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  • The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity

    Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock

    02.04.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used the hammering action of its drill on Feb. 2 as the second-to-last major test before the first full drilling to collect a sample of rock dust.

  • Artist's concept of asteroid 2012 DA14 and Earth

    NASA to Host Feb. 7 Media Telecon on Asteroid Flyby

    02.04.13 - NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST), on Thursday, Feb. 7, to discuss an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter, that will pass close, but safely, by Earth on Feb. 15.

  • The GPM Core Observatory being removed from the Thermal Vacuum Chamber

    GPM Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

    01.31.13 - The GPM Core Observatory completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 16, 2013. After twelve days to carefully remove the testing equipment, stow the High Gain Antenna and GPM Microwave Imager, and lift the spacecraft out of the thermal vacuum test chamber, the spacecraft was moved back to the clean room on Jan. 28.

  • a four-toed footprint of iron-rich cretaceous stone filled with yellow clay sits in the grass

    Dinosaur Footprints at NASA Goddard Take Another Step

    02.01.13 - Two species of dinosaur left footprints in Cretaceous-era mud on what is now the Goddard campus. The fossilized tracks have been removed for future study and display.

  • Some of the research on the International Space Station is already focusing on meeting the needs of long-term spaceflights beyond low-Earth orbit. During Expedition 29 in 2011, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov checks the progress of new growth in the Rastenia investigation aboard the space station. (NASA)

    Kennedy Engineers Designing Plant Habitat

    02.19.13 - NASA's Kennedy Space Center uses in-house expertise to develop an International Space Station Plant Habitat for microgravity plant growth studies.

  • A ball of light, streaked with threads of dust and encircled by an outer bubble

    Hubble Catches the Moment the Lights Went Out

    02.01.13 - The galaxy in this image marks a transitional phase - a young star-forming galaxy settles down to become a massive, red and dead galaxy.

  • Diagram depicting the passage of asteroid 2012 DA14

    Small Asteroid to Whiz Past Earth Safely

    02.01.13 - A small asteroid named 2012 DA14 will safely fly past Earth's outer ring of satellites on February 15.

  • Administrator Charles F. Bolden. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

    Message from the Administrator: Day of Remembrance

    02.01.13 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden's message on the 2013 Day of Remembrance.

  • iss034e031124 -- Robonaut 2

    Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 1, 2013

    02.01.13 - The Expedition 34 crew members worked with Robonaut 2 and performed maintenance aboard the station on Friday.

    › ISS Update Video  |  › Crew timelines
  • View of the European Space Agency, or ESA, NightPod hardware in the Cupola Module of the International Space Station. (NASA)

    NightPod Images Bring Earth to Light

    02.06.13 - There is a reason the phrase "shooting in the dark" refers to things that are difficult to do -- and night photography from space is no exception.

  • Swirls of green and red appear in an aurora over Whitehorse, Yukon on the night of September 3, 2012.

    VISIONS: Seeing the Aurora in a New Light

    02.07.13 - A sounding rocket to study the aurora and how oxygen and hydrogen escape Earth's atmosphere may launch as early as Feb. 2, 2013, but the team has a two-week window in order to find the perfect launch conditions.

  • Evolution of a massive thunder-and-lightning storm that circled all the way around Saturn

    NASA's Cassini Watches Storm Choke on Its Own Tail

    01.31.13 - Scientists see a monstrous thunder-and-lightning storm sputter out after it churns around the planet and encounters its own wake.

  • Captured by SDO on July 18, 2012, this image has been processed to highlight the edges of each loop and make the structure more clear.

    SDO Provides First Sightings of How a CME Forms

    01.31.13 - On July 18, 20012, scientists used NASA's SDO to see for the first time the formation of something they had long known was at the heart of many eruptive events on the sun: a flux rope.

  • iss034e031599 -- Robonaut 2

    Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 31, 2013

    01.31.13 - The Expedition 34 crew members worked with Robonaut and performed maintenance and science experiments aboard the station on Thursday.

    › ISS Update Video  |  › Crew timelines
  • SOHO captured this image of a CME erupting on the left side of the sun early in the morning of Jan 31, 2013.

    A Coronal Mass Ejection Erupts From the Sun

    01.31.13 - A small, Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection erupted early this morning.

  • Webb telescope's tertiary mirror

    Video Brings Webb Telescope's 3rd Mirror to Light

    01.31.13 - A new video takes viewers behind the scenes for a special look at one of the many mirrors of the upcoming Webb telescope.

  • President Barack Obama

    President Obama on NASA's Day of Remembrance

    02.01.13 - Ten years ago, seven brave astronauts gave their lives in the name of exploration when America's first flight-ready space shuttle, Columbia, failed to return safely to Earth.

  • satellite image of cloud cover over Gulf of Mexico and eastern United States

    Severe Weather Over Eastern U.S.

    01.30.13 - A powerful cold front moving from the central United States to the East Coast is wiping out spring-like temperatures.

  • iss034e031766 -- Chris Hadfield

    Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 30, 2013

    01.30.13 - The Expedition 34 crew worked with science experiments and performed maintenance on the station Wednesday, while robotics continued outside.

    › ISS Update Video  |  › Crew timelines
  • Artist's illustration shows a planetary disk (left) that weighs the equivalent of 50 Jupiter-mass planets

    Herschel Finds Past-Prime Star may be Making Planets

    01.30.13 - A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may, in fact, be creating new worlds.

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