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Galaxy Cluster Smashes Distance Record
The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered -- about 10.2 billion light years away.
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Orionids Meteor Shower, 2009
The 2009 Orionids meteror shower lights up the sky with a better-than-usual display.
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NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad in Florida
NASA scientist Dr. Edwin Ethridge and his team have started cooking up a way to extract water from lunar soil.
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Cooking Up Water From the Moon? NASA Studies Water Extraction With Microwaves
NASA scientist Dr. Edwin Ethridge and his team have started cooking up a way to extract water from lunar soil.
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Ullage Motor Testing at the Marshall Center
Oct. 8, 2009 -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., completed the first round of development testing on Oct. 8 for a key motor for the Ares I rocket. The ullage settl...
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Ares Parachute Drop Test
NASA and industry engineers drop a 72,000 pound test payload in testing the Ares main parachute.
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NGC 6240: Black Holes Go 'Mano a Mano'
A new composite image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope shows two black holes merging together within galaxy NGC 6240.
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A-3 Test Stand Construction Moves Forward
The A-3 Test Stand construction moves forward with tank installations at Stennis Space Center.
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New Vista of Milky Way Center Unveiled
A dramatic new vista of the center of the Milky Way galaxy from Chandra exposes new levels of intrigue in the Milky Way.
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Lunar Lander Test Article Glides Above the Safety Net
The Marshall Center is testing a new robotic lunar lander test bed for the development of a new generation of multi-use landers for space exploration.
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DM-1 Motor Test is a Success
On July 20, 2009, NASA and ATK unveiled the completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket booster in Promontory, Utah.
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Orion Launch Abort System
Sept. 4, 2009 -- Technicians from ATA Engineering Inc. assess data collected during the ground vibration test of the Orion Launch Abort System. The 53-foot-long inert assembly was tested at Orbital Sc...
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Cygnus X-1: Still a "Star"
Since its discovery 45 years ago, Cygnus X-1 has been one of the most intensively studied cosmic X-ray sources.
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Lightfoot Named Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA has named Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., as the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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Trigger-Happy Star Formation
A new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born.
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NASA's Marshall Center Awards 2009 'Software of the Year,' 'Invention of the Year' Honors
The Marshall Center presents two technology achievement awards to AI Signal Research Inc. of Huntsville, Ala.
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NASA's Marshall Center Honored for Support of Historically Black Colleges, Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions
The Marshall Center has been selected as a 2009 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions.
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Images of Solar Eclipse as seen by Hinode Satellite
The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week.
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A New Dimension to an Old Explosion
Ten years ago this week, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia.
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NASA Stirs Up the First Development Dome Welds for Ares I Upper Stage
The Ares Projects team at the Marshall Center has completed welding the first liquid hydrogen tank dome being developed to define manufacturing processes for the upper stage of the Ares I.