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  Mars Longevity Champ Switching Computers

  November 2, 2012 — NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, already the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, will switch to some fresh, redundant equipment next week that has not been used since before launch in ... > full story
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  SpaceX Transitions to Third Commercial Crew Phase

  November 1, 2012 — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed its first three performance milestones for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to lead to the ... > full story
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  NASA's SAMPEX Mission: A Space Weather Warrior

  November 1, 2012 — NASA's very first small explorer, the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer or SAMPEX, was launched July 3, 1992 to study the zoo of particles and cosmic rays surrounding Earth. ... > full story
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  NASA'S Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight

  November 1, 2012 — Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of ... > full story
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  Next-Generation X-Ray Telescope Ready to Fly

  November 1, 2012 — Those who watch the sun are regularly treated to brilliant shows -- dancing loops of solar material rise up, dark magnetic regions called sunspots twist across the surface, and dazzling flares of ... > full story
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  Asteroid Belts of Just the Right Size Are Friendly to Life

  November 1, 2012 — Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass, according to a new study. Researchers suggest that the size and ... > full story
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  Nereidum Montes Helps Unlock Mars' Glacial Past

  November 1, 2012 — The European Space Agency's Mars Express revisited the Argyre basin aiming cameras at Nereidum Montes, some 380 km northeast of Hooke crater. The stunning rugged terrain of Nereidum Montes marks the ... > full story
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  Cassini Halloween Treat: Titan Glows in the Dark

  October 31, 2012 — A literal shot in the dark by imaging cameras on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has yielded an image of a visible glow from Titan, emanating not just from the top of Titan's atmosphere, but also -- ... > full story
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  Dawn Sees 'Young' Surface on Giant Asteroid Vesta

  October 31, 2012 — Like a Hollywood starlet constantly retouching her makeup, the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young face. Data from NASA's Dawn mission show that a form ... > full story
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  Stars Ancient and Modern?

  October 31, 2012 — A colorful new view of the globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory ... > full story

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