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NASA uses orbiting observers and robotic landers to investigate the planets, moons, comets, and asteroids of our Solar System.
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LRO's First Moon Images
Five Years Ago, Cassini Began Orbiting Saturn
NASA's Cassini mission has been orbiting Saturn for five Earth years as of June 30, 2009.
Ulysses Spacecraft Ends Historic Mission of Discovery
Ulysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, officially ceased operations today, after receiving commands from ground controllers to do so.
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Ulysses Hears the Siren's Song
Ulysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, will officially end its operations Monday, June 29.
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Mars Rover Yielding New Clues While Lodged in Soil
NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history.
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Salt From Cassini Hints at Ocean in Saturn Moon
For the first time, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn's outermost ring.
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Free Spirit
Updates on the efforts to free NASA’s Spirit rover on Mars.
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Jet Streams Suspected of Triggering Sunspots
NASA plans to launch the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) later this year to understand how jet streams trigger sunspot production.
News Releases
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NASA Selects Proposals to Enhance Science Education and Outreach
06.24.09 - NASA has selected four organizations to share approximately $18 million over five years for education and public outreach activities to help inspire the next generation of science leaders and explorers.
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Salt Finding from NASA's Cassini Hints at Ocean within Saturn Moon
06.24.09 - For the first time, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn's outermost ring.
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NASA Selects Student's Entry as New Mars Rover Name
05.27.09 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, has a new name thanks to a sixth-grade student from Kansas.
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NASA Selects Future Projects To Study Mars And Mercury
05.04.09 - NASA has selected two science investigations that will aid in the interior examination of Mars and probe the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury.
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Media Resources
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Anatomy of a CME: Briefing Materials
04.14.09 - This page includes images and video related to the April 6, 2009, NASA briefing on Arctic sea ice.
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Remarks at the Carey School of Business, The Johns Hopkins University
12.18.08 - I am pleased to be invited back to Johns Hopkins, and to the Carey School of Business, to speak with you today on the theme of "improving government processes."
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