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TDRS-K Arrives at Kennedy for Launch Processing
12.18.12 - An Air Force transport plane delivered the TDRS-K communications satellite to Kennedy so it can be processed for launch in January.
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New Expedition 34 Crew Members Welcomed Aboard Station
12.21.12 - Three new Expedition 34 crew members were welcomed aboard the station after the hatches between the vehicles were opened at 11:37 a.m. EST Friday.
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From Cassini for the Holidays: A Splendor Seldom Seen
12.18.12 - Just in time for the holidays, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings.
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Expedition 34 Update, Dec. 18, 2012
12.18.12 - Three new Expedition 34 flight engineers are ready for a 7:12 a.m. EST launch on Wednesday to join their crew mates aboard the station.
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Shot Away from its Companion, Giant Star Makes Waves
12.18.12 - A runaway star can be seen charging through the dust in an infrared portrait from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Just How Big Can Black Holes Get?
12.18.12 - Some of the biggest black holes in the universe may be even bigger than previously thought, according to data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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Operation Give Thanks: Serving Those Who Serve Us
12.17.12 - For a second year the NASA Goddard Veterans Advisory Committee conducted an operation in support of those who continue to defend the American liberties we all enjoy.
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A Need to Look Again: TRMM Satellite Observations of Tropical Cyclone Evan
12.17.12 - The radar on NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite had observed Tropical Cyclone Evan four times as of Sunday, Dec. 16, and two of those overflights merit a closer examination.
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Year in Review: 2012
In 2012, NASA continued to implement America's ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station and advancing the systems needed to send humans deeper into space.
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Expedition 34 Update, Dec. 17, 2012
12.17.12 - Final launch preps are under way in Kazakhstan as three Expedition 34 flight engineers get ready for their launch to round out the station crew.
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NASA GRAIL Twins Complete Their Moon Impact
12.17.12 - Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have received confirmation that the twin GRAIL spacecraft have, as planned, completed their impact into the moon.
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NASA's GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Sally Ride
12.17.12 - NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission team.
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A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style
12.18.12 - 'Tis the season for holiday decorating so astronomers using Hubble have photographed a festive-looking nearby planetary nebula called NGC 5189.
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NASA to Provide Commentary as Grail Moon Mission Ends
12.14.12 - NASA will provide live commentary of the scheduled lunar surface impacts of its twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft beginning at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST) Monday, Dec. 17.
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Rocket Burn Sets Stage for Dynamic Moon Duos' Impact
12.14.12 - The lunar twins of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission have each completed a rocket burn that has sealed their fate.
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Asteroid Toutatis Slowly Tumbles by Earth
12.14.12 - Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a series of radar data images of a three-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) asteroid that made its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 12, 2012.
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Expedition 34 Update, Dec. 14, 2012
12.14.12 - Expedition 34 wraps up its workweek in space, while three upcoming crew members check out the Soyuz that will rocket them to the station next week.
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Intelligent Control: Reducing Drag, Saving Fuel
12.13.12 - Minimal modifications to existing flight control laws could improve aerodynamics, optimizing fuel consumption, reducing costs and pollution.
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Instrument Deck Installed on MMS Observatory #2
12.13.12 - Installation of the instrument deck is complete on the second of four MMS observatories, which are being assembled at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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Study: Remarkable Symmetry in Black Hole Jets
12.13.12 - High-speed jets launched from active black holes possess fundamental similarities regardless of mass, age or environment, a new study finds.