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NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

NASA Spacecraft Ready to Explore Outer Solar System

   The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19.

Posted : Tue, Oct 07, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute

   NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.

Posted : Fri, Oct 03, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggests Liquid Past

NASA Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow, Soil Data Suggests Liquid Past

   NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds.

Posted : Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing on Mars

NASA Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing on Mars

   NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone.

Posted : Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA’s Mars Rover To Head Toward Bigger Crater

NASA’s Mars Rover To Head Toward Bigger Crater

   NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity is setting its sights on a crater more than 20 times larger than its home for the past two years.

Posted : Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Swift Catches Farthest-Ever Gamma-Ray Burst

NASA's Swift Catches Farthest-Ever Gamma-Ray Burst

   NASA's Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected.

Posted : Fri, Sep 19, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA eClips: A New Approach to Learning

NASA eClips: A New Approach to Learning

   NASA is making available a free Web-based educational product to learners of all ages across the country.

Posted : Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Hurricane Ike Impact Felt in Space

Hurricane Ike Impact Felt in Space

   Hurricane Ike has delayed the scheduled Friday arrival of a Russian Progress cargo ship at the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth.

Posted : Sat, Sep 13, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Conducts First Test on New Motor for the Ares I Rocket

NASA Conducts First Test on New Motor for the Ares I Rocket

   Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket.

Posted : Thu, Sep 11, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA and AARP Celebrate 50 Years of Inspiration, Innovation and Discovery

NASA and AARP Celebrate 50 Years of Inspiration, Innovation and Discovery

   NASA will join AARP in their Life at 50+ National Event and Expo as the two organizations each celebrate a half of century of remarkable achievements.

Posted : Sat, Aug 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA and Challenger Center Combining Efforts for Students

NASA and Challenger Center Combining Efforts for Students

   NASA and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Va., announced Thursday a cooperative Space Act Agreement to work together to encourage students to focus more on science, technology, engineering and mathematic studies and programs.

Posted : Thu, Aug 28, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End

NASA Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End

   The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has dug.

Posted : Wed, Aug 27, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Space Station Invaded By Students From Outer Space Base

Space Station Invaded By Students From Outer Space Base

   Arizona Kids and teens are set to blast their local libraries into orbit after completing Outer Space Base, a library series of space science programs in Tucson.

Posted : Tue, Aug 12, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA to Realign Constellation Program Milestones

NASA to Realign Constellation Program Milestones

   In a news conference Monday, NASA managers discussed how the agency will be adjusting the budget, schedule and technical performance milestones for its Constellation Program to ensure the first crewed flight of the Ares I rocket and Orion crew capsule in March 2015.

Posted : Mon, Aug 11, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Data Show Some African Drought Linked to Warmer Indian Ocean

NASA Data Show Some African Drought Linked to Warmer Indian Ocean

   A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa.

Posted : Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

   NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified the presence of ethane.

Posted : Wed, Jul 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Hosts International Meeting for Lunar Science Discussions

NASA Hosts International Meeting for Lunar Science Discussions

   NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon.

Posted : Tue, Jul 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket

   NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The drogue parachute is designed to slow the rapid descent of the spent first-stage motor, cast off by the Ares I rocket during its climb to space.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights

NASA Satellites Discover What Powers Northern Lights

   Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Announces Competitive Grant Programs

NASA Announces Competitive Grant Programs

   NASA’s Office of Education at headquarters in Washington has announced three new extramural funding opportunities that could result in the award of grants or cooperative agreements.

Posted : Mon, Jul 21, 2008

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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