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NASA-Funded Scientists Make Watershed Lunar Discovery
A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals.
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NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016
OSIRIS-REx will pluck samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth. The samples could help explain our solar system's formation and how life began.
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The Power of A Moon Rock
Seeing a moon rock as a young girl made Debra Sea feel that anything was possible, and she wanted this generation to experience that feeling.
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Endeavour's Final Voyage
Space Shuttle Endeavour and its six-member crew lifted off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16.
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Gravity Probe B Confirms Two Einstein Theories
NASA's Gravity Probe B mission has confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
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50 Years Ago: Alan Shepard, First American In Space
On May 5, 1961, Mercury astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. made history, becoming the first American in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight in his Freedom 7 caspsule.
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Charles Bolden: NASA's New Endeavor →
NASA is committed to maintaining America's leadership role in human exploration -- and sending U.S. astronauts into space aboard American-made spacecraft.
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STORRMing in Space: Endeavour’s Special Experiment
Though the next shuttle launch marks the end of an era for Endeavour, it will mark the beginning for a new NASA rendezvous and docking sensor technology designed to support future crew and uncrewed spacecraft.
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The 'Un-Flyable' Space Shuttle
Designing and testing the 'flying brick' brought out the best in NASA.
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Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor
Coverage of the NESC's Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test at Marshall Space Flight Center.
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