»» Human Exploration Framework Team Presentation Online

Thursday, September 9, 2010 - "Developed an investment portfolio that strikes a balance of new developments, technology, and operational programs with an eye towards a new way of exploring."

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»» University of Maryland Team Begins Imaging Comet Hartley 2 with Deep Impact Spacecraft

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - Some five years after its July 4th 2005 'comet shot' was seen around the world, the Deep Impact spacecraft has begun regular imaging of a second comet target, Hartley 2.

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»» European Southern Observatory Releases Spectacular Images of Spiral Galaxy NGC 300

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a spectacular new image of NGC 300, a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way, and located in the nearby Sculptor Group of galaxies.

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»» GOCE gravity mission back in action

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - ESA's GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground.

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»» Two Asteroids to Make Close Fly-By of Earth Wednesday

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - Two asteroids will pass within the Moon's distance from Earth on Wednesday, Sept. 8. NASA scientists will be available for satellite interviews Tuesday, Sept. 7, and Wednesday morning to discuss these near- Earth objects.

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»» Spotting Volcanoes on Alien Worlds Possible

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - Now that astronomers are finding rocky worlds orbiting distant stars, they're asking the next logical questions: Do any of those worlds have volcanoes? And if so, could we detect them? The answer to the latter is a qualified "Yes."

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»» International Year of Astronomy Reached Over 815 Million People

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - The final report for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 which was released today shows that at least 815 million people in 148 countries participated in the world's largest science event in decades.

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»» Galactic Tendrils Shed Light on Evolution of Spiral Galaxies

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - Spiral galaxies grow by swallowing smaller dwarf galaxies. As they are digested, these dwarf galaxies are severely distorted, forming structures such as surreal tendrils and stellar streams that surround their captors.

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»» Challenger Center Heads to Arizona for NASA Desert RATS

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - For the next ten days Challenger Center will be reporting live from NASA's Desert RATS in Arizona as humans use robots and rovers to learn what it would be like to live and work on another world.

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»» Registration Open for 2011 NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - NASA is challenging U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate student teams to design and build a remote-controlled or autonomous excavator that could be used on the moon.

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»» Fly your experiment to the edge of space!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - ESA is inviting students to propose experiments to fly on sounding rockets and stratospheric balloons. The winning teams will have the opportunity to design and build an experiment for the BEXUS balloons or the REXUS rockets.

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»» Letter From House Science & Technology Committee Chair Bart Gordon to Prof. Scott Hubbard

Monday, September 6, 2010 - Thank you for the letter delivered to me earlier this week that you added your name to regarding the future of NASA. I read this letter closely, and I appreciate your time and interest.

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»» Prepared Remarks at AIAA Space 2010 By NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver

Saturday, September 4, 2010 - It is in my view precisely by asking what will happen in the next 50 years that drives what should happen in the next few months, and then the next couple of years, because that will lay the framework for probably decades to come.

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»» JAXA's Tether Technologies Rocket Experiment (T-REX) Launched

Saturday, September 4, 2010 - The sounding rocket S-520-25 was successfully launched at 5:00 a.m. on August 31, 2010 (Japan Standard Time,) from the Uchinoura Space Center.

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