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NASA Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica
01.08.09 - NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon in Antarctica.
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Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic'
01.07.08 - Hubble images reveal 14 young, runaway stars plowing through regions of dense interstellar gas, creating brilliant arrowhead structures and trailing tails of glowing gas.
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Fermi Unveils Dozen New Pulsars
01.06.09 - The Fermi Space Telescope has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars and detected pulses from 18 others.
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Dead Stars Tell Story of Planet Birth
01.05.09 - Astronomers have turned to an unexpected place to study the evolution of planets -- dead stars.
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Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery
12.29.08 - NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity may still have big achievements ahead as they approach the fifth anniversaries of their memorable landings on Mars.
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NASA to Participate in Nation's 56th Inaugural Parade
01.16.09 - The Inauguration Committee for President-elect Barack Obama officially extended an invitation Wednesday for NASA to be part of the 56th Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20.
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To Go Where No Spacecraft Has Gone Before
12.23.08 - Scattered loosely around the beltline of Earth's nearest neighbor are six silent sentinels, testaments to America's first moon program.
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NASA's 2008 Year in Review
Look back on the top exploration and discovery stories of NASA's 50th anniversary year.
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What Can Swiss Cheese Teach us About Dark Energy?
12.22.08 - About 10 years ago, scientists reached the astonishing conclusion that our universe is accelerating apart at ever-increasing speeds, stretching space and time itself like melted cheese.
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NASA Study Links Severe Storm Increases, Global Warming
12.19.08 - The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics is increasing as a result of global warming.
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Busy Mission Runs Astronauts Through Multiple Roles
12.12.08 - The astronauts of STS-126 acted as craftsmen, mechanics, spacewalkers and, of course, astronauts during International Space Station mission.
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Mars Orbiter Completes First Phase of Science Mission
12.11.08 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase.
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Hubble Finds Carbon Dioxide on an Extrasolar Planet
12.09.08 - NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star.
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Ares I-X Pieces Coming Together
01.22.09 - NASA continues work on the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.
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Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled for 2011
12.04.08 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011.
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NASA Orbiter Finds Martian Rock Record With 10 Beats to the Bar
12.04.08 - Climate cycles persisting for millions of years on ancient Mars left a record of rhythmic patterns in thick stacks of sedimentary rock layers.
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NASA Prepares for New Juno Mission to Jupiter
11.24.08 - NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter.
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NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars
11.20.08 - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on the Red Planet.
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Clouds and Climate Change: CERES Moves Toward Launch
11.21.08 - The CERES FM 5 sensor, which will continue the 30-year climate data record of the Earth's radiant energy, has been delivered ahead of schedule and on budget.
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First Test of Orion Launch Abort Motor
11.20.08 - NASA and ATK have successfully tested a launch abort motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.