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'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Lander Finds Its Target
08.16.12 - NASA's "Mighty Eagle" successfully found its target during a 32-second free flight Aug. 16 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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Second Flight Instrument Delivered for James Webb Space Telescope
08.13.12 - The second of four main instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA.
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'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies
08.13.12 - The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at the Marshall Center.
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Space-Age Materials, One Atomic Layer at a Time
08.10.12 - A technologist at Goddard is experimenting with an emerging technology for defending sensitive spacecraft components from the high-velocity bombardments.
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NASA's New Way to Track Formaldehyde
08.09.12 - Urban pollution, such as formaldehyde, that winds up in Earth's upper atmosphere can wreak havoc on the ozone layer.
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IRVE-3 Launch: Preliminary Results
IRVE-3 was launched at ~7a from WFF, and the vehicle performed beautifully. Here are some PRELIMINARY results.
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Success for MSL Entry, Descent, & Landing Instrument
08.07.12 - When the Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, researchers for the MSL Entry, Descent, & Landing Instrument (MEDLI) were already cheering.
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Mockup Orion Stack Shows Path to Launch
08.07.12 - Models of the Orion capsule and its service module offer engineers a chance to detail ways to process the spacecraft for launch.
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NASA Team to Demonstrate Miniaturized Spectrometer-on-a-Chip
08.02.12 - If a team of technologists succeeds, scientists in the future will make their discoveries with components that fit on a silicon wafer.
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Chief Technologist Praises Kennedy Advances
08.01.12 - NASA's chief technologist saw numerous innovations including heat shields made from lunar and Martian soil and plants grown in space.