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  NASA Releases Images of Earth by Two Interplanetary Spacecraft

  July 22, 2013 — Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cassini ... > full story
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  How Mars' Atmosphere Got So Thin: Reports Detail Curiosity Clues to Atmosphere's Past

  July 18, 2013 — A pair of new papers report measurements of the Martian atmosphere's composition by NASA's Curiosity rover, providing evidence about loss of much of Mars' original ... > full story
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  MAVEN Spectrometer Opens Window to Red Planet’s Past

  July 18, 2013 — When NASA's MAVEN mission begins its journey to the Red Planet later this year, it will be equipped with a special instrument to take the planet back in ... > full story
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  NASA Interplanetary Probes to Take Pictures of Earth

  July 18, 2013 — Two NASA spacecraft, one studying the Saturn system, the other observing Mercury, are maneuvering into place to take pictures of Earth on July 19 and ... > full story
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  Overhead View of Mars Rover 10 Years After Launch

  July 17, 2013 — An image from Mars orbit taken 10 years after the launch of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the long-lived rover on its trek to a new destination on ... > full story
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  Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving

  July 17, 2013 — The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer. One kilometer is about 0.62 ... > full story
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  Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon: Smallest Known Moon in the Neptunian System

  July 15, 2013 — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant ... > full story
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  NASA's OPALS to Beam Data from Space Via Laser

  July 11, 2013 — NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen ... > full story
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  Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover

  July 10, 2013 — The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of the Red ... > full story
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  New Insights Into the Early Bombardment History on Mercury

  July 5, 2013 — Astronomers have studied the surface of Mercury to better understand if the plains were formed by volcanic flows or composed of material ejected from the planet's giant impact ... > full story

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