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  Ancient Lunar Dynamo May Explain Magnetized Moon Rocks

  November 9, 2011 — The presence of magnetized rocks on the surface of the moon, which has no global magnetic field, has been a mystery since the days of the Apollo program. Now a team of scientists has proposed a novel ... > full story
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  NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014; Agency Moves to Implement Deep Space Exploration Plan

  November 8, 2011 — NASA plans to add an unmanned flight test of the Orion spacecraft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the multi-purpose crew vehicle's design, development, test and ... > full story
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  Battered Tharsis Tholus Volcano on Mars

  November 8, 2011 — The latest image released from Mars Express reveals a large extinct volcano that has been battered and deformed over the eons. By Earthly standards, Tharsis Tholus is a giant, towering 8 kilometers ... > full story
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  NASA Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth

  November 8, 2011 — NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. The asteroid safely will safely fly past our planet slightly closer ... > full story
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  Voyager 2 to Switch to Backup Thruster Set

  November 6, 2011 — NASA's Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the Voyager 2 spacecraft Nov. 4 to switch to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Confirmation was received today ... > full story
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  Volunteers End Simulated Mission to Mars

  November 6, 2011 — The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500's six brave volunteers stepped out of their 'spacecraft' Nov. 4, 2011 to be welcomed by the waiting ... > full story
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  NASA Robotic Lander Test Flight Nov. 4 Will Aid in Future Lander Designs

  November 3, 2011 — NASA will conduct a 100-foot robotic lander altitude test flight Friday, Nov. 4, to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of ... > full story
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  NASA Studying Ways to Make 'Tractor Beams' a Reality

  November 3, 2011 — Tractor beams -- the ability to trap and move objects using laser light -- are the stuff of science fiction, but a team of NASA scientists has won funding to study the concept for remotely capturing ... > full story
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  Did Life Once Exist Below Red Planet's Surface? NASA Study of Clays Suggests Watery Mars Underground

  November 2, 2011 — A new NASA study suggests if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface. A new interpretation of years of mineral-mapping data, from more ... > full story
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  Boeing to Build Commercial Spacecraft at Kennedy, Create 550 Jobs

  November 1, 2011 — The Boeing Co. will set up Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manufacture and assemble its CST-100 spacecraft for launches to the International Space Station ... > full story

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