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Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror
NASA's Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using some of the last images taken by the spacecraft as it departed Vesta.
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NASA's 'Earth Now'App Now Available for Android
One of the top iPhone education apps in the iTunes store is now available for Android.
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NASA Mars Rover Curiosity's Arm Wields Camera Well
The camera at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity spent a busy weekend taking photos from several arm positions.
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NASA-Funded Study Helps Untangle Methane Mystery
A new NASA-funded study has largely accounted for the dramatic leveling-off in atmospheric methane levels seen at the end of the 20th century.
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NASA Rover Returns Voice and Telephoto Views from Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong 1930-2012
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, has died.
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NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference
NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m.EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars.
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NASA Event to Discuss Black Holes and Extreme Objects
NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT) on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research.
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NASA Mars Rover Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced today they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.
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NASA to Hold Televised Curiosity Rover Media Briefing Aug. 22
NASA will hold a televised news conference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to update media on the progress of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars.
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First Words of Safe Landing on Mars - Tango Delta Nominal
The entry, descent and landing of NASA's new Mars rover was full of unknowns - including when was the right time to declare Curiosity safe and sound on the surface.
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New Insight on Mars Expected from New NASA Mission
On Aug. 20, NASA announced the selection of InSight, a new Discovery-class mission that will probe Mars at new depths by looking into the deep interior of Mars.
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Curiosity Stretches its Arm
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its robotic arm today for the first time since before launch in November 2011.
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New NASA Mission to Take First Look Deep Inside Mars
NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to study its evolution compared with other rocky planets.
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Rover's Laser Instrument Zaps First Martian Rock
Today, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity fired its laser for the first time on Mars, using the beam from a science instrument to interrogate a rock called "Coronation."
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NASA Announces Curiosity Rover Media Events Schedule
NASA will host several media teleconferences and/or news conferences to provide Curiosity rover mission updates in the coming weeks.
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NASA Curiosity Team Pinpoints Site for First Drive
The scientists and engineers of NASA's Curiosity rover mission have selected the first driving destination for their one-ton, six-wheeled mobile Mars laboratory.
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NASA to Host Curiosity Rover Teleconference Aug. 17
NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT), Friday, Aug. 17, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
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Orbiter Views NASA's New Mars Rover in Color
The first color image taken from orbit showing NASA's rover Curiosity on Mars shows details of the layered bedrock in Gale Crater that the rover is starting to investigate.
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Dawn Engineers Assess Reaction Wheel
Engineers are working on part of a system that helps the Dawn spacecraft point precisely. The rest of the spacecraft is otherwise healthy.