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  • A combined view from two NASA satellites of the coronal mass ejection that occurred on May 17, 2013, at 5:36 EDT.

    NASA’s STEREO Detects a CME From the Sun

    05.17.13 - On 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space.

  • Rock target 'Esperance' altered by wet history (False Color)

    Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock

    05.17.13 - NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.

  • A bright lens of galaxies in the center warps and distorts more distant galaxies like ripples in space

    Hubble Peers Through a Spacetime Magnifying Glass

    05.17.13 - This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster Abell S1077. The matter condensed in such clusters is so high their gravity warps the fabric of spacetime.

  • Astronaut Chris Cassidy

    Expedition 36 Update: May 17, 2013

    05.17.13 - The station's Expedition 36 crew wrapped up the week with combustion and biological research while awaiting launch of three new crewmates.

    › Space Station Live  |  › Crew timelines
  • OSIRIS-REx artist concept

    Asteroid-Sampling Mission Moves into Development

    05.16.13 - NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.

  • Astronaut Chris Cassidy

    Expedition 36 Update: May 16, 2013

    05.16.13 - The International Space Station's Expedition 36 crew conducted science research Thursday and reached out to fans of science fiction as well.

    › Space Station Live  |  › Crew timelines
  • The Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland is the largest valley glacier in the Alps and it has been losing mass since mid-19th century.

    NASA Data Pinpoints Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise

    05.16.13 - 99% of all of Earth’s land ice is locked into the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. But from 2003 to 2009, the world’s other glaciers contributed just as much to sea level rise as the two ice sheets combined.

  • Radiometers may be flown on a constellation of satellites, like the one shown here in this graphic.

    Cubesat Berth Awarded to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements

    05.16.2013 - A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's last frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget.

  • View Back at Record-Setting Drive by Opportunity

    Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record

    05.16.13 - NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven rover.

  • Fluid shifts in the brain are just one of several spaceflight-induced changes researchers are interested in better understanding via the one-year increment planned for 2015 aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    The Joint US–Russian One-Year Mission

    05.16.13 - An international collaboration evaluates research protocols for candidate investigations during the planned American/Russian one year increment.

  • LDCM view of Saudia Arabia coast

    LDCM Arrives in Final Orbit

    05.15.13 - The Landsat Data Continuity Mission offers a look at Earth from space with a crisper view than our eyes alone would be capable of.

  • Galaxy Messier 94

    Galaxy's Ring of Fire

    05.16.13 - This ring of fire "burns, burns, burns" with young stars.

  • iss035e016429 -- Chris Cassidy

    Expedition 36 Update: May 15, 2013

    05.15.13 - The Expedition 36 crew members were focused on research and science experiments aboard the station on Wednesday.

    › Space Station Live  |  › Crew timelines
  • Polar views of Titan's global topography

    Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan

    05.15.13 - Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft to map the highs and lows of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

  • Dryden welcomes SNC's Dream Chaser

    SNC Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA's Dryden, Langley

    05.15.13 - SNC's Dream Chaser test flight craft arrived at NASA Dryden to begin tests of its flight and runway landing systems while NASA astronauts will be at Langley to fly simulations of a Dream Chaser approach and landing.

  • people in bunny suits stand around a scaffolding on the right while a crane moves a shiny foil thing to the other shiny foil panel.

    Webb Undergoes 'Eye Surgery'

    05.15.13 - in the Goddard clean room engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope.

  • Mobile launcher

    Mobile Launcher Readied for SLS

    05.15.13 - Upgraded mobile launcher will carry the Space Launch System heavy-lift vehicle to the launch pad.

  • Curiosity rover's self portrait at 'John Klein' drilling site

    NASA Seeks High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Capabilities

    05.15.13 - NASA and the Air Force are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions.

  • Fresh cluster of impact craters on Mars

    NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars

    05.15.13 - Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.

  • Orbital diagram of asteroid 1998 QE2

    Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth

    05.15.13 - Asteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern).

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