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  Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn's Moon Titan

  December 12, 2012 — Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 200 ... > full story
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  Next Step in Launching Astronauts from U.S. Soil: NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts

  December 11, 2012 — NASA announced Dec. 10 the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certification of ... > full story
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  Mars Rover Self-Portrait Shoot Uses Arm Choreography

  December 11, 2012 — The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity held the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera in more than 50 positions in one day to generate a single scene combining all the images, creating ... > full story
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  Mars Rover Curiosity Nearing Yellowknife Bay

  December 11, 2012 — The NASA Mars rover Curiosity drove 63 feet (19 meters) northeastward early Monday, Dec. 10, approaching a step down into a slightly lower area called "Yellowknife Bay," where researchers intend to ... > full story
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  What Is Creating Gullies on Giant Asteroid Vesta?

  December 6, 2012 — In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission, scientists have spotted intriguing gullies that sculpt the walls of geologically young craters on the giant asteroid Vesta. The ... > full story
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  Apollo's Lunar Dust Data Being Restored

  December 6, 2012 — Forty years after the last Apollo spacecraft launched, the science from those missions continues to shape our view of the moon. In one of the latest developments, readings from the Apollo 14 and 15 ... > full story
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  Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars

  December 6, 2012 — During the 10 minutes before the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere to deliver the rover Curiosity to the surface, the spacecraft shed its cruise stage, which had ... > full story
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  NASA Twin Spacecraft Create Most Accurate Gravity Map of Moon

  December 5, 2012 — Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. The new map, created by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, ... > full story
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  New NASA Mars Rover to Launch in 2020

  December 4, 2012 — Building on the success of Curiosity's Red Planet landing, NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020. This ... > full story
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  NASA Opportunity Rover Finishes Walkabout on Mars Crater Rim

  December 4, 2012 — The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a ... > full story

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