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NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready for Flight
05.15.2013 - Nanosatellites now have their own mass transit to catch rides to space and perform experiments in microgravity.
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Hubble Finds Dead Stars 'Polluted with Planet Debris
05.09.13 - Hubble found the building blocks for Earth-sized planets in an unlikely place – the atmospheres of a pair of burned-out stars called white dwarfs.
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NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target on Mars
05.09.13 - The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days.
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SNC Completes Dream Chaser Safety Review
05.09.13 - Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System.
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Solar Eclipse on May 10
05.10.13 - On May 10, 2013, Earth, the sun and the moon lined up to create a solar eclipse visible from the South Pacific.
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Sifting Through the Atmospheres of Far-off Worlds
05.09.13 - Researchers have begun taking infrared pictures of planets posing near their stars in family portraits.
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Astronaut Mom Karen Nyberg Prepares for Mission and Motherhood 255 Miles Up
05.09.13 - Astronaut Karen Nyberg says she will be savoring this Mother’s Day weekend before departing for Kazakhstan, and ultimately space.
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Marshall Islands Campaign Completed
05.09.13 - The launch of a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket on May 9 brought to an end a very successful campaign studying ionospheric activity and its impact on radio, communication and navigation signals.
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Satellite Captures Night-time image of California’s Springs Fire
05.03.12 - From its orbit around the Earth, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite or Suomi NPP satellite, captured a night-time image of California’s Springs Fire.
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Thermal Shield Testing on Webb's MIRI
05.08.13 - NASA engineer Acey Herrera checks copper test wires inside the thermal shield of an instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Expedition 35 Update: May 8, 2013
05.08.13 - With three crew members set to return home in less than a week, the station’s Expedition 35 crew tackled a full agenda Wednesday.
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And So We Begin Again
05.07.13 - The roar of a 5,000 pound rocket engine has returned to the Johnson Space Center.
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Second and Third Sounding Rockets Launched from the Marshall Islands
05.07.13 - The Equatorial Vortex Experiment was successfully conducted on May 7 from the Marshall Islands when a NASA Terrier-Oriole sounding rocket was launched followed by the launch of a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket 90 seconds later.
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Crane Caps Second SRB Model for Atlantis
05.08.13 - Workers added a nosecone to the top of the second solid rocket booster at the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit as construction speeds ahead to a June 29 opening.
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Milky Way Black Hole Snacks on Hot Gas
05.07.13 - The supermassive black hole at the core of our Milky Way galaxy is gobbling up hot gas, according to a new study from the Herschel space observatory.
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Expedition 35 Update: May 7, 2013
05.07.13 - The station's Expedition 35 crew worked with Robonaut Tuesday while continuing preparations for homecoming of three crew members.
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Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat
05.06.13 - As LDCM flew over Indonesia's Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air.
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Satellite Animation Shows Smoke from California Fire
05.06.13 - A video of smoke from California’s Springs Fire was created by animating satellite imagery from NOAA’s GOES-15 satellite.
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Expedition 35 Update: May 6, 2013
05.06.13 - Expedition 35 began its final week in space Monday while a ground-commanded robotics demonstration continued on the exterior of the station.
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Orion Undergoes Testing
05.06.13 - The Orion crew module is being put through a series of tests that simulate the loads the spacecraft would experience during its mission.