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Could Solar Storms ‘Sandblast’ the Moon?
[/caption]According to a new set of NASA computer simulations, solar storms and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can erode the lunar…
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Commander of Final Shuttle Mission to Leave NASA
[/caption] On Dec. 9, 2011, NASA will witness the departure of the astronaut who served as commander for the final…
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Flawlessly On Course Curiosity Cruising to Mars – No Burn Needed Now
[/caption] Curiosity’s interplanetary injection was spot on ! - following her Nov. 26 blastoff aboard the 2 million pound thrust…
NASA’s Pluto Probe Marks a New Milestone
[/caption] It may not have noticed anything different as it continued its high-speed trek through interplanetary space, but today New…
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Vrooming over Vivid Vestan Vistas in Vibrant 3 D – Video
[/caption] It’s time to put on your 3-D glasses and go soaring all over the giant asteroid Vesta - thanks…
Did a Neutron Star Create the “Christmas Burst”?
[/caption] On December 25, 2010, at 1:38 p.m. EST, NASA's Swift Burst Alert Telescope detected a particularly long-lived gamma-ray burst…
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NASA Planetary Science Trio Honored as ‘Best of What’s New’ in 2011- Curiosity/Dawn/MESSENGER
[/caption] A trio of NASA’s Planetary Science mission’s - Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Dawn and MESSENGER - has been honored…
Good and Bad News Comes With NASA’s 2012 Budget
[/caption] On November 14, President Obama signed an Appropriations bill that solidified NASA's budget for fiscal year 2012. The space…
No Nukes? NASA’s Plutonium Production Predicament
[/caption] Mars Science Laboratory, launched three days ago on the morning of Saturday, November 26, is currently on its way…
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Curiosity Majestically Blasts off on ‘Mars Trek’ to ascertain ‘Are We Alone?’
[/caption] Atop a towering inferno of sparkling flames and billowing ash, Humankinds millennial long quest to ascertain “Are We Alone…