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Latest Features

NASA Tests All-Composite Space Capsule

01.25.10

Future spacecraft may be made from the stuff of race cars, business jets and high-end sports equipment.

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Public Invited To Pick Pixels on Mars

Students, researchers and others can view Mars maps using a new online tool, called HiWish.

01.20.10

Scientists Taking Suggestions on Where to Image the Red Planet Using NASA Satellite

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Resumed Mars Orbiter Observations Yield Stunning Views

01.14.10

Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters. This view shows dunes inside a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin in Mars' southern ...

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Latest Features

Passing of Stan Lebar

Stan Lebar, who led the Westinghouse team that brought the televised news images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon to more than 500 million people on earth, died on Dec. 23, 2009.
Stars of Constellation: Terry Hill

As NASA’s engineering project manager for the Constellation Program’s Spacesuit System, Terry Hill is working on the next generation of spacesuits designed for future NASA exploration missions.
Orion Attitude Control Motor Test-fired

On Dec. 15, NASA, Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed Martin celebrated a milestone with a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the Orion crew exploration vehicle’s launch abort system.
Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

What steered Ares I-X on its path as it climbed through Earth's atmosphere? The answer is a roll control system.
LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts near the moon's south pole.

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Latest News Releases

NASA Selects Commercial Firms to Begin Development of Crew Transportation Concepts and Technology Demonstrations for Human Spaceflight

02.01.10 - NASA has awarded $50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit.
NASA Adds Israeli Technical Expertise to Lunar Science Research at Ames

01.27.10 - NASA and the Israel Space Agency have signed a joint statement that recognizes the Israel Network for Lunar Science and Exploration, or INLSE, as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
Now a Stationary Research Platform, NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Starts a New Chapter in Red Planet Scientific Studies

01.26.10 - After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.

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Media Resources

State Leaders Support the Vision:

12.31.08 - State Leaders Support the Vision:
NASA Invites Reporters to Observe Robots

09.02.09 - NASA will hold the annual Desert "RATS," or Research and Technology Studies, field test in the Arizona desert this fall, hosting a media day for journalists on Sept. 15, 2009.