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SPACE EXPLORATION INITIATIVE NEWS
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»» XCOR to Give Away Suborbital Research Flight at the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference
[Monday, January 30, 2012] XCOR Aerospace and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announce the final week to register and become eligible to win a suborbital research flight on XCOR's Lynx I vehicle at the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference.
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»» Earth's Early Atmosphere: An Update
[Thursday, January 19, 2012] Scientists from NAI's New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have used the oldest minerals on Earth to reconstruct the atmospheric conditions present on Earth very soon after its birth.
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»» A Post-Mission Conversation With NASA NEEMO Aquanaut Steve Squyres
[Tuesday, November 15, 2011] Cowing: Let's go back to what we were talking about before you began your NEEMO mission - the idea that being there - and doing it as - opposed to intellectualizing things ... Squyres: ... yea it is really different when you actually have to do it!
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»» Mars 500 Crew Emerges After 500 Day Mission
[Friday, November 4, 2011] The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500's six brave volunteers stepped out of their 'spacecraft' today to be welcomed by the waiting scientists.
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»» NASA Announces Steven Squyres as New NASA Advisory Council Chairman
[Wednesday, November 2, 2011] NASA Administrator Bolden has named Cornell University Astronomy Professor Steven W. Squyres, as chairman of the NAC, an assembly of experts from various fields that offer guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency.
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»» Crowdsourcing Science with Zooniverse and NASA at the NEEMO-15 Underwater Asteroid Mission
[Thursday, October 20, 2011] NASA OpenGov has enlisted the help of established NASA partners Zooniverse and Vizzuality, who have pioneered the analysis of large datasets through crowdsourcing, using the power of elegant interfaces, to engage citizen scientists in the NEEMO mission.
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»» Kepler Discovers an Invisible World - Kepler-19c
[Thursday, September 8, 2011] NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted a planet that alternately runs late and early in its orbit because a second, "invisible" world is tugging on it. This is the first definite detection of a previously unknown planet using this method.
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»» NASA'S Exploration Associate Administrator Doug Cooke To Retire
[Tuesday, August 16, 2011] Doug Cooke, who worked for nearly 38 years in NASA's space shuttle, International Space Station and exploration systems programs, will retire from the agency effective Oct. 3.
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»» NASA Creates Human Exploration And Operations Directorate
[Friday, August 12, 2011] NASA has announced the creation of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. The new organization will focus on International Space Station operations and human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
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»» NASA Releases Feature Rich Dawn Spacecraft Images
[Monday, August 1, 2011] NASA today released the first full-frame image by the Dawn spacecraft of the asteroid Vesta located in the main asteroid belt. Dawn is the first ever spacecraft to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt.
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