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  NASA to Upgrade Vital Communications Link

  October 8, 2012 — Technicians and engineers are completing final system checks and spacecraft inspections on the first of NASA's third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS). Boeing Space Systems will ... > full story
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  First Contracted SpaceX Resupply Mission Launches With NASA Cargo to Space Station

  October 8, 2012 — A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket carrying its Dragon spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday, beginning NASA's ... > full story
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  Deep Impact Spacecraft Completes Rocket Burn

  October 5, 2012 — NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft completed a firing of its onboard rocket motors Oct. 4. The maneuver began at 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT), lasted 71 seconds, and changed its velocity by 4.5 mph (2 meters ... > full story
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  Dragon Readies for Operational Delivery Flight

  October 5, 2012 — SpaceX is set to launch the first of a dozen operational missions for NASA to deliver more than 1,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station on Oct. 7. Launch time is 8:35 p.m. from ... > full story
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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Checks in on Mars Using Foursquare

  October 4, 2012 — NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can keep up with Curiosity as ... > full story
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  New 3-D Camera for Space Missions

  October 3, 2012 — A new 3-D camera has been developed for space missions. Researchers are now completing a study identifying alternatives to the cameras currently deployed on spacecrafts and space ... > full story
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  NASA Building a Better Solid Rocket Booster for Space Launch System Rocket

  October 2, 2012 — The largest and most powerful solid rocket booster ever built for flight is being assembled for NASA's Space Launch System at ATK Space Systems in Brigham City, Utah, incorporating new cost-savings ... > full story
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  Technology Designed for Use by Astronauts Works to Save Trapped Miners

  September 28, 2012 — A technology designed for use by astronauts in the hazardous environment of space has found a lifesaving use in another dangerous occupation, but this time on Earth, or rather under it: coal ... > full story
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  NASA Offers Opportunity to Use Communications Testbed on Space Station

  September 27, 2012 — Want to be a part of International Space Station research? Here's your chance. NASA is offering opportunities for academia, industry and government agencies to develop and carry out research and ... > full story
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  First Two James Webb Space Telescope Flight Mirrors Delivered to NASA

  September 24, 2012 — The first two of the 18 primary mirrors to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The mirrors are going through receiving and ... > full story

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