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NASA Technologist Makes Traveling to Hard-to-Reach Destinations Easier
Traveling to remote
locations sometimes involves
navigating through
stop-and-go traffic,
traversing long stretches of
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New Explorer Mission Chooses the 'Just-Right' Orbit
Principal investigator
George Ricker likes to call
it the "Goldilocks orbit" --
it's not too close to Earth
and her Moon, and it's not
too far. In fact, it's just
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NASA's Cassini Sees Forces Controlling Enceladus Jets
The intensity of the jets of
water ice and organic
particles that shoot out
from Saturn's moon Enceladus
depends on the moon's
proximity to the ringed
... > full story
Catching Aerosols in a CATS Eye
Quick looks by a special
CATS-eye attached to the
International Space Station
will help scientists catalog
and track particles in
Earth's atmosphere and act
as a pathfinder for a new
... > full story
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Saturn's Mimas and Pandora: Two Moons Passing in the Night
July 31, 2013 — The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora remind us of how different they are when they appear together, as in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks ... > full story -
Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
July 30, 2013 — On June 17 and July 26, NASA tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary ... > full story -
NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover Particle Accelerator in the Heart of Earth’s Radiation Belts
July 25, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near-Earth space, a region of super-energetic, charged particles surrounding the globe called ... > full story -
Hot-Fire Tests Show 3-D Printed Rocket Parts Rival Traditionally Manufactured Parts
July 24, 2013 — What can survive blazing temperatures of almost 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit without melting? What did not break apart at extreme pressures? What is made by a new process that forms a complex part in ... > full story -
Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter
July 24, 2013 — An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first ... > full story -
Boeing Unveils CST-100 Mock-Up, Astronauts Climb Aboard
July 24, 2013 — Two NASA astronauts conducted flight suit evaluations inside a fully outfitted test version of The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft July 22, the first time the world got a glimpse of the crew ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission from Comet ISON
July 23, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later ... > full story -
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 -
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 -
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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