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New results from the MARSIS radar on Mars Express give strong evidence for a former ocean of Mars. - Image credit: ESA, C. Carreau

Mars Express Radar Shows Strong Evidence For Former Mars Ocean

NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands — ESA’s Mars Express has returned strong evidence for an ocean once
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February 8th, 2012
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

Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets

MOFFET FIELD, Calif. — NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26
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January 26th, 2012
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

Cassini Sees the Two Faces of Titan’s Dunes

PASADENA, Calif. — A new analysis of radar data from NASA’s Cassini mission, in partnership
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January 24th, 2012
Artist's concept illustrations show (left) the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during its voyage from Earth to Mars and (right) the mission's rover, Curiosity, working on Mars after landing. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Fires Thrusters

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with
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January 11th, 2012
This image shows many buried craters located within the equatorial trough region of the giant asteroid. - Image credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA

Dawn Obtains First Low Altitude Images of Vesta

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has sent back the first images of the giant
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December 21st, 2011
The Mars Science Laboratory mission as it looked moments after launch on Aug. 6th. - Image credit: NASA

NASA’s Mars-Bound Rover Begins Research During Long Trip

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month
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December 13th, 2011
Opportunity turns its cameras back to photograph its tracks through Martian soil. - Image credit: NASA

A ‘Slam-Dunk’ That Mars Was Wet | Mars Rover Finds Proof

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral,
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December 8th, 2011
NASA image of the rover Curiosity, of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission

Did Viking Detect Life? Researcher Says Curiosity Can Verify

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — NASA has repeatedly stated that its new mission to Mars, Curiosity, carries
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November 28th, 2011
The Mars rover Curiosity. - Image credit: NASA/JPL

Minivan-Sized Rover On Its Way To Explore The Red Planet (Video)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26
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November 26th, 2011
Simulation of a geotechnical extra-vehicular activity from a pressurized rover equipped with rear suit ports. - Image credit: NASA Haughton-Mars Project 2011/Mojave Field Test / Kira Lorber

Scientists Simulate Moon And Mars Exploration In Mojave Desert

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — NASA and a team of international researchers from Mars Institute and
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November 24th, 2011
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Moonandback Interview With Diane Dimeff, part 1 – eSpace

eSpace Executive Director Diane Dimeff talks with MM about the organization, its incubation mission, and
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Aerial view of Wallops Island launch site (includes artist concept of rocket on pad). - Image credit: Orbital Sciences

Orbit

2012 A Big Year For Orbital’s Cygnus And Antares

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Frank Culbertson, Orbital’s Senior Vice President and head of its human space
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Moonandback Interview With John Gedmark, part 2 – Leveraging Rocket-Powered Spaceships

Commercial Spaceflight Federation Advisor John Gedmark talks with MM about the challenges for the space
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This shows the largest of the newly detected graben found in highlands of the lunar farside. - Image credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution

Moon

NASA Spacecraft Reveals Recent Geological Activity On The Moon (Video)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft show the moon’s
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The 1987 Soviet publication “Salyut-Mir” gave a description of the Mir program. - Image credit: Novosti Press

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Soviets Lead ‘Peaceful Exploration Of Space’ | This Week In Space History

by michael shinabery Three weeks after NASA’s space shuttle Challenger exploded, the Soviet Union “opened
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Moonandback Interview With John Gedmark, part 1 – The Commercial Spaceflight Federation

CSF Advisor John Gedmark talks with MM about the composition, history and purpose of the
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Global map of forest height produced from NASA's ICESAT/GLAS, MODIS and TRMM sensors. The map will advance our understanding of Earth's forest habitats and their role in Earth's carbon cycle. - Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Environment

NASA Map Sees Earth’s Trees In A New Light

PASADENA, Calif. — A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 3 – A Great Compliment

International Space University VP of North American Operations Steve Brody talks with MM about the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 2 – The ISU Experience

Steve Brody talks about International Space University’s founders, ISU’s Summer Program and its locations, the
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Moonandback Interview With Steve Brody, part 1 – The International Space University

Steve Brody, Vice President of North American Operations at the International Space University talks with
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A CubeSat, such as the one in this illustration, is a type of space research picosatellite with dimensions of 10×10×10 centimetres(i.e., a volume of exactly one litre), weighing no more than one kilogram, and typically using commercial off-the-shelf electronics components. - Image credit: SEDS VIT

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NASA Announces Third Round Of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA has selected 33 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard
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Teachers experience moments of weightlessness last week. - Image credit: NASA

News

Teachers Fly Experiments on NASA Reduced Gravity Flights

HOUSTON, Texas — More than 70 teachers had an opportunity to experience what it feels
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Moonandback Interview With Dr. George Nield, part 2 – Commercial Space Transportation

Dr. Nield talks with MM about the emerging commercial space industry and about how suborbital
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