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Solar Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg AFB for Launch
04.17.13 - IRIS spacecraft arrives at VAFB for final preparations for a NET May 28 launch aboard a Pegasus rocket.
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Eye Exam for LDCM →
04.16.13 - Once a satellite is in orbit, it's not ready to take measurements until a series of check-out procedures have been performed.
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NASA’s Wind Mission Encounters ‘SLAMS’ Waves
04.16.13 - SLAMS, or short large amplitude magnetic structures, have been spotted in the froth of waves in front of Earthspace as it moves through the solar system. They create a magnetic mirror reflecting fast ion beams into space.
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The Long and Storied Path to Human Asteroid Exploration
04.16.13 - This project would be the first to capture a small near-Earth asteroid and safely redirect it.
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Dying Supergiant Stars Implicated in Hours-long Gamma-Ray Bursts
04.16.13 - Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA's Swift satellite represent a new class of gamma-ray bursts that likely arise from dying stars hundreds of times larger than the sun.
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Astronauts to Explore an Asteroid
04.16.13 - As NASA marked the anniversary of the president's exploration vision, news media were updated on the Orion spacecraft that could take astronauts to an asteroid.
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How to Target an Asteroid
04.16.13 - The hunt is on for methods to aim a spacecraft at an asteroid.
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Celebrating CINDI on Its Fifth Anniversary
04.15.13 - On April 16, 2008, a suite of NASA instruments was launched to study a unique region of space: the electrically charged portion of the upper atmosphere called the ionosphere, a region crucial for radio communications.
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NASA Engineers Rehearse Placement of Webb's Microshutters
04.15.13 - Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. are currently rehearsing with the placement of the Webb's Microshutter Array into the NIRSpec.
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NASA-Funded Asteroid Tracking Sensor Passes Key Test
04.15.13 - An infrared sensor that could improve NASA's future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.
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Expedition 35 Update: April 15, 2013
04.15.13 - The station’s Expedition 35 crew kicked off the workweek with science experiments, spacewalk preps and a cargo craft departure.
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Titan's Methane - Going, Going, Soon to Be Gone?
04.15.13 - NASA's Cassini mission tracks long-lived lakes in Titan's northern hemisphere and finds that the moon's methane may be disappearing.
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Space Launch System Begins Acoustic Testing
04.15.13 - NASA test conductors are making progress on the agency's new rocket by listening closely to the roar of four thrusters.
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Shuttle Stack Construction Marks Latest Milestone
04.12.13 - A full-size model of the space shuttle's solid rocket booster and external tank stack will dwarf many other Space Coast structures.
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Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist
04.12.13 - Expedition 34 is hard at work 200 plus miles above us! Catch this week's research highlights here.
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Expedition 35 Update: April 12, 2013
04.12.13 - The six-member Expedition 35 crew combined science and maintenance work Friday as they observed Cosmonautics Day.
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Where Are the Best Windows Into Europa's Interior?
04.12.13 - A new look at data from NASA's Galileo mission yields pointers for where on Europa's surface the watery interior of this moon of Jupiter is best revealed.
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GPM Takes Rain Measurements Global
04.12.13 - GPM will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space by joining forces with countries around the world.
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Dusty Details in Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2768
04.12.13 - The soft glow in this image is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear).
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Spring Fling: Sun Emits a Mid-Level Flare
04.16.13 - The CME impact on April 13 was weak but it still produced high latitude aurora. The sun emitted a mid-level flare, peaking at 3:16 a.m. EDT on April 11, 2013 accompanied by an Earth-directed CME.