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  Herschel Space Observatory to Complete Its Mission Soon

  March 6, 2013 — The Herschel space observatory is expected to exhaust its supply of liquid helium coolant in the coming weeks, after spending more than three years studying the cool universe and surpassing the ... > full story
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  Cassini Spies Bright Venus from Saturn Orbit

  March 4, 2013 — A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around ... > full story
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  SpaceX's Dragon Carrying NASA Cargo Resupplies Space Station

  March 3, 2013 — The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:56 a.m. EST Sunday. The delivery flight was the second contracted resupply ... > full story
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  New Chemical Probe Provides Tool to Investigate Role of Malignant Brain Tumor Domains in Chromatin Structure and Regulation

  March 1, 2013 — Medical researchers have discovered a chemical probe that can be used to investigate the L3MBTL3 methyl-lysine reader domain. The probe, named UNC1215, will provide researchers with a powerful tool ... > full story
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  NASA on Course to Launch Orion Flight Test

  March 1, 2013 — The first spacecraft NASA has designed to fly astronauts beyond Earth orbit since the Apollo era is well on its way to making a flight test next year, agency officials said Wednesday. The mission is ... > full story
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  Computer Swap on NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity

  February 28, 2013 — The ground team for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been ... > full story
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  NASA's Van Allen Probes Reveal a New Radiation Belt Around Earth

  February 28, 2013 — NASA's Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within these hazardous regions of ... > full story
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  Crews Rehearse Launch Abort System Stacking With Orion

  February 28, 2013 — Crane operators, technicians and engineers practiced lifting and stacking techniques this week as they moved a 6-ton replica escape rocket called the LAS, for Launch Abort System, from a trailer to ... > full story
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  Second SpaceX Space Station Resupply Flight Ready to Go

  February 25, 2013 — The second International Space Station Commercial Resupply Services flight by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is set for liftoff at 10:10 a.m. EST on March 1 from Space Launch Complex 40 at ... > full story
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  European Space Agency's AIDA Mission Now Has a Target: Asteroid Didymos

  February 22, 2013 — The European Space Agency's proposed Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission now has a target: asteroid Didymos. The recent Russian meteor and, on the same day, our planet's close encounter ... > full story

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