Mars
Close Look at Curiosity's Wheels
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Curiosity's Wheels
This view of the three left wheels of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines two images that were taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 34th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Sept. 9, 2012). In the distance is the lower slope of Mount Sharp.
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Mighty Eagle
Mighty Eagle Aces Major Exam
Completing this round of flight test objectives, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful free flight Sept. 5 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Mars
Curiosity Begins Arm-Work Phase
After driving more than a football field's length since landing, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spending several days preparing for full use of the tools on its arm.
Mars
Curiosity's Tracks, Parachute, and Backshell Seen From Orbit
Tracks from the first drives of NASA's Curiosity rover are visible in this image captured by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The rover is seen where the tracks end. The image's color has been enhanced to show the surface details better.
Quantum Physics
World Quantum Teleportation Record
An international research team using ESA's Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands has set a new distance world record in 'quantum teleportation' by reproducing the characteristics of a light particle across 143 km of open air.
Mars Express
Insight into Martian Geology
Recently engaged in providing support to the successful landing of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity", ESA's Mars Express has now returned to its primary mission of studying the diverse geology and atmosphere of the Red Planet from orbit.
Space Quarterly Magazine
Iran Space Program Update
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Space Debris
Tracking Objects in Space
To continue successfully keeping track of objects in orbit around Earth, the U.S. Air Force should become more open and transparent in the creation and dissemination of its algorithms, processes, and research in astrodynamics, according to a new report from the National Research Council.
International Space Station
Critical Space Station Spacewalk a Success
International Space Station program managers provide analysis following the successful 6 hour, 28 minute follow-on EVA performed by Expedition 32 spacewalkers Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide today.
Asteroids
Planetary Society Supports OSIRIX-REx Asteroid Naming
Students around the world have the opportunity to suggest names for an asteroid that will be visited by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft later this decade.
Space Weather
Magnificent Coronal Mass Ejection Erupts
On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the sun's atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The coronal mass ejection, or CME, traveled at over 900 miles per second.
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One Degree Imager Debuts at WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory
New Journalist Area from IOP Publishing
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Recent Status Reports
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 10 September 2012
First Image From Curiosity's Arm Camera With Dust Cover Open
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 10 September 2012
Photos: EVA to Install a Main Bus Switching Unit
Photo: Kuwait City As Seen From Orbit
NASA MODIS Image of the Day: September 10, 2012 - Iceberg from Petermann Glacier, northern Greenland
NOAA SWPC Space Weather Advisory Outlook #12-41
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Close Look at Curiosity's Wheels
This view of the three left wheels of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines two images that were taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 34th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Sept. 9, 2012). In the distance is the lower slope of Mount Sharp.
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SpaceX
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Earth
Isaac Churns in the Gulf
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NASA
The First Human to Walk on the Moon has Died - Neil Armstrong Dead at 82
Mulitple sources in and around NASA and the space community confirm to SpaceRef that Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on another world, has died at the age of 82.
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Science
NASA Scientists Discuss Space Matter
During a press briefing, Scientists discussed new findings by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX spacecraft which are helping fill holes in our knowledge about the matter found between the stars in our Milky Way galaxy. IBEX, whose primary focus has been the interaction between our solar system and what lies beyond, has directly sampled multiple heavy elements within this interstellar medium, the same materials of which stars, planets -- even people, are made.
NASA
This Week at NASA Recap for Friday, August 31, 2012
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Space Launch System
NASA Solicitation: Space Launch System Advanced Development
NASA MSFC intends to issue a Draft NASA Research Announcement (NRA) on or about February 1, 2012, entitled "Space Launch System (SLS) Advanced Development" for comment by industry and academia.
European Space Agency
Earth from Space - Swarm Mission
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In this special edition, Rune Floberghagen, Swarm Mission Manager, joins the show to discuss the upcoming magnetic field mission.
Education
SpaceX Dragon Transports Student Experiments to Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station, is carrying among its cargo a suite of 15 science experiments designed by students.
International Space Station
Critical Space Station Spacewalk a Success
International Space Station program managers provide analysis following the successful 6 hour, 28 minute follow-on EVA performed by Expedition 32 spacewalkers Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide today.
European Southern Observatory
A Pocket of Star Formation Within NGC 3324
NGC 3324 is located in the southern constellation of Carina (The Keel, part of Jason's ship the Argo) roughly 7500 light-years from Earth. It is on the northern outskirts of the chaotic environment of the Carina Nebula, which has been sculpted by many other pockets of star formation. A rich deposit of gas and dust in the NGC 3324 region fuelled a burst of starbirth there several millions of years ago and led to the creation of several hefty and very hot stars that are prominent in the new picture.
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