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  NASA Building a Better Solid Rocket Booster for Space Launch System Rocket

  October 2, 2012 — The largest and most powerful solid rocket booster ever built for flight is being assembled for NASA's Space Launch System at ATK Space Systems in Brigham City, Utah, incorporating new cost-savings ... > full story
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  My Life on Mars: Engineering Student Experiences Life on the Red Planet

  October 1, 2012 — As NASA's Curiosity rover scours the surface of Mars and beams pictures of the stark and desolate landscape back to Earth, we've begun to paint a picture of what living on the red planet might ... > full story
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  Hubble Portrays a Dusty Spiral Galaxy

  September 30, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided another outstanding image of a nearby galaxy -- NGC 4183, seen with a beautiful backdrop of distant galaxies and nearby stars. Located about 55 ... > full story
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  Mars Rover Opportunity Working at 'Matijevic Hill'

  September 30, 2012 — NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, well into its ninth year on Mars, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of the mission's most intriguing geological features. The site, ... > full story
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  Sun Unleashes a Wide, but Benign, Coronal Mass Ejection

  September 29, 2012 — The sun erupted with a wide, Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on Sept. 27, 2012 at 10:25 p.m. ... > full story
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  Technology Designed for Use by Astronauts Works to Save Trapped Miners

  September 28, 2012 — A technology designed for use by astronauts in the hazardous environment of space has found a lifesaving use in another dangerous occupation, but this time on Earth, or rather under it: coal ... > full story
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  Learning to Live on Mars: Fatigue Management Program for Controlling Space-Age Jetlag

  September 28, 2012 — The Martian day, which is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, can cause havoc with the internal 24-hour body clock. However, researchers have developed and tested a fatigue management program ... > full story
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  Mars Weather Report: Gale Crater Set for Summer Heat Wave?

  September 28, 2012 — Preliminary weather reports from the Curiosity’s Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS) are showing some surprisingly mild temperatures during the day. Average daytime air ... > full story
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  Mars: Curiosity's DAN Instrument Suggests Gale Crater Drier Than Expected

  September 28, 2012 — Preliminary data from the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory indicate that the Gale Crater landing site might be drier than expected. The Curiosity rover is designed to carry out research into whether ... > full story
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  Soil Heat Shield Concept Passes Arc Jet Testing

  September 27, 2012 — Arc jet testing under intense temperatures and pressures showed that heat shields made from the soil of other worlds will stand up to the conditions they would encounter plunging through Earth's ... > full story

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