron with ice volcanoes, or has this distant moon gone dead?
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SOFIA Completes First Flight of German Instrument
04.07.11 - The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, completed its first science flight Wednesday, April 6, using the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies (GREAT) scientific instrument.
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Nobel Prize Winner Baruch Blumberg Dies
04.06.11 - Nobel Prize winner Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg, who served as the first director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center, suffered an apparent heart attack while attending a conference at Ames on Tuesday, April 5. He was 85.
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Baruch Blumberg Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
04.06.11 - Dr. Baruch "Barry" Blumberg, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine and a former director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, after suffering an apparent heart attack. He was 85.
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Spacebound Bacteria Inspire Earthbound Remedies
03.21.11 - Astronaut Fred Haise was a long way from home when he became sick with an infection caused by an opportunistic pathogen known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa.