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<title><![CDATA[NASAs Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-Like Star]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA&#146;s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the &quot;habitable zone&quot; the region where liquid water could exist on a planet&#146;s surface. Kepler also has discovered more than 1,000 new planet candidates, nearly doubling its previously known count. ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's NPP Satellite Acquires First VIIRS Image]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, NPP, acquired its first measurements onNov. 21, 2011. This high-resolution image is of a broad swath of Eastern North America from Canada'sHudson Bay past Florida to the northern coast of Venezuela. The VIIRS data were processed at the NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) in Suitland, Md.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 November 2011 15:20:33 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Selects Science Investigations For Concept Studies]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA has selected 11 science proposals for evaluation as potential future science missions. The proposals outline prospective missions to study the Earth&#146;s atmosphere, the sun, the Milky Way galaxy, and Earth-like planets around nearby stars.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 September 2011 13:17:06 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASAs UARS Re-Enters Earths Atmosphere]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA&#146;s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a 14-year mission that produced some of the first long-term records of chemicals in the atmosphere.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 September 2011 15:08:23 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ERS satellite missions complete after 20 years]]></title>
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<![CDATA[After a final thruster firing last week to deplete its remaining fuel, ESA&#146;s venerable ERS-2 observation satellite has been safely taken out of service. Ground controllers also ensured the space environment was protected for future missions.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 September 2011 13:24:25 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Accepting Applications For Aeronautics Scholarships]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ NASA&#146;s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is accepting scholarship applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2012 academic year. The application deadline is Jan. 15, 2012.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 September 2011 18:11:01 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Selects Seven Firms To Provide Near-Space Flight Services]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA has selected seven companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable platforms that carry payloads near the boundary of space.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 August 2011 12:38:19 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Research Shows DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Scientists have detected the building blocks of DNA in meteorites since the 1960s, but were unsure whether they were created in space or resulted from contamination by terrestrial life. The latest research indicates certain nucleobases -- the building blocks of our genetic material -- reach the Earth on meteorites in greater diversity and quantity than previously thought.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 August 2011 13:39:18 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle final landing marks end of an era]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Thus was history made: Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today. The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space vehicles. <br/>  <br/>After an additional day to accommodate the cargo movements to and from the Raffaello transport module, the STS-135 mission lasted 12 days 18 hours 27 minutes.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 July 2011 12:34:44 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA'S Partners Meet Milestones For Developing Future Commercial Spacecraft]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA&#146;s industry partners have met all their initial milestones in developing commercial crew transportation capabilities to reduce the gap in U.S. human spaceflight capability.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 June 2011 21:54:31 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Detects Superfast Solar Waves Moving At 2,000 Km Per Second]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Scientists using the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) instrument on board NASA&#146;s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), have detected quasi-periodic waves in the low solar corona that travel at speeds as high as 2,000 kilometers per second (4.5 million miles per hour).]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 June 2011 15:38:32 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Selects OSIRIS-REx As Next New Frontiers Mission]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA has selected the University of Arizona to lead a sample-return mission to an asteroid. The OSIRIS-REx team is led by Dr. Michael Drake, Director of the University of Arizona&#146;s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md. will manage the mission for NASA. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] will build the spacecraft.]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:55:50 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shuttle Endeavour Launch No Earlier Than May 8]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA managers have determined space shuttle Endeavour will not launch before Sunday, May 8, but will not officially set a new launch date until early this week.]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2011 16:54:49 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boeing-built GPS Operational Control Segment Enters Service with US Air Force]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that its GPS Operational Control Segment (OCS) has gained full operational status with the U.S. Air Force 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. OCS keeps the GPS system operational within specified accuracy to provide secure and precise navigation around the world for military, humanitarian and commercial applications.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 April 2011 13:34:45 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA And Partners Fund New Climate Impact Studies On Species And Ecosystems]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA is partnering with other federal agencies to fund new research and applications efforts that will bring the global view of climate from space down to Earth to benefit wildlife and key ecosystems.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 April 2011 14:28:40 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thales Alenia Space to supply new version of EGNOS system to ESA]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a 54.5 million euro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission, to supply a new version of EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System), incorporating improvements that are indispensable for enhanced operability. ]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 April 2011 14:16:38 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA'S Next Generation Space Telescope Marks Key Milestone]]></title>
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<![CDATA[The first six of 18 segments that will form NASA&#146;s James Webb Space Telescope&#146;s primary mirror for space observations will begin final round-the-clock cryogenic testing this week. These tests will confirm the mirrors will respond as expected to the extreme temperatures of space prior to integration into the telescope&#146;s permanent housing structure.]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 April 2011 12:43:18 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Announces New Homes For Shuttle Orbiters After Retirement]]></title>
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<![CDATA[After 30 years of spaceflight, more than 130 missions, and numerous science and technology firsts, NASA&#146;s space shuttle fleet will retire and be on display at institutions across the country to inspire the next generation of explorers and engineers.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 April 2011 15:23:40 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Offers Schools And Education Groups Chance To Talk To Space]]></title>
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<![CDATA[ NASA is offering opportunities for schools and educational groups to speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station to learn about the challenges and rewards of their work. Members of Expedition 29 and 30, the 29th and 30th crews to live on the station, will be available for question-and-answer sessions from September through March 2012.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 March 2011 14:58:05 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Astronaut Doug Wheelock Wins Social Media Shorty Award]]></title>
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<![CDATA[NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock was honored with a Shorty Award for an image of the moon he took and posted to his Twitter account, @Astro_Wheels, while living aboard the International Space Station last year. The awards ceremony was held at the TimesCenter in New York City on Monday, March 28.]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 March 2011 14:27:58 GMT-07:00</pubDate>
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