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  SpaceX Completes Design Review of Dragon

  July 16, 2012 — NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with the ... > full story
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  Sun's Coronal Mass Ejection Results in Aurora Show on Earth

  July 16, 2012 — Over the July 14-15, 2012 weekend and through the early morning of July 16, Earth experienced what's called a geomagnetic storm, which happens when the magnetic bubble around Earth, the ... > full story
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  Solar System Ice: Source of Earth's Water

  July 12, 2012 — Scientists have long believed that comets and, or a type of very primitive meteorite were the sources of early Earth's volatile elements. Understanding where these volatiles came from is crucial for ... > full story
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  Solar Storm Protection

  July 12, 2012 — Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space. Now, researchers have developed a warning system capable of forecasting the radiation from these violent solar ... > full story
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  Nose Landing Gear Tested for Dream Chaser Spacecraft

  July 12, 2012 — NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has completed a successful test of the nose landing gear for its full-scale Dream Chaser engineering flight test vehicle. The completed test and an ... > full story
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  Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto

  July 11, 2012 — A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is estimated to be irregular in shape and 6 to 15 ... > full story
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  Close-Up of Active Galactic Nucleus: First Interferometric Signals Between Effelsberg Telescope and Orbital Radio Telescope Spektr-R

  July 6, 2012 — Researchers in Germany and Russia have obtained the first detection of interferometric signals between the Effelsberg 100-m telescope and the space-bound radio telescope satellite Spektr-R. The ... > full story
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  Spaceflight May Extend the Lifespan of Microscopic Worm

  July 6, 2012 — The effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm -- Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) -- could help it live longer. The discovery was made by scientists studying the loss of bone and muscle mass ... > full story
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  Dust Today, Gone Tomorrow: Astronomers Discover Houdini-Like Vanishing Act in Space

  July 5, 2012 — Astronomers report a baffling discovery never seen before: An extraordinary amount of dust around a nearby star has mysteriously disappeared. "It's as if the rings around Saturn had disappeared," ... > full story
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  Solar Flare: Another M-Class Flare from Sunspot 1515

  July 5, 2012 — Active Region 1515 has now spit out 12 M-class flares since July 3. Early in the morning of July 5, 2012, there was an M6.1 flare. It peaked at 7:44 AM EDT. This caused a moderate -- classified as R2 ... > full story

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