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Operations and Checkout Building High Bay Ready for Orion Processing
NASA’s Constellation Program took another giant step forward as representatives helped mark the completion of renovations to the historic Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 26.
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To the Extreme: NASA Tests Heat Shield Materials
NASA is pulling together to make sure that the Orion crew vehicles will protect their crews from the extremes of spaceflight.
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NASA and Google Launch Virtual Exploration of Mars
NASA and Google announce the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
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Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful
The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, takes another step forward.
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Ares I-X Pieces Coming Together
NASA continues work on the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.
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First Look Inside Moon's Shadowed Craters
Using a NASA radar flying aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists are getting their first look inside the moon's coldest, darkest craters.
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Mars Methane Discovery Reveals Activity on Red Planet
The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is still alive, in either a biologic or geologic sense, according to scientists.
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NASA Tests Engine Technology for Moon Landing
A development engine assisting NASA with the Altair lunar lander design completes a round of testing.
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Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch.
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Four Out of Six Apollos
Their names are now part of exploration history -- Sea of Tranquility, Ocean of Storms, Frau Mauro, Hadley Rille, Descartes and Taurus-Littrow.