Nasa 2012

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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mariner_02.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39283)12 Jan 2012 - Solar System Exploration @ 50
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first successful planetary mission, NASA seeks papers for a conference relating to the history of planetary exploration.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/FLASH_160x120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39323)7 Feb 2012 - A Vision of Discovery! Understanding NASA Images through Art
Participants will get the latest updates on these exciting missions from dynamic scientists, then learn how to use art to engage students in the appreciation and interpretation of NASA imagery.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-insight-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39363)28 Feb 2012 - Proposed Mars Mission Has New Name
A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mars now has a new name, InSight.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-grail.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39403)7 Mar 2012 - NASA's Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Begin Collecting Lunar Science Data
The twin GRAIL spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA15232_th.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39423)14 Mar 2012 - Cassini Spies Wave Rattling Jet Stream on Jupiter
New movies of Jupiter are the first to catch an invisible wave shaking up one of the giant planet's jet streams, an interaction that also takes place in Earth's atmosphere and influences the weather.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39443)21 Mar 2012 - Dawn Sees New Surface Features on Giant Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-astrophysics-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39503)11 Apr 2012 - Herschel Spots Comet Massacre Around Nearby Star
ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has studied the dusty belt around the nearby star Fomalhaut. The dust appears to be coming from collisions that destroy up to thousands of icy comets every day.


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One day in the fall of 2011, Neil Sheeley, a solar scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., did what he always does Ð look through the daily images of the sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

But on this day he saw something he'd never noticed before: a pattern of cells with bright centers and dark boundaries occurring in the sun's atmosphere, the corona. These cells looked somewhat like a cell pattern that occurs on the sun's surface -- similar to the bubbles that rise to the top of boiling water -- but it was a surprise to find this pattern higher up in the corona, which is normally dominated by bright loops and dark coronal holes.





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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39524)18 Apr 2012 - Dawn Gets Extra Time to Explore Vesta
NASA's Dawn mission has received official confirmation that 40 extra days have been added to its exploration of the giant asteroid Vesta, the second most massive object in the main asteroid belt.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-lro-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39523)18 Apr 2012 - Dark Impact Melt Sheet
Today's feature LRO image explores the southern rim of an unnamed crater.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/GRAIL_Twins_th1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39543)23 Apr 2012 - Flying Formation - Around the Moon at 3,600 MPH
The act of two or more aircraft flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner is one of the cornerstones of military aviation. What if you could take the level of precision of these great aviators to, say, the Moon?


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Vesta_trio_th.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39563)25 Apr 2012 - Dawn Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta
Findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and clues to its internal structure.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39584)26 Apr 2012 - Cassini Finds Saturn Moon has Planet-Like Qualities
Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39604)27 Apr 2012 - 100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing
At 10:31 p.m. PDT today, April 27, (1:31 p.m. EDT), NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will be within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/super_moon.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39623)3 May 2012 - Perigee "Super Moon" on May 5-6, 2012
This May's full Moon is a "super Moon," as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2012.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-juno-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39643)10 May 2012 - NASA's Juno Spacecraft Images Big Dipper
Juno viewed the Big Dipper on its way to Jupiter.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/images/placeholder-news.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39663)28 May 2012 - The 2012 Transit of Venus
On June 5th, 2012, Venus will pass across the face of the sun, producing a silhouette that no one alive today will likely see again.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Jared-Aicher_th.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39685)29 May 2012 - Partial Eclipse of the Strawberry Moon
On Monday, June 4th, the Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a partial lunar eclipse visible across the Pacific from China to the United States.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Apollo_Surveyor_160x1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39684)29 May 2012 - NASA Offers Guidelines to Protect Historic Sites on the Moon
The Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites and preserve ongoing and future science on the moon.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/KT42_th.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39683)29 May 2012 - Asteroid 2012 KT42 Buzzes Earth
Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 KT42 is flying past Earth today (May 29th) only ~14,000 km above the planet's surface. This means 2012 KT42 will actually fly inside the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-grail-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39703)29 May 2012 - NASA Lunar Spacecraft Complete Prime Mission Ahead of Schedule
The team of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with twin probes named Ebb and Flow, is now preparing for extended science operations starting Aug. 30 and continuing through Dec. 3, 2012.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-earth.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39724)12 Jun 2012 - Asteroid 2011 AG5 - A Reality Check
Asteroid 2011 AG5 has been receiving a lot of attention lately because of a very unlikely scenario which would place it on an Earth-interception course 28 years from now. Here is a scientific reality check of this relatively nondescript space rock.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-voyager_1-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39743)15 Jun 2012 - Data From NASA's Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future
Data from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft indicate that the venerable deep-space explorer has encountered a region in space where the intensity of charged particles from beyond our solar system has markedly increased.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-galileo-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39745)15 Jun 2012 - Mapping Volcanic Heat on Io
A new study finds that the pattern of heat coming from volcanoes on Io's surface disposes of the generally-accepted model of internal heating.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39744)15 Jun 2012 - Dawn Easing into its Final Science Orbit
After successfully completing nearly five months scrutinizing the giant asteroid Vesta at its lowest orbit altitude, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin its final major science data-gathering phase at Vesta on June 15.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-asteroids.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39763)22 Jun 2012 - Researchers: 2011 AG5 Will Likely Fly Safely Past Earth in 2040
Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/MSL160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39783)26 Jun 2012 - Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report: Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing
A maneuver on Tuesday adjusted the flight path of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft for delivering the rover Curiosity to a landing target beside a Martian mountain.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-odyssey-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39805)27 Jun 2012 - Longest-Lived Mars Orbiter Is Back in Service
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed its science observations and its role as a Mars rover's relay, thanks to a spare part that had been waiting 11 years to be put to use.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39804)27 Jun 2012 - MESSENGER's Cameras Capture 100,000th Image from Mercury Orbit
MESSENGER's Mercury Dual Imaging System delivered the 100,000th image of Mercury.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39843)2 Jul 2012 - Fireworks Over Mars -- The Spirit of 76 Pyrotechnics
One month and a day after celebrating its independence with fireworks exhibitions throughout the country, America will carry its penchant for awe-inspiring aerial pyrotechnic displays to the skies of another world.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39863)3 Jul 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity continues to explore the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, specifically the transition layer between Cape York and Meridiani Planum.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Mars App160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39886)11 Jul 2012 - NASA 3-D App Gives Public Ability To Experience Robotic Space Travel
A NASA-created application that brings some of the agency's robotic spacecraft to life in 3-D now is available for free on the iPhone and iPad.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39885)11 Jul 2012 - NASA News Conference To Preview August Mars Rover Landing
NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Monday, July 16, to discuss the upcoming August landing of the most advanced robot ever sent to another world.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/hs-2012-32-a-print_th1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39884)11 Jul 2012 - Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39925)16 Jul 2012 - Curiosity Computer Preps for Arrival
Beginning today, Curiosity's redundant main computers will be power-cycled while in the online, or backup mode.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/MarsXbox160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39924)16 Jul 2012 - Follow Your Curiosity: Some New Ways to Explore Mars
A "virtual rover experience" and a body-action video game are among the options for public participation in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39923)16 Jul 2012 - NASA's Car-Sized Rover Nears Daring Landing on Mars
NASA's most advanced planetary rover is on a precise course for an early August landing.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Pioneer-thm1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39943)17 Jul 2012 - Study Finds Heat is Source of 'Pioneer Anomaly'
Analysis shows the slight, but detectable effect of heat pushing back on NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 explains unexpected slowing of the spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39964)17 Jul 2012 - Curiosity Swaps Computers, Gets Updated Arrival Data
Activities continue through July 20 to prepare Curiosity's redundant main computers, or Rover Compute Elements, for arrival at Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=39983)18 Jul 2012 - Curiosity Continues Computer Preps, Gets 'Attitude Adjustment'
Today, Curiosity's RCE-A computer, which was swapped with the backup computer yesterday, is being cold reset, or rebooted, while in online, or backup, mode.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40003)19 Jul 2012 - More Computer Preps for Curiosity
RCE-A is being swapped back to become Curiosity's prime computer, and RCE-B is returning to backup mode.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40024)20 Jul 2012 - Curiosity Completes Week of Onboard Computer Preps
Today, backup software for Curiosity's entry, descent and landing is being configured onboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40023)20 Jul 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. However, her progress has been impacted by the recent safe mode entry by the relay orbiter, Mars Odyssey.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40043)21 Jul 2012 - Getting a Better Bead on Trajectory
Today, engineers at NASA's Deep Space Network are running two differential ranging track passes to track Mars Science Laboratory's trajectory.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40063)22 Jul 2012 - Trajectory Tracking Continues
Engineers at NASA's Deep Space Network continue to run differential ranging track passes to track Mars Science Laboratory's trajectory.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/250107main_ride_S84-37256_226.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40067)23 Jul 2012 - Maria Zuber Statement Regarding the Passing of Sally Ride
"I am certainly sad for the loss of my friend. But what sadness I feel today is tempered by the pride that I have in knowing her, and learning from her. "


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40065)23 Jul 2012 - Prepping MSL's Descent Stage Navigation System for Landing
Today, the two inertial measurement units (IMUs) in Mars Science Laboratory's descent stage are being configured, along with other guidance and control parameters for entry, descent and landing.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40083)24 Jul 2012 - Curiosity's Batteries Get a Charge
Today, Curiosity's two lithium ion rechargeable batteries are being recharged to 100 percent of capacity in preparation for entry, descent and landing.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-odyssey-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40084)24 Jul 2012 - Mars Orbiter Repositioned To Phone Home Mars Landing
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted its orbital location to be in a better position to provide prompt confirmation of the August landing of the Curiosity rover.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40103)27 Jul 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40123)29 Jul 2012 - Curiosity Rover on Track for Early August Landing
Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled more than nine months ago.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/info20120801-160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40183)1 Aug 2012 - JPL Infographics Site Wants You and Your Creativity
JPL Infographics, a newly launched website and resource database is inviting space aficionados and graphic wizards to take on a visual challenge by grabbing NASA data and transforming them into a scientific work of art.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40204)2 Aug 2012 - Newest NASA Mars Mission Connects Past and Future
NASA's newest Mars mission, landing in three days, will draw on support from missions sent to Mars years ago and will contribute to missions envisioned for future decades.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Scoreboard160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40243)4 Aug 2012 - Mars Tugging on Approaching NASA Rover Curiosity
The gravitational tug of Mars is now pulling NASA's car-size geochemistry laboratory, Curiosity, in for a suspenseful landing in less than 40 hours.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Milkovich_2_Parachute-w-inset_PIA15978_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40323)6 Aug 2012 - NASA'S Curiosity Rover Caught in the Act of Landing
An image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance orbiter captured the Curiosity rover still connected to its 51-foot-wide (almost 16 meter) parachute.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/malin-1heatshield_PIA15988_160X1202.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40325)6 Aug 2012 - New Mars Rover Beams Back Images Showing Its Descent
Earlier today, just hours after NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars, a select group of images taken by the onboard Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, were beamed back to Earth.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/EDL_final_160px.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40384)9 Aug 2012 - Timeline Mission Milestones During Curiosity's Landing
This graphic provides a timeline of critical mission events that occurred on the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (early on Aug. 6 EDT).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16040_Sell_2_Thruster_Divots-160w1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40403)10 Aug 2012 - NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/figure_2_brightened-160w1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40423)11 Aug 2012 - Curiosity Sends High-Resolution Color Images from Gale Crater
NASA's Curiosity rover has returned high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars that reveal a landscape not unlike portions of the southwestern United States.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mro.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40484)14 Aug 2012 - Orbiter Views NASA's New Mars Rover In Color
The first color image taken from orbit showing NASA's rover Curiosity on Mars includes details of the layered bedrock on the floor of Gale Crater that the rover is beginning to investigate.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA15174_ipDawn_160x120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40483)14 Aug 2012 - Dawn Engineers Assess Reaction Wheel
Engineers working on NASA's Dawn spacecraft are assessing the status of a reaction wheel after onboard software powered it off on Aug. 8.


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On July 23, 2012, a massive cloud of solar material erupted off the sun's right side, zooming out into space, passing one of NASA's STEREO spacecraft along the way. Using the STEREO data, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. clocked this giant cloud, known as a coronal mass ejection, or CME, as traveling between 1,800 and 2,200 miles per second as it left the sun.





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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40503)16 Aug 2012 - NASA To Host Curiosity Rover Teleconference Aug. 17
NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT), Friday, Aug. 17, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16064_Grotzinger-1Mount_Sharp_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40523)17 Aug 2012 - NASA Curiosity Team Pinpoints Site For First Drive
The scientists and engineers of NASA's Curiosity rover mission have selected the first driving destination for their one-ton, six-wheeled mobile Mars laboratory. The target area, named Glenelg, is a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia15692_StrechArm160X120(2).jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40547)20 Aug 2012 - Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report: Curiosity Stretches its Arm
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its robotic arm today for the first time since before launch in November 2011.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16087_Watkins-1A-160w (1).gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40564)21 Aug 2012 - NASA's Curiosity Studies Mars Surroundings, Nears Drive
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been investigating the Martian weather around it and the soil beneath it, as its controllers prepare for the car-size vehicle's first drive on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/675962main_edl_war_room-43_946-160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40563)21 Aug 2012 - First Words of Safe Landing on Mars -- Tango Delta Nominal
The entry, descent and landing of NASA's new Mars rover was full of unknowns -- including when was the right time to declare Curiosity safe and sound on the surface.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16028_watkinsnavdeckNLA_397681736EDR_F0020000AUT_04096M1-br2_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40565)21 Aug 2012 - NASA To Hold Televised Curiosity Rover Media Briefing Aug. 22
NASA will hold a televised news conference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to update media on the progress of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/599194main_Lunabotics Background_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40583)24 Aug 2012 - NASA'S 2013 Lunabotics Competition Open For Registration
NASA is accepting applications from teams of U.S. and international undergraduate and graduate students for the fourth annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. The event will be held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 20-24, 2013.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/376605main_200907290001HQ_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40623)27 Aug 2012 - First Recorded Voice from Mars
Charles Bolden made a statement that was returned to Earth via the Curiosity rover.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/682335main_pia15693-full_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40664)29 Aug 2012 - NASA Curiosity Rover Begins Eastbound Trek on Martian Surface
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has set off from its landing vicinity on a trek to a science destination about a quarter mile (400 meters) away, where it may begin using its drill.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/MainMorseCode_pia16093_160X120(1).jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40663)29 Aug 2012 - Rover Leaves Tracks in Morse Code
Curiosity is leaving a special pattern in the Martian soil. The pattern is Morse code for JPL, the abbreviation for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where the rover was designed and built, and the mission is managed.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/dawn20120830-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40683)30 Aug 2012 - NASA's Dawn Prepares for Trek Toward Dwarf Planet
NASA's Dawn spacecraft started its two-and-a-half-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-osiris-rex-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40723)4 Sep 2012 - NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students
Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/voyager20120905-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40745)5 Sep 2012 - Cheers, Voyager: 35 Years of Exploration
Thirty-five years ago today, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft launched on its mission of exploration.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40743)4 Sep 2012 - NASA Dawn Mission to Host 'Hasta La Vesta' Google+ Hangout
Join NASA's Dawn mission at noon on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 for a Google+ Hangout featuring mission team members and fans as the spacecraft says hasta la vista to its host, asteroid Vesta, and sets its sights on the dwarf planet Ceres.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Yingst-1-pia15699_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40763)6 Sep 2012 - NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Arm-Work Phase
Curiosity extended its robotic arm Wednesday in the first of six to 10 consecutive days of planned activities to test the 7-foot (2.1-meter) arm and the tools it manipulates.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40825)11 Sep 2012 - MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System
Late last week, the Planetary Data System (PDS) released data collected during MESSENGER's seventh through twelfth month in orbit around Mercury.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/MRO_Snow_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40824)11 Sep 2012 - NASA Orbiter Observations Point To 'Dry Ice' Snowfall On Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Dawn_Parting_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40823)11 Sep 2012 - Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror
NASA's Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40843)12 Sep 2012 - Mars Rover Curiosity Arm Tests Nearly Complete
NASA's Mars Curiosity team has almost finished robotic arm tests in preparation for the rover to touch and examine its first Martian rock.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/687908main_pia16117-full_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40885)17 Sep 2012 - Juno's Two Deep Space Maneuvers Are 'Back-To-Back Home Runs'
Earlier today, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully executed a second Deep Space Maneuver, called DSM-2.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40884)12 Sep 2012 - Opportunity Update
On Sol 3064 (Sept. 6, 2012), the rover collected a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic of the target outcrop Kirkwood.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40923)20 Sep 2012 - NASA Dawn Spacecraft Sees Hydrated Minerals on Giant Asteroid
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA14894_th1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=40963)26 Sep 2012 - Giant Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet
Enormous troughs that wrap around the giant asteroid Vesta may actually be dropped blocks of terrain bounded by fault lines, suggesting a geologic complexity beyond that of most asteroids.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/685039main_pia16128-full_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41003)2 Oct 2012 - Mars Rover Opportunity Working at 'Matijevic Hill'
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, well into its ninth year on Mars, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of the mission's most intriguing geological features.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41023)3 Oct 2012 - NASA's Curiosity Rover Checks in on Mars Using Foursquare
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41063)3 Oct 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign at a putative location of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41103)12 Oct 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign at a location where orbital observations show the presence of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/cassini_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41125)15 Oct 2012 - A Long and Winding Road: Cassini Celebrates 15 Years
NASA's Cassini spacecraft celebrates 15 years of uninterrupted drive time, earning it a place among the ultimate interplanetary road warriors.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16229_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41124)15 Oct 2012 - Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop Commanded
Commands will be sent to Curiosity today instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/JupiterTrojans160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41123)15 Oct 2012 - NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids
Scientists have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans -- asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path as Jupiter.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-pkb-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41143)16 Oct 2012 - At Pluto, Moons and Debris May Be Hazardous to New Horizons Spacecraft Aims to Steer Clear of 'Debris Zones' During 2015 Flyby
As New Horizons has traveled through space, its science team has become increasingly aware of the possibility that dangerous debris may be orbiting in the Pluto system, putting the spacecraft and its exploration objectives into harm's way.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41223)25 Oct 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is continuing a local area survey around the location called "Matijevic Hill."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41203)25 Oct 2012 - NASA's Cassini Sees Burp at Saturn After Large Storm
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn. Data reveal record-setting disturbances in the planet's upper atmosphere long after the visible signs of the storm abated.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/701714main_Bish-1-pia16217-43_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41243)30 Oct 2012 - NASA Rover's First Soil Studies Help Fingerprint Martian Minerals
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed initial experiments showing the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41263)31 Oct 2012 - Dawn Sees 'Young' Surface on Giant Asteroid
Like a Hollywood starlet constantly retouching her makeup, the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young face.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41283)1 Nov 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity has completed approximately half of the local area survey around the location called Matijevic Hill


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-odyssey-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41285)1 Nov 2012 - Mars Longevity Champ Switching Computers
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, already the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, will switch to some fresh, redundant equipment next week that has not been used since before launch in 2001.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-asteroids.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41284)1 Nov 2012 - Asteroid Belts at Just the Right Place are Friendly to Life
Solar systems with life-bearing planets may be rare if they are dependent on the presence of asteroid belts of just the right mass.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16296-160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41343)5 Nov 2012 - NASA Radar Images Asteroid 2007 PA8
Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have obtained several radar images depicting near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/703574main_MSL self-portrait pia_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41363)6 Nov 2012 - Curiosity Team Switches Back to Earth Time
After three months working on "Mars time," the team operating NASA Mars rover Curiosity has switched to more regular hours, as planned.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41383)7 Nov 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is continuing the local area survey around the location called Matijevic Hill.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-odyssey-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41403)12 Nov 2012 - Long-Lived Orbiter Resumes Work With Fresh Equipment
The NASA Mars Odyssey orbiter has resumed duty after switching to a set of redundant equipment, including a main computer, that had not been used since before the spacecraft's 2001 launch.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/706404main_pia16446-full_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41423)13 Nov 2012 - Rover's 'SAM' Lab Instrument Suite Tastes Soil
A pinch of fine sand and dust became the first solid Martian sample deposited into the biggest instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity: the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41445)15 Nov 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is nearing the completion of the local area survey around the location called "Matijevic Hill."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41444)15 Nov 2012 - MESSENGER Finds Unusual Groups of Ridges and Troughs on Mercury
MESSENGER has discovered assemblages of tectonic landforms unlike any previously found on Mercury or elsewhere in the solar system.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Newman-3pia16478-br2_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41443)15 Nov 2012 - NASA Rover Providing New Weather And Radiation Data About Mars
Observations of wind patterns and natural radiation patterns on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are helping scientists better understand the environment on the Red Planet's surface.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/707869main_pia16447-full_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41463)20 Nov 2012 - Curiosity Rover Preparing for Thanksgiving Activities
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed a touch-and-go inspection of one rock on Sunday, Nov. 18, then pivoted and, on the same day, drove toward a Thanksgiving overlook location.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/MarsLayout160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41483)21 Nov 2012 - Spacecraft Monitoring Martian Dust Storm
A Martian dust storm that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been tracking since last week has also produced atmospheric changes detectable by rovers on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41487)26 Nov 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity has completed the local area survey around the location called "Matijevic Hill."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/708642main_asteroid20121114-43_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41486)26 Nov 2012 - Nine Radar Images of Asteroid 2007 PA8
A collage shows nine radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8 that were obtained between Oct. 31 and Nov. 13, 2012.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41485)26 Nov 2012 - One Year After Launch, Curiosity Rover Busy on Mars
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity began its flight to Mars on Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., tucked inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-pkb-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41526)28 Nov 2012 - Halfway Between Uranus and Neptune, New Horizons Cruises On
Today the Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft passed the halfway point between the orbits of Uranus and Neptune.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/SaturnVortex160x120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41525)28 Nov 2012 - Swirling Storms on Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been traveling the Saturnian system in a set of inclined, or tilted, orbits that give mission scientists a vertigo-inducing view of Saturn's polar regions.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41544)29 Nov 2012 - Update Set in San Francisco About Curiosity Mars Rover
The next news conference about the NASA Mars rover Curiosity will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in San Francisco at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-voyager_1-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41564)30 Nov 2012 - NASA to Host Dec. 3 Teleconference About Voyager Mission
NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Monday, Dec. 3, to discuss the latest findings and travels of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41584)1 Dec 2012 - NASA MARS ROVER FULLY ANALYZES FIRST MARTIAN SOIL SAMPLES
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has used its full array of instruments to analyze Martian soil for the first time, and found a complex chemistry within the Martian soil.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/VoteCuriosity160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41624)3 Dec 2012 - NASA's Curiosity Rover Wants Your Vote
TIME magazine has nominated NASA's most technologically advanced rover yet as one of its nearly 40 candidates for the "Person of the Year" designation.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Voyager160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41605)3 Dec 2012 - NASA Voyager 1 Encounters New Region in Deep Space
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41644)4 Dec 2012 - NASA OPPORTUNITY ROVER FINISHES WALKABOUT ON MARS CRATER RIM
The latest work assignment for NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is a further examination of an area where the robot just completed a walkabout.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA14293_modest_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41646)4 Dec 2012 - NASA Announces Robust Multi-Year Mars Program; New Rover to Close Out Decade of New Missions
Building on the success of Curiosity's Red Planet landing, NASA has announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars program, including a new robotic science rover set to launch in 2020.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/711366main_Andrews-Hanna-1-pia16578_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41664)5 Dec 2012 - NASA's GRAIL Creates Most Accurate Moon Gravity Map
Twin NASA probes orbiting Earth's moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16456_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41665)5 Dec 2012 - Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars
During the 10 minutes before the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere to deliver the rover Curiosity to the surface, the spacecraft shed its cruise stage, which had performed vital functions during the flight from ...


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsexpress-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41704)6 Dec 2012 - Charitum Montes: A Cratered Winter Wonderland
The high-resolution stereo camera on ESA's Mars Express imaged the Charitum Montes region of the Red Planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/712190main_pia16489unannotated_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41685)6 Dec 2012 - What is Creating Gullies on Vesta?
In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission, scientists have spotted intriguing gullies that sculpt the walls of geologically young craters on the giant asteroid Vesta.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/713259main_pia16457-43_946-710_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41745)11 Dec 2012 - Mars Rover Self-Portrait Shoot Uses Arm Choreography
The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity held the rover's MAHLI camera in more than 50 positions in one day to generate a single scene combining all the images, creating a high-resolution, full-color portrait of the rover itself.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/50th_Infographic_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41765)12 Dec 2012 - NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Planetary Exploration
Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of another planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41785)13 Dec 2012 - Opportunity Update
On Sol 3153 (Dec. 6, 2012), the rover moved 7 feet (2.2 meters) to the west approaching an outcrop, called "Copper Cliff." This outcrop shows a distinct contact between two geologic units.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-grail-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41784)13 Dec 2012 - NASA Probes Prepare for Mission-Ending Moon Impact
The twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a mountain near the moon's north pole.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dsn.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41804)14 Dec 2012 - Asteroid Toutatis Slow Tumbles by Earth
Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a series of radar data images of a three-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) asteroid that made its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 12, 2012.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16492_20121217-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41845)17 Dec 2012 - NASA's GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named For Astronaut Sally Ride
NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission team.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41864)18 Dec 2012 - From Cassini For The Holidays: A Splendour Seldom Seen
Just in time for the holidays, NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16553-Sol-125-leftNav-lookback_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41884)18 Dec 2012 - Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity this week is driving within a shallow depression called "Yellowknife Bay," providing information to help researchers choose a rock to drill.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA13405_Saturn_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41924)20 Dec 2012 - Cassini Instrument Learns New Tricks
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is using its visual and infrared mapping spectrometer for more than looking at hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan and dirt in Saturn's rings.


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The STEREO Behind spacecraft has now moved far enough in its orbit for Earth to enter the HI1-B field-of-view. Earth has been visible in the HI2 telescopes since launch, but this is the first time it's been visible in either of the HI1 telescopes, which image areas closer to the Sun. This is happening because the STEREO spacecraft are moving closer to the points in their orbits at which they will be directly opposite Earth on the other side of the Sun.





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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/EN0247173011M.nomap_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41944)21 Dec 2012 - Recently Named Mercury Craters Honor Blues Singer and Animation Pioneer
In keeping with the established naming theme for craters on Mercury, all of the newly designated features are named after famous deceased artists, musicians, or authors or other contributors to the humanities.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41964)27 Dec 2012 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is on the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, positioned at a location called "Copper Cliff."


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