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Adapter 'Flips' for 2014 Exploration Flight Test
05.22.13 - NASA engineers recently flipped a 1,000-pound adapter to prepare for Exploration Flight Test 1 in 2014 and Space Launch System flight in 2017.
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More Fluids Science and Treadmill Installation Work for Station Trio
05.22.13 - Expedition 36 is installing a new treadmill in the Zvezda service module and working science and maintenance.
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NASA's SDO Observes Mid-level Solar Flare
05.22.13 - The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M7 class, on the morning of May 22, 2013.
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Herschel Space Observatory Finds Galaxy Mega Merger
05.22.13 - A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation.
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Satellite Views of Midwest Storm
05.21.13 - NASA and NOAA satellites observed the severe storm system that spawned the Moore, Okla., tornado on May 20, 2013.
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Forecast for Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead
05.22.13 - Two new models with implications for NASA's Cassini mission suggest the onset of spring in Titan's northern hemisphere could bring waves and hurricanes.
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Expedition 36 Installs New Treadmill, Works Science
05.21.13 - Expedition 36 is installing a new treadmill in the Zvezda service module and working science and maintenance.
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NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
05.21.13 - In Antarctica in January, 2013 scientists released 20 balloons, to study the giant radiation belts surrounding Earth and how they lose particles, causing electrons from the belts to stream down toward the poles.
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Station Trio Busy Inside Station, New Trio Prepares for Launch
05.20.13 - The Expedition 36 trio aboard the International Space Station started its work week taking apart a treadmill and working on science hardware.
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Auroras Visible in Continental U.S.
05.20.13 - Coronal mass ejections that accompanied X-class flares early last week, arrived at Earth over the weekend and sparked a geomagnetic storm and aurora.
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NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target
05.20.13 - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland."
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IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge
05.20.13 - NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission to observe a mysterious region of the solar atmosphere that may be crucial to understanding what powers space weather.
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NASA Simulates 'Pulsar-On-A-Table' for Testing
05.20.2013 - A NASA team built a first-of-a-kind testbed to simulate the distinctive signature of pulsars - which radiate in regular bursts anywhere from seconds to milliseconds.
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NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe
05.20.13 - Scientists seek to gain answers to questions about the formation of stars and galaxies with the launch of the CIBER sounding rocket on June 4 from Wallops.
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Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist
05.17.13 - Expedition 35 is hard at work 200-plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.
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NASA’s STEREO Detects a CME From the Sun
05.17.13 - On 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space.
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Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock
05.17.13 - NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.
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Hubble Peers Through a Spacetime Magnifying Glass
05.17.13 - This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster Abell S1077. The matter condensed in such clusters is so high their gravity warps the fabric of spacetime.
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Expedition 36 Update: May 17, 2013
05.17.13 - The station's Expedition 36 crew wrapped up the week with combustion and biological research while awaiting launch of three new crewmates.
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NASA Data Pinpoints Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise
05.16.13 - 99% of all of Earth’s land ice is locked into the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. But from 2003 to 2009, the world’s other glaciers contributed just as much to sea level rise as the two ice sheets combined.