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  Landsat 5 Sets Guinness World Record for 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite'

  February 12, 2013 — Landsat 5 successfully set the new Guinness World Records title for 'Longest-operating Earth observation satellite' as stated in an e-mail from Guinness World Records sent to NASA Goddard Space ... > full story
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  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Lead U.S. Science Team for Dark Energy Mission

  February 12, 2013 — 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, ... > full story
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  Crew Rotation and Passenger Connections Spread Flight Delays, Study Finds

  February 12, 2013 — Researchers say that crew rotation and passengers connections systematically spread flight delays due to a domino effect. The work, that proposes a new methodology to assess the degree of air traffic ... > full story
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  NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission: New Earth Observation Satellite Launched

  February 11, 2013 — NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The spacecraft carries ... > full story
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  Landsat Data Continuity Mission Awaits Liftoff

  February 8, 2013 — When the newest Landsat spacecraft trains its state-of-the-art sensors on Earth's surface, it will provide images of our ever-changing planet in unparalleled clarity. Launched by NASA in partnership ... > full story
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  NASA's MAVEN Mission Completes Assembly, Begins Environmental Testing

  February 10, 2013 — NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colo. MAVEN is the next ... > full story
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  NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet ISON

  February 5, 2013 — NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has acquired its first images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). The images were taken by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Imager over a 36-hour period on Jan. 17 and 18, ... > full story
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  WISE Space Telescope Feels the Heat from Orion's Sword

  February 5, 2013 — The tangle of clouds and stars that lie in Orion's sword is showcased in a new, expansive view from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or ... > full story
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  NASA's Super-TIGER Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Cosmic Ray Data

  February 4, 2013 — A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an instrument that detected 50 million cosmic ... > full story
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  Impressive Aerial Maneuvers of the Pea Aphid

  February 4, 2013 — Pea aphids can free fall from the plants they feed on and -- within a fraction of a second -- land on their feet every time. Oftentimes, the falling aphids manage to cling to a lower part of the ... > full story

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