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Orbiter's Long Life Helps Scientists Track Changes on Mars
New gullies that did not exist in mid-2002 have appeared on a Martian sand dune.
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Cassini Radar Images Show Dramatic Shoreline on Titan
Images returned during Cassini's recent flyby of Titan show captivating evidence of what appears to be a large shoreline cutting across the smoggy moon's southern hemisphere.
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Ghostly Spokes in Saturn's Rings Spotted by Cassini
Scientists are celebrating the first Cassini spacecraft sighting of spokes, the ghostly radial markings discovered in Saturn's rings by NASA's Voyager spacecraft 25 years ago.
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Rinaldi Named Information Chief
James Rinaldi has been appointed Chief Information Officer of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
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NASA Will Reveal Secrets of Clouds and Aerosols
Two NASA satellites, planned for launch no earlier than Oct. 26, will give us a unique view of Earth's atmosphere. CloudSat and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (Calipso) are undergoing final preparations for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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JPL Team Honored With NASA's Software of the Year Award
Software developed by a team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has been selected to receive NASA's Software of the Year Award.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status
Three cameras on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter worked as expected in a test pointing them at the moon and stars on Sept. 8.
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NASA's Spitzer and Deep Impact Build Recipe for Comet Soup
When Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primordial "soup."
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NASA's Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet Picture
Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids and comets in our solar system.
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NASA Helps Agencies Respond to Katrina
NASA science instruments and Earth-orbiting satellites are providing detailed insight about the environmental impact caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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NASA's Durable Spirit Sends Intriguing New Images From Mars
Working atop a range of Martian hills, NASA's Spirit rover is rewarding researchers with tempting scenes filled with evidence of past planet environments.
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NASA's Mars Orbiter Makes Successful Course Correction
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully tested its main engines by making a successful trajectory adjustment for reaching the red planet on March 10, 2006.
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Cassini Finds Enceladus Tiger Stripes Are Really Cubs
The Cassini spacecraft has discovered the long, cracked features dubbed "tiger stripes" on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are very young -- between 10 and 1,000 years young.
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NASA/NOAA Announce Major Weather Forecasting Advancement
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today outlined research that has helped to improve the accuracy of medium-range weather forecasts in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed one of the first tasks of its seven-month cruise to Mars.
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Technology of Tomorrow: Space Exploration Technology Spin-Offs
The next time you pick up a cordless tool or look up at a satellite dish, will you think of NASA?
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NASA's Multipurpose Mars Mission Successfully Launched
A seven-month flight to Mars began this morning for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA's Next Leap in Mars Exploration Ready for Launch
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is ready for a morning launch on Thursday, Aug. 11.
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Cassini Flies by Saturn's Tortured Moon Mimas
On its recent close flyby of Mimas, the Cassini spacecraft found the Saturnian moon looking battered and bruised, with a surface that may be the most heavily cratered in the Saturn system.
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NASA's Spitzer Finds Hidden, Hungry Black Holes
Most of the biggest black holes in the universe have been eating cosmic meals behind closed doors - until now.