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    Cassini Finds Hints of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione

    05.29.13 - A moon once thought to be boring could actually be quite animated, according to a new study analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

  • The Mighty Eagle takes flight with the entire demonstration recorded by the Quad-Copter.

    Mighty Eagle Gets a New View

    05.29.13 - The Mighty Eagle takes flight with the entire demonstration recorded by the Quad-Copter.

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  • Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer, installing Ultra-Sonic Background Noise Test sensors behind a rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. These sensors detect high frequency noise levels generated by station hardware and equipment. (NASA)

    Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

    05.28.13 - Expedition 35 is hard at work 200-plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.

  • AIRS image of Barbara

    Barbara (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

    05.31.13 - Hurricane Barbara recently made landfall along the southern Pacific coast of Mexico and NASA’s TRMM and Suomi NPP satellites captured rainfall rates within the storm, and a night-time image of landfall.

  • a global hawk drone sits at the entrance to its hangar

    NASA’s HS3 Mission Aircraft to Double Team 2013 Hurricane Season

    05.29.13 - NASA's HS3 airborne mission will revisit the Atlantic Ocean to investigate storms using additional instruments and for the first time two Global Hawks.

  • Expedition 36 crew

    Station Crew Expands to Six After Express Soyuz Flight

    05.29.13 - Three new flight engineers joined their Expedition 36 crewmates after the hatches between the Soyuz and station opened at 12:14 a.m. EDT Wednesday.

    › Launch video  |  › Docking video  |  › Hatch opening video
  • This artist's conception shows how families of asteroids are created

    NASA'S WISE Mission Finds Lost Asteroid Family Members

    05.29.13 - Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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

    NASA to Discuss Mars Curiosity Radiation Findings

    05.28.13 - NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity.

  • This images show a coronal mass ejection, or CME, erupting into space on May 26, 2013.

    Sun Releases Slow CME

    05.26.13 - On May 26, 2013 at 3:24 p.m. EDT, the sun erupted with a non-Earth directed CME traveling at 550 miles per second.

  • Drawing of the HMS Challenger survey vessel

    Century-Old Science Helps Confirm Global Warming

    05.24.13 - Century-Old Science Helps Confirm Global Warming

  • JSC2013-E-048417 -- Expedition 36-37 crew members

    Science for Station Crew, New Crew Preps for Launch

    05.24.13 - The station crew wrapped up a busy week of science and research Friday, while the new crew members prepped for a Tuesday launch in Kazakhstan.

    › Space Station Live  |  › Crew timelines
  • A hazy disk of millions of stars, with an off-center red/white core and brilliant sparkling blue arms stretching out from the bottom, around to the right and trailing up over the top, off into space

    Hubble Sees a Swirl of Star Formation

    05.24.13 - The regions where new stars are being born in this starburst galaxy are highlighted by sparkling bright blue regions along the galactic arms.

  • A core disc of dark, smokey blue, ringed with the colors of the rainbow, finally exploding into shells of red gasses blasting out across the stars

    Hubble reveals the Ring Nebula’s true shape

    05.23.13 - New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.

  • Magnetar SGR 0418-5729, left, and artist concept, right

    A Hidden Population of Exotic Neutron Stars

    05.23.13 - Data from Chandra and other satellites shows that exotic magnetars may be more diverse, and common, than previously thought.

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  • Astronaut Chris Cassidy

    Crew Ramps Up Science After New Treadmill Installed

    05.23.13 - The Expedition 36 trio aboard the International Space Station is stepping up science work after several days of treadmill installation activities.

    › Space Station Live  |  › Crew timelines
  • Teachers Mark Buesing and Jette Poulsen aboard the NASA P-3B during an IceBridge survey flight on Apr. 8, 2013.

    Science Teachers See NASA IceBridge Research

    05.23.13 - NASA's Operation IceBridge hosted three science teachers during their recent Arctic field campaign, giving these educators a first-hand polar science experience that they could use to teach and inspire their students.

  • Created with the help of supercomputers, this still from a simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy during the first 2 billion years of the universe

    Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel

    05.24.13 - Supercomputers have helped reveal that galaxies bulk up in mass by feeding off cosmic swirly straws of gas.

  • Dryden electronics technician prepares the SBLT-II experiment.

    NASA F-15B Continues Supersonic Laminar Flow Tests

    05.22.13 - NASA Dryden's F-15B research aircraft flying small Aerion Corp. experimental test airfoil at supersonic speeds to gauge its laminar airflow capability.

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  • The three NASA-built instruments and associated ground support equipment for the U.S./European Jason-3 ocean altimetry satellite are removed from a Cargo Lux 747-800 transport plane

    NASA Ships Sensors for Seafaring Satellite to France

    05.22.13 - NASA’s instruments for the next in a series of missions to chart sea level and improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts have shipped overseas for spacecraft integration.

  • natural-color image of Aral Sea from LDCM

    Landsat Looks for a Cloud-Free View

    05.22.13 - A new feature of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will help ensure scientists get a cloud-free view of Earth from space.

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