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  • ACE's orbits at L1, between the sun and Earth, and serves as warning beacon for space weather activity.

    ACE, Workhorse Of NASA's Heliophysics Fleet, Is 15

    08.29.12 - ACE is a crucial component of NASA's heliophysics fleet, providing warning of incoming space weather. In 15 years, it has also helped map the ingredients and drivers of the vast sea of flowing particles surrounding Earth.

  • Natural color view of Titan and Saturn from NASA's Cassini spacecraft

    Saturn and its Largest Moon Reflect Their True Colors

    08.29.12 - Posing for portraits for NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Saturn and its largest moon, Titan, show spectacular colors in a quartet of images being released today.

  • This imagery is being released in association with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. This is a temporary caption to be replaced as soon as more information is available.

    Rover Leaves Tracks in Morse Code

    08.29.12 - A Morse code pattern imprinted in the track marks of NASA's Curiosity will help the rover drive more accurately.

  • NLCs Over Germany on July 9, 2011, are tied to space shuttle launch exhaust.

    Tracking Shuttle Exhaust Reveals More Information About Atmospheric Winds

    08.28.12 - Scientists tracked space shuttle exhaust plumes to study airflow in the upper atmosphere. The water vapor spread faster than expected and collected near the Arctic to form noctilucent clouds.

  • RBSP launches successfully at 4:05am EDT.

    RBSP Launches - Twin Probes in Orbit

    08.30.12 - NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes are flying in Earth orbit after a successful liftoff this morning. The spacecraft are now at home in the Van Allen belts.

  • Administrator Charles F. Bolden. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

    First Recorded Voice from Mars

    08.27.12 - The following statement by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was returned to Earth via the Mars Curiosity rover.

  • This imagery is being released in association with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

    NASA Rover Returns Voice, Telephoto Views From Mars

    08.27.12 - NASA's Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.

  • On August 20, the Sun releases a CME that looks like a light bulb.

    Sun Has "Eureka!" Moment

    08.24.12 - A series of CMEs on August 20, as seen by the SOHO satellite, produces one shaped remarkably like a incandescent light bulb.

  • Curiosity's 360-degree landing-site panorama

    NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference

    08.24.12 - NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m.EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars.

  • Curiosity's First Track Marks on Mars

    NASA Mars Rover Begins Driving at Bradbury Landing

    08.22.12 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced today they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.

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