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First Ares I Rocket Cluster Parachute Test
05.20.09 - A successful cluster test of the Ares I rocket's three main parachutes was conducted May 20 by NASA and industry engineers.
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STEREO Spies First Major Activity of Solar Cycle 24
05.15.2009 - NASA′s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft has spotted the first major activity of the new solar cycle.
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Soft Ground Endangers Spirit Despite Gain in Energy
05.11.09 - The five wheels that still rotate on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit have been slipping severely in soft soil during recent attempts to drive, sinking the wheels about halfway into the ground.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Unfolds by Animation
05.12.09 - Animators have made the "unfolding" of the James Webb Space Telescope come to life in two new videos.
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NASA Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Estimates
The $18.69 billion budget will advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system and conduct aeronautics research.
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NASA's Spitzer Telescope Warms Up To New Career
05.06.09 - The primary mission of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is about to end after more than five-and-a-half years of probing the cosmos with its keen infrared eye.
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Trio of Shuttle Astronauts Join Hall of Fame
05.01.09 - The Astronaut Hall of Fame class of 2009 includes three history making shuttle fliers.
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Earth Day 2009
Join NASA as we celebrate Earth Day and share our unique perspective, observing the home planet from space.
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Hubble Celebrates Its 19th Anniversary
04.21.09 - To commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope's 19 years of historic, trailblazing science, the orbiting telescope has photographed a peculiar system of galaxies known as Arp 194.
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Spirit Healthy But Computer Reboots Raise Concerns
04.13.09 - The team operating Spirit is examining data received from the rover to diagnose why the rover apparently rebooted its computer at least twice over the April 11-12 weekend.
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NASA Flies to Greenland to Extend Polar Science
03.30.09 - Researchers embark this week on a month-long airborne campaign to measure ice sheet and glacier thickness.
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Hubble Finds Rare Progenitor to a Supernova
03.23.09 - Hubble has identified a star that was one million times brighter than Earth's sun before it exploded as a supernova in 2005.
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Mission Manager Update, March 21, 2009
03.21.09 - Kepler is now 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth.
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International Team Explores a Blazar
03.18.09 - An international team of astrophysicists using telescopes on the ground and in space have uncovered surprising changes in radiation emitted by an active galaxy.
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NASA Model Flies at Air and Space
03.19.09 - A futuristic aircraft model that flew in a NASA wind tunnel is the centerpiece of a newly renovated gallery in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
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Mars, Then and Now: Google Mars Update
03.13.09 - NASA and Google announce an update to Mars in Google Earth, a 3D Mapping tool for the Red Planet.
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The Day the Sun Brought Darkness
03.13.09 - The Quebec Blackout was different, because this one was caused by a solar storm!
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Kepler
View Kepler-related videos and other multimedia.
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Earth-Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25
03.02.09 - After 25 years of observing the Earth, Landsat 5 is still going strong -- 22 years beyond its primary mission lifetime.
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Geriatric Pulsar Still Kicking
02.26.09 - Chandra finds that ancient pulsar PSR J0108-1431 still has plenty of energy to spare.