MOFFET FIELD, Calif. — NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one planet
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Moonandback Interview With David Hewitt, part 5 – Building Knowledge
David Hewitt talks with MM about Huntsville-based Dynetics company volunteers building an electromagnetic spectrum educational exhibit for a science center and little robots controllable by children.
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Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. - Image credit: NASA
Planetary
Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets
Photo of the 2009 SPHERES-Zero-Robotics Pilot Program teams at MIT during the ISS Test Session. - Image credit: NASA
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Zero Robotics Challenge Winners Decided in High-Tech Competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two hundred high school students packed an auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday, Jan. 23, for a competition to program miniature satellites aboard the International Space Station.
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ATK Completes Third Space Act Agreement Milestone for Liberty
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Liberty program successfully held its Launch System Initial Systems Design Review, which completes the third of five milestones in the company’s unfunded Space Act Agreement with NASA for the Commercial Crew Development Program.
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Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the sizes and patterns of dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary as a function of altitude and latitude. - Image Credit: NASA/JPL
Planetary
Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan’s Dunes
PASADENA, Calif. — A new analysis of radar data from NASA’s Cassini mission, in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, has revealed regional variations among sand dunes on Saturn’s moon Titan.
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Moonandback Interview With David Hewitt, part 4 – Space Vision 2011 Conference
David Hewitt shares what he likes about the Space Vision 2011 Conference in Boulder, Colorado.
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Moonandback Interview With David Hewitt, part 3 – Project Engineering
David Hewitt talks with MM about project engineering, Dynetics’ current projects and charts his career
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Satellites Detect Abundance Of Fresh Water In The Arctic
PARIS, France — ESA satellites show that a large dome of fresh water has been
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Space Shuttle Atlantis’ Permanent Home Being Built
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — With space shuttle Atlantis’ 25-year spaceflight career now in the
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Moonandback Interview With David Hewitt, part 2 – ”Pay It Forward’
Astronaut Jim Irwin and Huntsville’s Space Camp combine to spark a path into orbital mechanics
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Hurled Into The Air | This Week In Space History
by michael shinabery Part Two of Two. The Space Race was young when, on Jan.
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Moonandback Interview With David Hewitt, part 1 – Work And Outreach
During the Space Vision Conference, David Hewitt talks about his job as a propulsion engineer
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