31 Dec 2013 - Dawn Journal
Now more than halfway through its journey from protoplanet Vesta to dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to use its advanced ion propulsion system to reshape its orbit around the sun.
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31 Dec 2013 - Dawn Journal
Now more than halfway through its journey from protoplanet Vesta to dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to use its advanced ion propulsion system to reshape its orbit around the sun.
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2 Jan 2014 - First 2014 Asteroid Discovered
A small asteroid, the first of 2014, may have disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere early Wednesday morning off the coast of West Africa according to observations from the Catalina Sky Survey.
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3 Jan 2014 - Decade-Old Rover Adventure Continues on Mars and Earth
Landings of NASA Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity 10 years ago inspired some students to pursue careers that put them on the team still operating one of those long-lived rovers.
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9 Jan 2014 - Mars Orbiter Images Rover and Tracks in Gale Crater
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and its recent tracks from driving in Gale Crater appear in an image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Dec. 11, 2013.
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9 Jan 2014 - Internet Radio Provides Musical Space-Weather Reports from NASA's LRO Mission
The latest tool for checking space weather is an internet radio station fed by data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO.
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15 Jan 2014 - NASA Invites Public to Send Names on an Asteroid Mission and Beyond
NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names to be etched on a microchip aboard a spacecraft headed to the asteroid Bennu in 2016.
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16 Jan 2014 - Free Mars Exploration Rover 10-Year Anniversary Event Tonight
The public is invited to share, either in person or online, in a 10-year anniversary event for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), Spirit and Opportunity, tonight at 7 p.m. PST (10 p.m. EST).
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21 Jan 2014 - NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation
NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's next Mars rover in 2020.
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21 Jan 2014 - NASA Hosts News Conference About 10 Years of Roving on Mars
NASA's Opportunity rover was built for a three-month mission on Mars, but continues to return valuable scientific data 10 years later.
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23 Jan 2014 - NASA, ESA Discuss Rosetta Comet Mission in Media Teleconference
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Jan. 24, to discuss the road ahead for the three U.S. science instruments, as well as other NASA support, that are part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta mission.
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23 Jan 2014 - NEOWISE Celebrates First Month of Operations After Reactivation
In its first 25 days of operations, the newly reactivated NEOWISE mission has detected 857 minor bodies in our solar system, including 22 near-Earth objects (NEOs) and four comets.
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23 Jan 2014 - NASA's Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover
A decade into a mission planned for only three months, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity keeps yielding new findings and surprises about how Mars has changed.
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24 Jan 2014 - NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Activation Countdown
Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus in November.
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29 Jan 2014 - Curiosity Mars Rover Checking Possible Smoother Route
The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations.
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29 Jan 2014 - NASA's LRO Snaps a Picture of NASA's LADEE Spacecraft
With precise timing, the camera aboard LRO was able to take a picture of LADEE as it orbited our nearest celestial neighbor.
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31 Jan 2014 - NASA Mars Rover's View of Possible Westward Route
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reached the edge of a dune on Jan. 30 and photographed the valley on the other side, to aid assessment of whether to cross the dune.
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30 Jan 2014 - NASA Posts Final Asteroid Workshop Report
NASA posted the final report summarizing the asteroids workshop discussion and recommendations.
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31 Jan 2014 - NASA Extends Moon Exploring Satellite Mission
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, observatory has been approved for a 28-day mission extension. The spacecraft is now expected to impact the lunar surface on or around April 21, 2014, depending on the final trajectory.
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3 Feb 2014 - NASA Mars Rover's Color View of Likely Route West
The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover will likely drive the rover westward over a dune and across a valley with fewer sharp rock hazards than alternative routes.
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5 Feb 2014 - NASA Mars Orbiter Examines Dramatic New Crater
Space rocks hitting Mars excavate fresh craters at a pace of more than 200 per year, but few new Mars scars pack as much visual punch as one seen in a NASA image released today.
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