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Kepler Mission Manager Update, August 21, 2009
08.21.09 - Kepler is more than 10,000,000 miles from Earth and continues in its drift away, heliocentric orbit.
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Double Crescents
08.21.09 - In the early hours of Aug. 17, 2009, LCROSS caught a unique glimpse of the Earth and its moon from its unique vantage point in space.
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Insight Into Evolution of Life on Earth
08.19.09 - Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found.
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NASA Ames Honored as 2009 AIAA Historic Aerospace Site
08.19.09 - NASA Ames Research Center will celebrate its selection as a 2009 Historic Aerospace Site by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) during a dedication ceremony scheduled on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009.
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NASA Ames Celebrates Sustainability Base
08.18.09 - News media are invited to a ceremonial groundbreaking and dedication event at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. on Aug. 25, 2009.
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NASA Exploration Exhibit Tours Oregon State
08.17.09 - America’s plans for opening the space frontier – including new human exploration of Earth's moon and future voyages into the solar system beyond – are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Oregon State Aug. 28 – Sept. 20.
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NASA Researchers Discover Life's Building Block in Comet
08.17.09 - NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
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Northern California Astronaut to Fly on Next Shuttle
08.12.09 - NASA's next space shuttle mission will carry Jose Hernandez, who considers Stockton, Calif., his hometown, into orbit.
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NASA Ames Research Center Engineer Honored
08.11.09 - Fifteen systems engineers from across NASA graduated from the first class of the Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) in June 2009.
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NASA and International Space University Hold Moon Panel
08.10.09 - A panel of robotics engineers, lunar scientists and spacecraft flight directors will gather at NASA's Ames Research Center on Aug. 11, 2009 to discuss current scientific investigation being done of, on and from the moon.
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Mars Rovers' Work is Children's Play
08.07.09 - To educate the next generation of explorers, NASA took its science and robots on the road.
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NASA's Kepler Spies Changing Phases on a Distant World
08.06.09 - NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities.
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NASA Ames Celebrates 70th Anniversary with New Web Site
08.05.09 - NASA Ames Research Center is launching a 70th Anniversary Web site this week showcasing seven decades of ground-breaking research and development.
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NASA Selects First Innovation Ambassadors
08.04.09 - NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program, in coordination with the agency's Office of the Chief Engineer and Office of Human Capital Management, today announced the selection of the 2009 Innovation Ambassadors.
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NASA To Hold Briefing about Kepler's Early Science Results
08.03.09 - NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 11 a.m. PDT, to discuss early science results of the Kepler mission. Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water could exist.
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NASA Studies Cellulose for Food and Biofuel Production
07.31.09 - For long-duration space missions, astronauts someday will grow plants for food and the air they breathe, while transforming inedible parts of the plants into useful resources, such as biofuels, food, and chemicals.
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NASA Ames Awards Contract to Build Sustainability Base
07.30.09 - NASA has selected Swinerton Inc., San Francisco, to receive a construction contract to build a new sustainable facility at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA Ames Celebrates the Moon
07.30.09 - Members of the public and news media are invited to conduct their own first-hand exploration of the moon’s surface from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. PDT. on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update, July 23, 2009
07.23.09 - Kepler remains in its science attitude and Earth-trailing, helio-centric orbit.
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NASA Exploration Exhibit Visits Ames
07.23.09 - News media are invited to tour the traveling NASA Exploration Experience on exhibit at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. from July 29 - 31, 2009.