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NASA AMES to Show Live Broadcast of Space Shuttle Launch
08.06.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- News media and the public are invited to attend a special pre-launch program in the Exploration Center at NASA Ames Research Center on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, featuring an opportunity to observe the live televised broadcast of the launch of STS-118 space shuttle Endeavour and hear several speakers who will discuss the upcoming mission.
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NASA, Microsoft Launch Collaboration with Immersive Photography
08.06.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - On Monday, NASA and Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Wash., released an interactive, 3-D photographic collection of the space shuttle Endeavour preparing for its upcoming mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA Phoenix News Briefings Delayed 24 Hours
07.31.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Friday's scheduled launch of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been postponed 24 hours.
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NASA Scientists to Discuss Phoenix Mission to Mars
07.30.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - During a televised briefing from Florida Aug. 1, NASA Ames will give local reporters a chance to query NASA scientists about the Phoenix Mars mission.
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NASA Releases Findings of Astronaut Health Reviews
07.26.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA Ames Research Center Friday, July 27, 10 a.m. PDT will provide local reporters an opportunity to ask questions of NASA officials about astronaut health reviews during a news conference originating from NASA Headquarters, Washington.
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NASA Officials to Discuss Progress in Spaceship Development
07.26.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA Ames Research Center will host a news briefing at 1 p.m. PDT Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, to provide updates on NASA's Constellation Program.
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NASA Robots Practice Moon Survey in the Arctic Circle
07.20.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Two NASA robots are surveying a rocky, isolated polar desert within a crater in the Arctic Circle. The study will help scientists learn how robots could evaluate potential outposts on the moon or Mars.
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NASA Awards Contract for Supercomputing Support Services
07.17.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA has selected Computer Sciences Corporation of Lanham, Md., to provide supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a potential value of approximately $600 million.
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NASA Scientists to Discuss Experiments Live From Arctic Crater
07.17.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA Ames Research Center will show a live videoconference from a crater in the Canadian Arctic on Friday, July 20, 2007, featuring a panel of NASA researchers conducting experiments there.
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NASA Finds Hydrocarbons on Saturn’s Moon Hyperion
07.04.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in our solar system of basic chemicals necessary for life.
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NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate, Ozone Questions
06.27.07 - WASHINGTON -- NASA's Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign will begin this summer in San Jose, Costa Rica, with an investigation into how chemical compounds in the air are transported vertically into the stratosphere and how that transport affects cloud formation and climate.
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NASA to Host Girl Scouts for a Week-Long Science Experience
06.26.07 - MOFFETT FIELD- NASA Ames is hosting 50 high school-aged Girl Scouts for 'Launch into Technology,' a program consisting of two seven-day residential institutes, one focused on robotics and the other on aeronautics. On Wednesday, June 27, news media representatives are invited to the 'Launch into Technology' media day from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. PDT.
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Retired NASA Scientist Wins First Al Seiff Memorial Award
06.25.07 - A retired NASA scientist whose instruments probed the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, received an award for his work.
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NASA Ames to Show Live Broadcast of Space Shuttle Landing
06.21.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA Ames Research Center will show the live televised broadcast of the landing of STS-117 space shuttle Atlantis on Friday, June 22.
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NASA Liquid-Mirror Telescope on Moon Might See Deeper Back in Time
06.21.07 - Someday, astronauts on the moon may pour liquid onto a disc-shaped mesh to make a huge mirror for a powerful telescope, according to a technical article just made public.
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NASA Ames to Host Summit of Technology and Communications Experts
06.20.07 - Internet, virtual world and communications experts from the Silicon Valley and around the country will gather at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., to participate in discussions about how to make NASA's missions and research more accessible on the Web.
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NASA Ames to Show Live Broadcast of Space Shuttle Landing
06.19.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA Ames Research Center will show the live televised broadcast of the landing of STS-117 space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday, June 21. The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to complete a 13-day mission to the International Space Station with a landing in Florida at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA Nanotechnology Space Sensor Test Successful in Orbit
06.18.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA recently tested the first nanotechnology-based electronic device to fly in space. The test showed that the "nanosensor" could monitor trace gases inside a spaceship. This technology could lead to smaller, more capable environmental monitors and smoke detectors in future crew habitats.
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NASA Research Supports Presence of Large Oceans on Early Mars
06.14.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA-funded astrobiologists at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered evidence supporting the presence of large oceans of liquid water on early Mars.
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NASA Ames to Show Live Broadcast of Space Shuttle Launch
06.07.07 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- NASA Ames Research Center will extend the hours of operation of its Exploration Center on Friday, June 8, 2007, for the public and news media to observe the live televised broadcast of the launch of STS-117 space shuttle Atlantis that afternoon.