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New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes
02.04.10 - The images show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled world that is undergoing seasonal changes in its surface color and brightness.
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Rover Spirit Starts a New Chapter on Mars
01.26.10 - After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.
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A New Era of Innovation and Discovery
NASA enters a new era through commercial partnerships and cutting-edge technology research designed to enable us to explore new worlds and increase our understanding of the Earth and our universe.
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End of the Second Warmest Year/Warmest Decade on Record
01.21.10 - 2009 was tied for the second warmest year in the modern record, a new NASA analysis of global surface temperature shows.
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Opportunity Rover Gets Glimpse Inside Mars
01.21.10 - NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars.
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NASA Information on Haiti
NASA's considerable Earth-observing and data analysis and distribution capabilities have been mobilized to provide information to support disaster recovery efforts in Haiti after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
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Spirit Reaches 6th Anniversary With Uncertain Future
12.31.09 - NASA's Mars rover Spirit has been on the Red Planet for six years of unprecedented science exploration and inspiration for the American public.
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President Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists
01.13.10 - President Obama honors more than 100 outstanding early career scientists-–the latest winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, including two NASA scientists.
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Mission to the International Space Station
Commanded by Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 also consists of cosmonauts Maxim Suraev and Oleg Kotov, as well as astronauts Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese Exploration Agency and T.J. Creamer of NASA.
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Suzaku Finds "Fossil" Fireballs from Supernovae
12.30.09 - Studies of two supernova remnants using the Japan-U.S. Suzaku observatory have revealed high-temperature fireballs that immediately followed the explosions which have retained the imprint of temperatures 10,000 times hotter than the sun's surface.
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NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons its Cover
12.29.09 - NASA's recently launched Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer opened its eyes to the starry sky today, after ejecting its protective cover.
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Chopper Drop Tests New Technology
12.08.09 - NASA researchers dropped a small helicopter from 35 feet to see if a deployable energy absorber could lessen the destructive force of a crash.
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NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite
11.23.09 - NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.
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KSC Powers on Solar Energy Future
11.20.09 - Kennedy Space Center turned to the sun for a one megawatt power plant that could point to future energy production techniques.
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@Astro_Mike for Tweet of the Year
His first tweet from space is one of five finalists for Tweet of the Year.
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LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon
11.13.09 - Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts near the moon's south pole.
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NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
11.12.09 - NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
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Ares I-X Flight Test
NASA's first flight test for the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system, called Ares I-X, will bring NASA one step closer to its exploration goals.
› Ares I-X Flight Test Section
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Free Spirit: Updates on the efforts to free the Spirit rover
01.26.10
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JPL Test to Improve Pathogen Decontamination
10.19.09 - A chemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has developed a technology intended to rapidly assess any presence of microbial life on spacecraft.