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  Scientist Discovers Plate Tectonics on Mars

  August 9, 2012 — For years, many scientists had thought that plate tectonics existed nowhere in our solar system but on Earth. Now, a researcher has discovered that the geological phenomenon, which involves the ... > full story
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  Searching Salt for Answers About Life on Earth, Mars

  August 9, 2012 — Researchers have discovered that not only is there evidence of liquid water on Mars, but the planet is also rich with magnesium sulfate. One of the questions researchers are seeking to answer is ... > full story
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  ChemCam Sends Digital ‘thumbs Up’: Martian Landing Area Could Be a Boon for Scientific Study

  August 9, 2012 — Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team got a digital thumbs up about the operational readiness of their instrument just hours after the rover landed on Martian soil late ... > full story
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  Mockup Orion Stack Shows Path to Launch

  August 8, 2012 — The Vehicle Assembly Building's transfer aisle offered a glimpse of the future recently as a full-size Orion spacecraft mock-up was placed atop a model of the service module so engineers and ... > full story
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  Bruce Willis Couldn’t Save Us from Asteroid Doom

  August 7, 2012 — According to the internet hysteria surrounding the ancient Mayan calendar, an asteroid could be on its way to wipe out the world on December 21, 2012. Obviously this is pretty unlikely -- but if an ... > full story
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  New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing Its Descent

  August 7, 2012 — Just hours after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, a select group of images taken by the onboard Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, were beamed back to Earth. The 297 color, low-resolution images, ... > full story
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  NASA Investigates Proton Radiation Effects on Cells

  August 4, 2012 — A team of researchers has found radiation from protons could further enhance a process that occurs during tumor progression. This information may help lead to better methods to protect astronauts ... > full story
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  Hubble Sees a Ten Billion Year Stellar Dance

  August 4, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers a delightful view of the crowded stellar encampment called Messier 68, a spherical, star-filled region of space known as a globular cluster. Mutual ... > full story
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  NASA Announces Next Steps in Effort to Launch Americans from U.S. Soil

  August 3, 2012 — NASA has announced new agreements with three American commercial companies to design and develop the next generation of U.S. human spaceflight capabilities, enabling a launch of astronauts from U.S. ... > full story
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  Hitchhiking Sensors Capture Curiosity's Entry

  August 3, 2012 — Screaming through the thin Martian atmosphere at hypersonic speed, the Mars Science Laboratory is about to experience heat and pressure up to three times more intense than when a space shuttle ... > full story

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