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Better Communication is a 'Gem' on Space Station

02.25.13 - "OPALS" in space? Well, it's not the gemstones you may be thinking. This "gem" has the potential to change the way data is transmitted from space.
Engineers Building Hard-working Mining Robot

1.25.13 - NASA engineers designed a robot intended to dig soil 16 hours a day for five years.
Sun Shoots Out 2 Coronal Mass Ejections

01.24.13 - One of the two slow-moving ejections from Jan. 23 is Earth-directed. In the past, CMEs of this speed have not caused substantial geomagnetic storms.
Working on Four Spacecraft Simultaneously

01.24.13 - NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission clean room is buzzing with activity as engineers work on all four observatories at the same time.
Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 24, 2013

01.24.13 - The station crew participated in a variety of science and medical research experiments Thursday, while robotics testing continues outside the complex.
› ISS Update Video | › Crew timelines
Thawing 'Dry Ice' Drives Groovy Action on Mars

01.24.13 - Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter see seasonal changes on far-northern Martian sand dunes caused by warming of a winter blanket of frozen carbon dioxide.
World's Most Powerful Engine Blazes New Path

01.24.13 - To help develop the nation's future heavy lift rocket, NASA resurrected the mighty F1 -- the world's most powerful rocket engine ever flown.
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NASA Takes Strides to Launch from U.S. Soil

01.25.13 - NASA has taken a crucial step toward launching crews to the space station from the U.S. This landmark comes at the 45th anniversary of an essential stage in sending Americans to the moon.
Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 23, 2013

01.23.13 - The International Space Station's crew conducts the Spinal Ultrasound investigation while robotics testing continues outside the complex.
› ISS Update Video | › Crew timelines
'Hi-C' Mission Sees Energy in the Sun's Corona

01.23.13 - NASA optics engineering expertise is allowing solar scientists to see into the sun's corona in unprecedented detail.
NASA Readies Famous "Chamber A" to Welcome the James Webb Space Telescope

01.23.13 - NASA's "Chamber A" thermal vacuum testing chamber has been upgraded and remodeled to accommodate testing the James Webb Space Telescope.
Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night

01.24.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the instrument.
Hidden Treasure in Large Magellanic Cloud

01.23.13 - Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud floats in space, in a long and slow dance around the Milky Way.
NASA Officially Joins ESA's 'Dark Universe' Mission

01.24.13 - NASA has joined the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid mission, a space telescope designed to investigate the cosmological mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
Why NASA Observes the Sun in Different Wavelengths

01.22.13 - Specialized instruments in ground-based and space-based solar telescopes, observe light far beyond the ranges visible to the naked eye. Different wavelengths convey information about different components of the sun.
Expedition 34 Update: Jan. 22, 2013

01.22.13 - The station's Expedition 34 crew focused on physics and medical experiments Tuesday as a ground-commanded robotics demonstration resumed.
› ISS Update Video | › Crew timelines
Betelgeuse Star Braces for Crash with Strange Bar

01.22.13 - Orion, the famous hunter presiding over northern winter skies, may experience a stellar crash in its future.
NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year

01.22.13 - Though NASA's newer Mars rover has been capturing more attention recently, durable Opportunity remains hard at work after nine years of roving on the Red Planet.
TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net

1.22.13 - NASA's first launch of 2013 will lift upgraded communications satellite into orbit.
IRIS Spacecraft Is Fully Integrated

01.18.13 - NASA's next Small Explorer mission, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), which will study the little-understood lower levels of the sun's atmosphere has been fully integrated and final testing is underway.