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09:43 Mar 26, 2012
Launched in 1997, the Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit in June 2004 with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe bolted to its side. In December 2004, the spacecraft successfully released Huygens, which entered the atmosphere of S
12:56 Mar 25, 2012
Fourth grade students from the Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Bozeman, Mont., received the honor of making the first image selections by winning a nationwide competition to rename the two spacecraft.
08:53 Mar 25, 2012
Goddard's partnership with ICAP Ocean Tomo helps augment NASA's licensing program. The auction platform is considered by many to be the premier live forum for the open and public exchange of intellectual property.
07:06 Mar 25, 2012
Thousands of individuals and teams from more than 80 countries entered the competition to have their experiment flown in space.
18:57 Mar 22, 2012
Bright areas appear everywhere on Vesta but are most predominant in and around craters. The areas vary from several hundred feet to around 10 miles across.
13:06 Mar 22, 2012
Flight platforms include the Zero-G parabolic airplane, Near Space Corp. high altitude balloons and reusable launch vehicles from Armadillo Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, UP Aerospace and Virgin Galactic.
10:52 Mar 22, 2012
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has issued a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for advanced development proposals to support the nation's next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS).
06:35 Mar 22, 2012
Swift data on SN 2011fe also figure prominently in unpublished studies led by Alicia Soderberg at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. Preliminary results suggest that the explosion was caused by merging white dwarfs.
08:38 Mar 21, 2012
The Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge is accepting applications for the 2013 challenge, inviting students to design, manufacture, assemble and test systems for use on NASA's deep space habitat prototype.
16:07 Mar 20, 2012
Members of this virtual community will interact with NASA personnel, share information, make vital professional connections, collaborate with peers, represent NASA in a variety of venues, and help inspire and engage future interns. Through the commu
07:40 Mar 16, 2012
NASA unveiled a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky today showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.
15:45 Mar 15, 2012
Before a satellite leaves the ground, technicians fill its fuel tank through a valve that is sealed, covered and designed never to be accessed again.
12:24 Mar 15, 2012
Boeing's Crew Space Transportation system is a reusable, capsule-shaped spacecraft designed to take up to seven people, or a combination of people and cargo, to low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
09:38 Mar 14, 2012
During his career, Lopez-Alegria logged more than 257 days in space, including 215 days as commander of the Expedition 14 mission to the ISS, which stands as the single longest spaceflight by an American.
16:29 Mar 12, 2012
'We focused on every detail in development of Angry Birds Space to build a special experience for our fans,' said Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer and mighty eagle of Rovio Entertainment.
10:06 Mar 12, 2012
A NASA Social is an event for people who use NASA's social media accounts. For this event, fans and followers on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are eligible to register. Each participant may invite one guest and all registrants must be 13 or older.
08:28 Mar 10, 2012
The mobile tracking station will be provided and operated by Wallops under NASA's Research Range Services Program. The station can provide telemetry, meteorological, optical, and command and control services.
13:42 Mar 9, 2012
The mission, launched in October 2011, is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Defense.
18:12 Mar 8, 2012
The GRAIL mission's twin, washing-machine-sized spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, entered lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and New Years Day. GRAIL's science phase began yesterday at 8:15 p.m. EST (5:15 p.m. PST).
19:11 Mar 7, 2012
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