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  Experts Advise Doctors on How to Clear Patients for Space Travel

  December 13, 2012 — With the prospect of space travel for tourists looming, clinicians could soon be asked to advise on medical clearance for their patients, according to a new ... > full story
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  Review of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Assesses Progress Determining Infrastructure Needs

  December 12, 2012 — NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program recently completed an important System Requirements Review/System Definition Review (SRR/SDR) as part of planning for future operations ... > full story
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  Next Step in Launching Astronauts from U.S. Soil: NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts

  December 11, 2012 — NASA announced Dec. 10 the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certification of ... > full story
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  CubeSats in Orbit After Historic Space Station Deployment

  December 11, 2012 — Typically satellites launch from Earth, requiring dedicated launch vehicles to propel them into the proper orbit. The cost for this launch scenario could be reduced considerably if there was another ... > full story
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  Swirling Storms on Saturn

  December 3, 2012 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been traveling the Saturnian system in a set of inclined, or tilted, orbits that give mission scientists a vertigo-inducing view of Saturn's polar regions. This ... > full story
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  NASA Seeks Concepts for Innovative Uses of Large Space Telescopes

  November 28, 2012 — NASA is exploring options for innovative and imaginative uses of two large space telescopes recently transferred to the agency. In a request for information (RFI) published Monday, NASA seeks ... > full story
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  Martian Dust Storm Dissipating

  November 28, 2012 — A regional dust storm on Mars, tracked from orbit since Nov. 10, appears to be abating rather than going ... > full story
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  Novel Power System for Space Travel Tested

  November 26, 2012 — Engineers have demonstrated a new concept for a reliable nuclear reactor that could be used on space ... > full story
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  Planet 'Devoured in Secret' by Its Own Sun

  November 19, 2012 — A planet roughly 1.4 times the size of Jupiter is being consumed by its own star behind a shroud thanks to a magnesium veil absorbing all of certain light wavelengths, according to new observations. ... > full story
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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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