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19 May 2014 - NASA Rover Gains Martian Vista From Ridgeline
The rim surrounding Endeavour Crater on Mars recedes southward, then sweeps around to the east in a vista obtained by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.


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22 May 2014 - NASA Mars Weathercam Helps Find Big New Crater
Researchers have discovered on the Red Planet the largest fresh meteor-impact crater ever firmly documented with before-and-after images. The images were captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.


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22 May 2014 - NASA Mars Weathercam Helps Find Big New Crater
Researchers have discovered on the Red Planet the largest fresh meteor-impact crater ever firmly documented with before-and-after images. The images were captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.


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27 May 2014 - Sunsets on Titan Reveal the Complexity of Hazy Exoplanets
Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in.


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29 May 2014 - NASA Coverage for Saucer-Shaped Test Vehicle Flight
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project will fly a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space next week from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii.


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29 May 2014 - NASA Missions Let Scientists See Moon's Dancing Tide From Orbit
Scientists combined observations from two NASA missions to check out the moon's lopsided shape and how it changes under Earth's sway - a response not seen from orbit before.


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10 Jun 2014 - Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars
New NASA images from Mars showing Mercury as a dim spot against the sun are the first observation from any planet other than Earth of any planet's solar transit.


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10 Jun 2014 - NASA Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science
Three NASA science instruments on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft are beginning observations and sending science data back to Earth.


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12 Jun 2014 - Giant Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid
NASA scientists using Earth-based radar have produced sharp views of a recently discovered asteroid as it slid silently past our planet


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13 Jun 2014 - Cracks in Pluto's Moon Could Indicate it Once Had an Underground Ocean
If the icy surface of Pluto's giant moon Charon is cracked, analysis of the fractures could reveal if its interior was warm, perhaps warm enough to have maintained a subterranean ocean of liquid water, according to a new NASA-funded study.


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17 Jun 2014 - NASA Update on Asteroid Redirect Mission
On Thursday, June 19, NASA will host a televised update on recent progress and upcoming milestones in the agency's efforts to identify, capture and relocate an asteroid, and send astronauts to take samples of it in the 2020s.


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17 Jun 2014 - Titan Flybys Test the Talents of NASA's Cassini Team
As NASA's Cassini spacecraft zooms toward Saturn's smoggy moon Titan for a targeted flyby on June 18, mission scientists are excitedly hoping to repeat a scientific tour de force that will provide valuable new insights into the nature of the moon.


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17 Jun 2014 - MESSENGER Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Low-Altitude Campaign
MESSENGER successfully completed the first orbit-correction maneuver of its Second Extended Mission.


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19 Jun 2014 - Spitzer Spies an Odd, Tiny Asteroid
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have measured the size of an asteroid candidate for NASA's proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).


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19 Jun 2014 - Rosetta Closing in on Comet
The Rosetta spacecraft is beginning observations and sending science data back to Earth. It will become the first craft to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus.


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19 Jun 2014 - NASA's Swift Satellite Tallies Water Production of Mars-bound Comet
In late May, NASA's Swift satellite imaged comet Siding Spring, which will brush astonishingly close to Mars later this year.


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23 Jun 2014 - NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year with Mission Successes
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.


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23 Jun 2014 - Titan's Building Blocks Might Pre-date Saturn
A combined NASA and European Space Agency (ESA)-funded study has found firm evidence that nitrogen in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan originated in conditions similar to the cold birthplace of the most ancient comets from the Oort cloud.


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23 Jun 2014 - What If Voyager Had Explored Pluto?
Voyager 1 actually could have reached Pluto after its Saturn flyby, had it been targeted to do so. Mission planners chose to target Saturn's moon Titan instead.


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24 Jun 2014 - Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is examining a rocky, windswept ridge where aluminum in a clay mineral was mapped from orbit.


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