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  • A new (left) and an old (right) crater on Titan

    Titan Gets a Dune "Makeover"

    01.17.13 - Saturn's largest moon may look much younger than it really is because its craters are getting erased.

  • A Ball Aerospace technician inspects the Webb Telescope Aft Optics Subsystem during mirror integration activities. The Aft Optics bench, made of lightweight beryllium like the mirrors, holds Webb's tertiary and fine steering mirrors.

    Webb Telescope Team Completes Optical Milestone

    01.16.13 - The performance testing for the aft-optics subsystem (AOS) was recently completed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif.

  • Lauren White is turning on the valve that will send ocean water through a sample of material mimicking volcanic crust to see if organic molecules can be detected in the outflow

    Bubbling up Organics in an Ocean Vent Simulator

    01.16.13 - This week, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are running an experiment simulating a deep ocean hydrothermal vent to test theories about the origins of life.

  • Robotic Refueling Mission

    Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 16, 2013

    01.16.13 - The Canadian Space Agency has cleared the Canadarm2 to continue work on the Robotic Refueling Mission.

    › ISS Update Video  |  › Crew timelines
  • During a test phase for the PODEX experiment, engineers at Dryden loaded the Research Scanning Polarimeter into its superpod for placement under the wing of the ER-2 aircraft.

    PODEX Experiment to Reshape Future of Atmospheric Science

    01.16.13 - David Starr, project scientist of the PODEX experiment, discusses a new class of instruments that could reshape the next generation of atmospheric science.

  • NASA Airborne Mission Climbs to Stratospheric Height

    01.16.13 - Today, NASA will deploy the first experimental flight of a multi-year airborne science campaign.

  • Global map showing average thermal absorption of ozone

    NASA Ozone Study May Benefit Air Standards, Climate

    01.16.13 - A new NASA-led study finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters.

  • 2012 global temperature change map

    NASA Finds 2012 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend

    01.15.13 - NASA scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures.

  • This view shows the patch of veined, flat-lying rock selected as the first drilling site for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

    NASA Mars Rover Preparing to Drill Into First Martian Rock

    01.15.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet.

  • High-Resolution Self-Portrait by Curiosity Rover Arm Camera

    Mars Rover Curiosity's Team to Receive Space Foundation Award

    01.15.13 - The people of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission have been named winners of a 2013 Space Foundation award for advancing exploration of space.

  • Exhibitors from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida display test models of biological research equipment for the space station. (ASGSR/Janet Powers)

    Expanding Space Research Scope Evident at Conference

    01.16.13 - Scientists, engineers and students shared research, findings and -- most importantly -- questions about how space changes things.

  • Artist's concept drawing of JPSS

    Joint Polar Satellite System Spacecraft Completes Delta Critical Design Review

    01.15.13 - The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft recently cleared its final major design review, demonstrating that spacecraft development is on track to provide critical environmental data when launched no later than the first quarter of calendar year 2017.

  • Astronaut Tom Marshburn

    Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 15, 2013

    01.15.13 - Ground controllers are working on the second day of the Robotics Refueling Mission as the station gets ready for a Wednesday evening reboost.

    › ISS Update Video  |  › Crew timelines
  • This triptych shows a coronal mass ejection or CME as it burst off of the sun in the morning of Jan. 13, 2013.

    New Sunspots Producing Space Weather

    01.14.13 - On Jan. 13, 2013, at 2:24 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME. The CME left the sun at speeds of 330 miles per second and is expected to impact Earth around Jan. 16.

  • On Jan. 10, 2013, the Saturn V F1 gas generator completed a 20 second hot fire test at the Marshall Center.

    NASA Resurrects, Tests Mighty F-1 Engine Gas Generator

    01.15.13 - Why resurrect an Apollo-era rocket engine? To mine the secrets of the F-1 engine for an inspiration to create advanced, affordable propulsion systems.

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  • Students gathered at MIT on Friday, Jan 11, 2013, to watch live as the Zero Robotics completion took place aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Zero Robotics Challenge Kicks off the New Year

    01.14.13 - On Friday, Jan. 11th, high school students from around the world joined in fierce competition to claim the championship spot.

  • Imagery covering lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service in Washington state, Oregon and northern California.

    Landsat Senses a Disturbance in the Forest

    01.14.13 - A new way of studying and visualizing Earth science data from NASA and the U.S. Geological Landsat satellite program is resulting in, for the first time, the ability to tease out the small events that can cause big changes.

  • Ultra high-definition TVs – sold for the first time in late 2012 and early 2013 –have four times the pixels of a current high-definition TV, but still have fewer pixels than the images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

    NASA's SDO Has Plenty of Content for Ultra HD TVs

    01.14.13 - A new kind of television made headlines at the 2013 annual Consumer Electronics Show in early January: Ultra High Definition TV. The TV needs content and NASA's SDO has four months worth of sun movies for them.

  • Artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover

    NASA Hosts Jan. 15 Telecon About Mars Rover Progress

    01.14.13 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) on Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

  • Robotics Refueling Mission

    Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 14, 2013

    01.14.13 - Expedition 34 conducted an emergency escape drill Monday morning while ground controllers began a week’s worth of robotics activities.

    › ISS Update Video  |  › Crew timelines
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