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  NASA's Space Launch System Using Futuristic Technology to Build the Next Generation of Rockets

  November 8, 2012 — NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. is using a method called selective laser melting, or SLM, to create intricate metal parts for America's next heavy-lift rocket. Using this ... > full story
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  New Technique to Protect Astronauts from Space Radiation

  November 8, 2012 — The complexities of traveling to and working in space present challenges to astronauts that NASA scientists and engineers have been working on since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first stepped on ... > full story
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  NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building Prepared for Multiple Rockets

  November 8, 2012 — The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is undergoing renovations to accommodate future launch vehicles. A project of Ground Systems Development and ... > full story
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  Experimental Interplanetary Internet Used to Test Robot from International Space Station

  November 8, 2012 — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully have used an experimental version of interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover from the International Space Station. The experiment ... > full story
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  Curiosity Team Switches Back to Earth Time

  November 7, 2012 — After three months working on "Mars time," the team operating NASA Mars rover Curiosity has switched to more regular hours, as ... > full story
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  Spot the Space Station Over Your Backyard With New NASA Service

  November 7, 2012 — On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Nov. 2 a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes ... > full story
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  NASA Radar Images Asteroid 2007 PA8

  November 6, 2012 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have obtained several radar images depicting near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8. The images were ... > full story
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  Scientists Monitor Comet Breakup

  November 4, 2012 — The Hergenrother comet is currently traversing the inner-solar system. Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been following the icy-dirt ball over the past several weeks as it has been ... > full story
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  Hubble Sees an Unexpected Population of Young-Looking Stars

  November 2, 2012 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers an impressive view of the center of globular cluster NGC 6362. The image of this spherical collection of stars takes a deeper look at the core of the ... > full story
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  NASA Rover Finds Clues to Changes in Mars' Atmosphere

  November 2, 2012 — NASA's car-sized rover, Curiosity, has taken significant steps toward understanding how Mars may have lost much of its original atmosphere. Learning what happened to the Martian atmosphere will help ... > full story

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