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SpaceX Dragon Attached to International Space Station In Spaceflight First

The International Space Station's Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX's Dragon capsule to the space station Friday ...  > full story

Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect

Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mission have measured the orbit of their destination asteroid, 1999 RQ36, with ...  > full story

NASA Ames Helps Re-Enter the Dragon

Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered ...  > full story

Wind-Driven Mars Tumbleweed Rover to Roll Through Rocky Terrain?

New research shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain -- findings ...  > full story

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  Tiny Planet-Finding Mirrors Borrow from Webb Telescope Playbook

  May 24, 2012 — NASA's next flagship mission -- the James Webb Space Telescope -- will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the ... > full story
• Galaxies
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  Nomads of the Galaxy: What Does It Mean to Have Quadrillions of Planets Adrift in Milky Way?

  May 23, 2012 — Planets simply adrift in space may not only be common in the cosmos; in the Milky Way Galaxy alone, their number may be in the quadrillions. Three experts discuss what this may mean, including how it ... > full story
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  Dark Shadows on Mars: Scene from Durable NASA Rover

  May 23, 2012 — Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable view ... > full story
• Cosmology
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  Best Time to Study the Cosmos Was More Than 13 Billion Years Ago

  May 22, 2012 — The universe is a marvelously complex place, filled with galaxies and larger-scale structures that have evolved over its 13.7-billion-year history. Those began as small perturbations of matter that ... > full story
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  NASA Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for NASA's Next Mission to Mars

  May 22, 2012 — Magnetometers built by scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission have been delivered to the ... > full story
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  Zapping Deadly Bacteria Using Space Technology

  May 22, 2012 — Technology spin-off from long-running research aboard the International Space Station is opening up a new way to keep hospital patients safe from infections. Using plasma -- electrically charged gas ... > full story
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  What Went Up Can Now Come Down With SpaceX Demo Flight

  May 22, 2012 — The SpaceX Dragon demo flight brings a new American transportation vehicle onto the scene for travel to and from the International Space Station. Currently there are other ways to reach station, ... > full story
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  NASA's NuSTAR Gearing Up for Launch

  May 22, 2012 — Final pre-launch preparations are underway for NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The mission, which will use X-ray vision to hunt for hidden black holes, is scheduled to launch ... > full story
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  Space Lawyer: Before Humans Step Into Commercial Spaceflight, Laws Need Giant Leap

  May 22, 2012 — SpaceX’s launch to the International Space Station opens a new era in commercial spaceflight -- and raises questions about what laws govern private space companies and what legal obstacles ... > full story
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  SpaceX Launches Falcon 9/Dragon on Historic Mission to Deliver Cargo to International Space Station

  May 22, 2012 — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit on May 22, 2012. The launch began an ambitious mission to show that the company is ready to deliver cargo ... > full story

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