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Posted January 4, 2012:

• Through Hardship to the Stars

Posted December 31, 2011:

• First of NASA's GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit

Posted December 23, 2011:

• WISE Presents a Cosmic Wreath

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Self-Healing Electronics Could Work Longer and Reduce Waste

Posted December 8, 2011:

• U.S. CAFE Standards Create Profit Incentive for Larger Vehicles

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Homegrown Designs Sprout for NASA's Commercial Crew Program

Posted December 1, 2011:

• NASA Quiet Sonic Boom Research Effort Ends With a Whisper
• NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes the Future
• Course Excellent, Adjustment Postponed: Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report

Posted November 30, 2011:

• At a Crossroads: New Research Predicts Which Cars Are Likeliest to Run Lights at Intersections

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Crash Experts Find Car Seats Protect Overweight Kids, Too

Posted November 28, 2011:

• New Handle Makes Lifting Infant Car Seats Safer, Easier

Posted November 26, 2011:

• Mars Science Laboratory: NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Red Planet

Posted November 21, 2011:

• NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights

Posted November 14, 2011:

• Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set
• Robot Speeds Up Glass Development

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Nano Car Has Molecular 4-Wheel Drive: Smallest Electric Car in the World

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Scientists Prepare for Coming ATTREX Climate Study
• Aerial Robot System Can Save Firefighter Lives, Study Suggests

Posted November 8, 2011:

• NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014; Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan

Posted November 6, 2011:

• Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set

Posted November 3, 2011:

• NASA Robotic Lander Test Flight Nov. 4 Will Aid in Future Lander Designs

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Robotic Bug Gets Wings, Sheds Light on Evolution of Flight
• Electromobility: New Components Going for a Test Run

Posted October 15, 2011:

• Minority Children Less Likely to Wear a Car Seatbelt, Putting Them at Greater Risk of Severe Injury

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Ammonia Air Pollution from Cars and Trucks Worse in Winter
• Kicking Hybrids out of Carpool Lanes Backfires, Slowing Traffic for All, Study Finds

Posted October 10, 2011:

• Setting Standards for Electric Vehicles Could Make China a Global Leader

Posted October 7, 2011:

• NASA's Moon Twins Going Their Own Way

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Krypton Hall Effect Thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Hydrogen Released to Fuel Cell More Quickly When Stored in Metal Nanoparticles
• Novel Energy-Storage Membrane: Performance Surpasses Existing Rechargeable Batteries and Supercapacitors

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Autonomous Car Navigates the Streets of Berlin

Posted September 19, 2011:

• NASA Announces Two Game-Changing Space Technology Projects

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Volcanic Ash and Aircraft Safety

Posted September 14, 2011:

• NASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration System: New Heavy-Lift Rocket Will Take Humans Far Beyond Earth

Posted September 12, 2011:

• Identifying Dangerous Intersections With Help of New Computer Simulation
• Airplanes: New Tool Analyzes Black-Box Data for Flight Anomalies

Posted September 10, 2011:

• NASA Launches Mission to Study Moon From Crust to Core

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Reuse, Reliability Will Launch Future, Expert Says
• Acoustic Tests Verify Orion’s Sound Engineering

Posted September 2, 2011:

• Aquarius Makes First Ocean Salt Measurements

Posted September 1, 2011:

• NASA Earth-Observing Satellite Arrives in California for Launch

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Cutting Soot Emissions: Fastest, Most Economical Way to Slow Global Warming?
• Iron 'Veins' Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material

Posted August 24, 2011:

• NASA Picks Three Proposals for Flight Demonstration

Posted August 17, 2011:

• U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Flight-Tests Autonomous Multi-Target, Multi-User Tracking Capability

Posted August 14, 2011:

• How Butterflies Copy Their Neighbors to Fool Birds

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Working Towards Replacing Platinum in Fuel Cells: Performance of Iron-Based Catalysts Improved

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Avatar-Based Virtual Co-Driver System Replaces Vehicle Owner's Manuals

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