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Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon

JPL News - 16 hours 32 min ago
Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11.
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At the Sun s Edge

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

At the Sun s Edge


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NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster


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A Total Solar Eclipse Over China

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

What's that black dot over the Sun?


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X Rays from the Cats Eye Nebula

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

Haunting patterns within planetary nebula


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Open Cluster NGC 290: A Stellar Jewel Box

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do.


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Eclipse Shirt

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

Eclipse Shirt


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Moon Games

Astronomy Picture of the Day - 17 hours 37 min ago

Moon Games


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NASA Awards Global Hawk Support Contract To Northrop Grumman

NASA Breaking News - Thu, 08/07/2008 - 04:00
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a multi-year contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems Division of San Diego for engineering and technical services in support of the center's planned operation of two Global Hawk aircraft.
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NASA TV to Air Interviews With Hubble Servicing Astronauts

NASA Breaking News - Thu, 08/07/2008 - 04:00
NASA Television will air interviews with each of the seven astronauts who will fly to the Hubble Space Telescope beginning at 8 a.m. EDT, on Monday, Aug. 11.
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Dark Clouds of the Carina Nebula

NASA Image of the Day - Thu, 08/07/2008 - 04:00
What dark forms lurk in the mists of the Carina Nebula? These ominous figures are actually molecular clouds, knots of molecular gas and dust so thick they have become opaque
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Galaxies on a String

Astronomy Picture of the Day - Wed, 08/06/2008 - 05:55

Galaxies NGC 5216 (top right) and NGC 5218 really do look like


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NASA Awards Glenn Research Center Support Services Contract

NASA Breaking News - Wed, 08/06/2008 - 04:00
NASA's Glenn Research Center has awarded a follow-on contract to DB Consulting Group Inc. of Silver Spring, Md., for a variety of tasks including work involved in computer science, computer and software engineering, security, networking, application development and Web services at the center.
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Phoenix Looks Around

NASA Image of the Day - Wed, 08/06/2008 - 04:00
Combining more than 400 images, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander views its surroundings in the Red Planet's northernmost region. The full-circle panorama in approximately true color shows the polygonal patterning of ground at the landing area, similar to patterns in permafrost areas on Earth
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Phoenix Mars Team Opens Window on Scientific Process

JPL News - Tue, 08/05/2008 - 07:00
Mission scientists today discussed their current investigation into percholate salts detected in Martian soil. The salts are neither good nor bad for life, said one scientist, but do make us reassess how we think about life on Mars.
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The International Space Station Transits the Sun

Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue, 08/05/2008 - 05:55

The International Space Station Transits the Sun


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NASA's Johnson Space Center to Reopen Wednesday

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 08/05/2008 - 04:00
NASA's Johnson Space Center, closed Monday afternoon and Tuesday because of tropical storm Edouard, will reopen for normal operations Wednesday.
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NASA Awards Space Radiobiology Research Grants

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 08/05/2008 - 04:00
NASA's Human Research Program will fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about the affects of space radiation on human explorers.
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NASA to Broadcast Historical Highlights in High Definition

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 08/05/2008 - 04:00
NASA Television will broadcast a special high definition feed of two hours of highlights from America's human spaceflight history as the agency celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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NASA Awards Airspace System Research Contracts

NASA Breaking News - Tue, 08/05/2008 - 04:00
NASA has awarded research contracts worth a total of $12 million to two industry teams to study how the introduction of new aircraft types may affect air traffic management efficiency, aviation safety and the environment in the future.
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