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  Ah, That New Car Smell: NASA Technology Protects Spacecraft from Outgassed Molecular Contaminants

  November 19, 2012 — Outgassing -- the physical process that creates that oh-so-alluring new car smell -- isn't healthy for humans and, as it turns out, not particularly wholesome for sensitive satellite instruments, ... > full story
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  NASA Sees Sun Emit a Mid-Level Flare

  November 13, 2012 — On Nov. 13, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 9:04 pm EST. This flare is classified as an M6 flare. M-class flares are the weakest flares that can still cause some space ... > full story
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  Van Allen Probes: NASA Renames Radiation Belt Mission to Honor Pioneering Scientist

  November 11, 2012 — NASA has renamed a recently launched mission that studies Earth's radiation belts as the Van Allen Probes in honor of the late James Van Allen. Van Allen was the head of the physics department at the ... > full story
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  Firestation: Getting Ready for Launch

  November 8, 2012 — An experiment to study the effects of lightning flashes on Earth's atmosphere has taken its first steps on its journey to space. The Firestation experiment has undergone numerous tests to make sure ... > full story
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  NASA's Space Launch System Using Futuristic Technology to Build the Next Generation of Rockets

  November 8, 2012 — NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. is using a method called selective laser melting, or SLM, to create intricate metal parts for America's next heavy-lift rocket. Using this ... > full story
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  New Technique to Protect Astronauts from Space Radiation

  November 8, 2012 — The complexities of traveling to and working in space present challenges to astronauts that NASA scientists and engineers have been working on since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first stepped on ... > full story
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  NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building Prepared for Multiple Rockets

  November 8, 2012 — The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is undergoing renovations to accommodate future launch vehicles. A project of Ground Systems Development and ... > full story
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  Experimental Interplanetary Internet Used to Test Robot from International Space Station

  November 8, 2012 — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully have used an experimental version of interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover from the International Space Station. The experiment ... > full story
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  Spot the Space Station Over Your Backyard With New NASA Service

  November 7, 2012 — On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Nov. 2 a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes ... > full story
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  NASA Radar Images Asteroid 2007 PA8

  November 6, 2012 — Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have obtained several radar images depicting near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8. The images were ... > full story

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