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NASA Seeks Options for SLS Payload Fairings, Adapters
11.01.12 - NASA is exploring options for larger payload fairings to enhance the cargo carrying capabilities of its Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket.
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First SLS 'Pathfinder' Hardware Nearing Completion
10.25.12 - Work is nearing completion for a "pathfinder" version of the adapter design for test flights of the Orion spacecraft and NASA's Space Launch System.
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A Mini-Supermassive Black Hole
10.24.12 - One of the lowest mass supermassive black holes ever seen in the middle of a galaxy has been identified, thanks to Chandra and other observatories.
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SLS Engine 'Brain' Gets an Upgrade
10.17.12 - A newly enhanced RS-25 engine will help America's next heavy-lift rocket launch humans beyond low Earth orbit.
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A Powerful Line Up
10.1.12 - At Stennis Space Center, two J-2X engines and a power pack create a powerful partnership for the Space Launch System.
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NASA Chat: Orionid Meteors Brighten October Skies
10.20.12 - The 2012 Orionid meteor shower peaked on the night of Oct. 20-21. NASA astronomers hosted an "Up All Night" Web chat.
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A Planetary Nebula Gallery
10.10.12 - Chandra captures stunning views of four planetary nebulas from its first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood.
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A Better Solid Rocket Booster for SLS Rocket
10.02.12 - The largest, most powerful solid rocket booster ever built for flight is being assembled for NASA's Space Launch System by ATK Space Systems.
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Marshall Takes COCOA Cryo
09.27.12 - Testing of the James Webb Space Telescope's Center of Curvature Optical Assembly, or COCOA, recently was completed at Marshall Space Flight Center.
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NASA Announces Senior Leadership Changes
09.25.12 - NASA has named Patrick Scheuermann director of the Marshall Center. Scheuermann was director of Stennis Space Center from 2010-2012.
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Milky Way is Surrounded by Hot Gas Halo
09.24.12 - Chandra finds evidence that the Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years.
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Anatomy of an Engine Test Tweet Chat
12.05.12 - If you've ever wondered what it takes to test-fire a rocket engine, now is your chance. Make plans to join NASA experts on Dec. 5 for a Twitter chat.
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Space Launch System: A Year of Powering Forward
09.12.12 - This week marks one year of progress since the formation of the Space Launch System (SLS), the nation's next step in human exploration efforts.
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Was Kepler's Supernova Unusually Powerful?
09.11.12 - New Chandra analysis of Kepler's supernova remnant explosion suggests that it might have been more powerful and farther than previously thought.
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'Mighty Eagle' Lander Aces Major Exam
09.05.12 - The "Mighty Eagle" robotic prototype lander flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended to a landing during a free flight Sept. 5.
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Robots, Rocks and Rovers Featured on NASA 360
08.31.12 - If you like rock stars -- of the roving, robotic variety -- here's your chance to see a NASA-sized competition that’s all about them.
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A Surprisingly Bright Superbubble
08.30.12 - Chandra spies a bright superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way about 160,000 light years from Earth.
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Smooth Sailing for SLS Wind Tunnel Testing
08.23.12 - Engineers are using wind tunnel testing at the Marshall Center and Langley Research Center to enhance the development of NASA's Space Launch System.
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Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace at Forming Stars
08.15.12 - Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster, one of the largest objects in the universe, that is breaking several important cosmic records.
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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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