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  First Images Released from Newest Earth Observation Satellite

  March 21, 2013 — NASA and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first images from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, which was launched Feb. ... > full story
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  Space Race Underway to Create Quantum Satellite

  February 28, 2013 — A new article describes how a quantum space race is under way to create the world's first global quantum-communication ... > full story
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  NOAA and NASA's Next Generation Weather Satellite May Provide Earlier Warnings

  February 28, 2013 — A new satellite that will detect the lightning inside storm clouds may lead to valuable improvements in tornado detection. The GOES-R satellite is currently being built with new technology that may ... > full story
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  Landsat 5 Sets Guinness World Record for 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite'

  February 12, 2013 — Landsat 5 successfully set the new Guinness World Records title for 'Longest-operating Earth observation satellite' as stated in an e-mail from Guinness World Records sent to NASA Goddard Space ... > full story
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  NASA Launches Next-Generation Communications Satellite

  January 30, 2013 — The first of NASA's three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched at 8:48 p.m. EST Wednesday (Jan. 30) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ... > full story
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  Satellite Image Shows Eastern U.S. Severe Weather System

  January 30, 2013 — A powerful cold front moving from the central United States to the East Coast is wiping out spring-like temperatures and replacing them with winter-time temperatures with powerful storms in between. ... > full story
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  Satellite Visualization Tool for High-Resolution Observation Review (Thor) Accessible from Any Location With Internet Access

  January 29, 2013 — With minimal coding effort an Earth-observing satellite tool can be converted into a practical web-based application. In addition, a 3-D visualization technique has been ... > full story
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  NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net

  January 27, 2013 — NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, also known as the Space Network, will get an upgrade this month when the agency launches the first of a new generation of communications satellites to ... > full story
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  NASA Beams Mona Lisa to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at the Moon

  January 17, 2013 — As part of the first demonstration of laser communication with a satellite at the moon, scientists with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the spacecraft from ... > full story
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  NASA's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space

  January 10, 2013 — In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. The ... > full story

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