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  NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives in California

  January 27, 2012 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Jan. 27 after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation's ... > full story
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  Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork

  January 25, 2012 — Some images of stark Martian landscapes provide visual appeal beyond their science value, including a recent scene of wind-sculpted features from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ... > full story
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  Giant Asteroid Vesta Likely Cold and Dark Enough for Ice

  January 25, 2012 — Though generally thought to be quite dry, roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold and to receive so little sunlight that water ice could have survived there for billions of ... > full story
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  Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work

  January 25, 2012 — Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ... > full story
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  Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan's Dunes

  January 25, 2012 — A new analysis of radar data from NASA's Cassini mission, in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, has revealed regional variations among sand dunes on Saturn's ... > full story
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  Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver

  January 11, 2012 — NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and ... > full story
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  Planck Space Telescope Warms Up as Planned

  January 18, 2012 — The High Frequency Instrument aboard the Planck space telescope has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe. The sensor ran out of coolant on ... > full story
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  Montana Students Pick Winning Names for Moon Craft

  January 18, 2012 — Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was ... > full story
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  Voyager Instrument Cooling After Heater Turned Off

  January 18, 2012 — In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than ... > full story
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  Revisiting the 'Pillars of Creation'

  January 18, 2012 — In 1995, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took an iconic image of the Eagle nebula, dubbed the "Pillars of Creation," highlighting its finger-like pillars where new stars are thought to be forming. Now, ... > full story

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