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NASA Releases Radar Movie of Asteroid 2012 DA14
02.19.13 - An initial sequence of radar images of asteroid 2012 DA14 was obtained on the night of Feb. 15/16, 2013, by NASA's 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif.
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Upgrades Will Prepare Crawlerway
02.22.13 - Several sections of the crawlerway that lead from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pads at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are getting a facelift in preparation for the new Space Launch System rocket.
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Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby
02.15.13 - Preliminary information indicates that a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is flying by Earth safely today.
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Hubble Sees Cosmic “Flying V” of Merging Galaxies
02.15.13 - This large “flying V” is actually two distinct objects — a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC 2184. Both the galaxies are seen almost edge-on here.
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Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 15, 2013
02.15.13 - The station's Expedition 34 crew wrapped up the workweek Friday with robotics and preparations for a commercial cargo craft set to arrive in March.
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ISS Research Update For The Week of Feb. 4, 2013
02.15.13 - Expedition 34 is hard at work 200 plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.
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Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts
02.14.13 - A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission -- the perfect platform for this pint-size, solid-state telescope.
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UN Braces for Stormy Space Weather →
02.14.13 - The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has a new item is on the agenda: space weather.
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Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview Appearance
02.14.13 - Asteroid 2012 DA14, set to make its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 15, is captured in early images from Australia.
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Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 14, 2013
02.14.13 - The space station's Expedition 34 crew conducted an emergency drill Thursday and set up Robonaut 2 for another round of remote testing.
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NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid
02.13.13 - NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14.
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NASA Partner Orbital Tests Rocket, Newest U.S. Launch Pad
02.22.13 - NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences of Dulles, Va., successfully conducted an engine test of its Antares rocket at the nation's newest launch pad.
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NASA's Fermi Proves Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays
02.14.13 - NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe.
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NASA Scientists Part of Arctic Sea Ice Study
02.13.13 - NASA data and scientists contributed to a new study out of the United Kingdom that shows Arctic sea ice volume declining in recent years.
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NASA Hosts Telecon Today About Curiosity Rover
02.20.13 - NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PST (3 p.m. EST) today, Feb. 20, to provide an update on the Mars rover Curiosity mission.
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Expedition 34 Update: Feb. 13, 2013
02.13.13 - The International Space Station's Expedition 34 crew unloaded cargo from one cargo craft Wednesday while preparing for the arrival of another.
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National Space Club Honors Mars Curiosity
02.13.13 - NASA's Mars Curiosity rover/Mars Science Laboratory and its team will receive a trio of National Space Club awards.
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NASA Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East
02.12.13 - A new study using data from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade.
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New Doppler Radar Wind Profiler Installed
2.12.13 - NASA is replacing decades-old wind measurement equipment with upgraded Doppler radar near the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.
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JPL to Lead U.S. Science Team for Dark Energy Mission
02.12.13 - The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected three NASA-nominated science teams to participate in their planned Euclid mission, including one team led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.