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Data From NASA's Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future
06.14.12 - New data from NASA's Voyager 1 indicate that the spacecraft is drawing ever closer to exiting our solar system and entering interstellar space.
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UPDATE: Two CMEs Hit Earth’s Magnetosphere
06.18.12 - Two CMEs from AR 1504 on June 13-14, delivered a combined blow over the weekend and sparked bright aurora, with some appearing at lower latitudes than usual.
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Dawn Easing into its Final Science Orbit
06.14.12 - NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will begin its final prime science phase at Vesta on June 15.
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Test of Spare Wheel Puts Orbiter on Path to Recovery
06.14.12 - In a step toward returning NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to full service, mission controllers have tested a spare reaction wheel on the spacecraft for potential use with two other reaction wheels in adjusting and maintaining the spacecraft's orientation.
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Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon
06.13.12 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the "tropics" of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Spotting Ultrafine Loops in the Sun's Corona
06.12.12 - Scientists have for the first time observed especially narrow loops of solar material scattered on the sun's surface. These ultrafine loops may help with determining how temperatures rise throughout the corona.
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NASA Mars Rover Team Targets Closer to Science Site
06.11.12 - NASA has narrowed the target for its most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity, which will land on the Red Planet in August.
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Mapping Volcanic Heat on Io
06.08.12 - A new study reveals information about the pattern of heat coming from volcanoes on the surface of Jupiter's fiery moon Io.
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Fermi Detects Solar Flare's Highest-Energy Light
06.11.12 - During a powerful solar blast on March 7, the Fermi telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on our sun.
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Instrument Integration Begins on MMS Spacecraft
06.08.12 - Engineers have started integrating instruments on the first of four instrument decks in a newly fabricated cleanroom at Goddard.