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  • First Curiosity drilling sample in the scoop

    NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample

    02.20.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet.

  • artist concept of Glory

    Glory Launch Failure Summary Released

    02.19.13 - NASA has released a summary report on findings from a panel that investigated the unsuccessful 2011 launch of the agency's Glory spacecraft.

  • A Biological Research in Canisters experiment package with five Petri dish fixation units (PDFU) installed. The PDFUs each contain a Petri dish with the biological sample to be flown in space. (NASA)

    Experiment Helping Study Plant Growth in Space

    03.04.13 - Researchers to grow knowledge of plants in microgravity environments with BRIC-17 investigations launching with SpaceX Dragon.

  • Earth is surrounded by a giant magnetic bubble, called the magnetosphere.

    Six Years of THEMIS: Understanding the Magnetosphere

    02.19.13 - In THEMIS's sixth year in space, it is helping to show how even small variations in the magnetosphere can sometimes cause extreme space weather responses, helping scientist map and predict events in this complex system.

  • With snow-capped Mt. Jefferson in the Cascade Range providing the backdrop, the NSC balloon carrying the NMT prototype data acquisition payload begins its ascent from the Madras, Ore., airport

    NSC Balloon Lofts NMT Space-Technology Payload

    02.19.13 - Data acquisition system developed by New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology would monitor integrity of commercial space vehicle structure.

  • Recipients of 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Credit: NASA

    NASA Announces 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Awards

    02.19.13 - Ten distinguished NASA employees have been recognized in this year’s Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA). The ten awardees are from three NASA centers and received their awards during a three-day conference Feb. 7-9, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

  • Artist's impression by the European Space Agency shows NASA's Cassini spacecraft exploring the magnetic environment of Saturn

    Cassini Sheds Light on Cosmic Particle Accelerators

    02.19.13 - Studying the flow of solar wind around Saturn's magnetic field enables scientists working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft to study the nature of far-off supernova explosions.

  • Astronaut Chris Hadfield

    Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 19, 2013

    02.19.13 - A temporary loss of communication with the ground Tuesday interrupted the Expedition 34 crew's day aboard the International Space Station.

    › ISS Update video  |  › Crew timelines
  • The artist's concept depicts the new planet dubbed Kepler-37b.

    Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System

    02.20.2013 - Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun.

  • JWST's golden mirrors lit up outside a building. It's only a model

    Webb Telescope to Have a Texas-Sized Presence at South by Southwest

    02.19.13 - Everything is bigger in Texas and a life-sized model of the world's largest space telescope, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will be on display at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival

  • Images of Asteroid 2012 DA14

    NASA Releases Radar Movie of Asteroid 2012 DA14

    02.19.13 - An initial sequence of radar images of asteroid 2012 DA14 was obtained on the night of Feb. 15/16, 2013, by NASA's 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif.

  • Crawlerway and Tractor

    Upgrades Will Prepare Crawlerway

    02.22.13 - Several sections of the crawlerway that lead from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pads at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are getting a facelift in preparation for the new Space Launch System rocket.

  • Map showing the meteorite impact area

    Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby

    02.15.13 - Preliminary information indicates that a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is flying by Earth safely today.

  • A large, luminous v pointed down to the lower right, shows two edge-on galaxies colliding. Flashes of blue like glitter and distant background galaxies can be seen.

    Hubble Sees Cosmic “Flying V” of Merging Galaxies

    02.15.13 - This large “flying V” is actually two distinct objects — a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 2184. Both the galaxies are seen almost edge-on here.

  • Astronaut Chris Hadfield

    Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 15, 2013

    02.15.13 - The station's Expedition 34 crew wrapped up the workweek Friday with robotics and preparations for a commercial cargo craft set to arrive in March.

    › ISS Update video  |  › Crew timelines
  • Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield holds two Material Science Laboratory Solidification and Quench Furnace (MSL SQF) Sample Cartridge Mechanical Protection Containers (MPCs) during the cartridge exchange in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. (NASA)

    ISS Research Update For The Week of Feb. 4, 2013

    02.15.13 - Expedition 34 is hard at work 200 plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

  • Scientist Shri Kanekal holds one of the solid-state detectors that will be used in the CREPT.

    Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts

    02.14.13 - A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission -- the perfect platform for this pint-size, solid-state telescope.

  • Permanent damage to the Salem New Jersey Nuclear Plant GSU Transformer caused by the severe geomagnetic storm of March 13, 1989.

    UN Braces for Stormy Space Weather  →

    02.14.13 - The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has a new item is on the agenda: space weather.

  • Asteroid 2012 DA14

    Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview Appearance

    02.14.13 - Asteroid 2012 DA14, set to make its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 15, is captured in early images from Australia.

  • Astronaut Chris Hadfield

    Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 14, 2013

    02.14.13 - The space station's Expedition 34 crew conducted an emergency drill Thursday and set up Robonaut 2 for another round of remote testing.

    › ISS Update video  |  › Crew timelines
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