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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-meteors.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41984)2 Jan 2013 - Quadrantids Create Year's First Meteor Shower
Unlike the more famous Perseid and Geminid meteor showers, the Quadrantids only last a few hours, so it's the morning of Jan. 3 or nothing.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41985)31 Dec 2012 - Dawn Journal
Dawn concludes 2012 almost 13,000 times farther from Vesta than it began the year.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42024)4 Jan 2013 - Opportunity Update
On Sol 2174 (Dec. 27, 2012), the robotic arm was used to reposition the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on a target called "Vermilion Lake 1" for a multi-sol integration.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16564_Sol-133_LNav_SnakeRiver_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42025)4 Jan 2013 - Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report: Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'
After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-beyond.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42044)7 Jan 2013 - NASA's Kepler Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates
NASA's Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Brushed_25cm_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42045)7 Jan 2013 - NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use of Its Brush
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42046)8 Jan 2013 - Cassini Suggests Icing on a Lake
A new model by scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission finds that hydrocarbon ice might float on lakes on Saturn's largest moon.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-pkb-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42085)10 Jan 2013 - New Horizons Gets a New Year's Workout
Like many of us, New Horizons is starting the new year with a workout regimen. After six months of cruising quietly through the outer solar system, NASA's Pluto-bound spacecraft came out of hibernation last weekend for three weeks of activity.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/apophis-20071114-160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42084)10 Jan 2013 - NASA Rules Out Earth Impact in 2036 for Asteroid Apophis
NASA scientists at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., effectively have ruled out the possibility the asteroid Aphophis will impact Earth during a close flyby in 2036.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42105)11 Jan 2013 - Opportunity Update
The rover completed the in-situ (contact) analysis at the location called "Copper Cliff."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42144)15 Jan 2013 - Mars Rover Curiosity's Team to Receive Space Foundation Award
The NASA mission that had the nation holding its breath as it tested an ingenious but never-before-used landing technique, and continues to amaze with new discoveries about Mars has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the Space Foundation's ...


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/AIDA_mission_concept_160X120.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42126)15 Jan 2013 - Asteroid Deflection Mission Seeks Smashing Ideas
ESA is appealing for research ideas to help guide the development of a US-European asteroid deflection mission now under study.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/719044main_pia16707-full_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42125)15 Jan 2013 - NASA Mars Rover Preparing to Drill into First Martian Rock
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is driving toward a flat rock with pale veins that may hold clues to a wet history on the Red Planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Titan160X120(1).jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42164)17 Jan 2013 - Titan Gets a Dune 'Makeover'
NASA's Cassini finds Saturn's largest moon, Titan, might look much younger than it really is because its craters are being erased.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42184)18 Jan 2013 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity is on the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, now engaged in in-situ (contact) science investigation of veins in the light-toned outcrop "Whitewater Lake," a place the rover visited previously.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16710_layers-not-annotated_ForMultimedia_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42204)20 Jan 2013 - Martian Crater May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake
A NASA spacecraft is providing new evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars that adds to an increasingly complex picture of the Red Planet's early evolution.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42224)22 Jan 2013 - NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year
Though NASA's newer Mars rover has been capturing more attention recently, durable Opportunity remains hard at work after nine years of roving on the Red Planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/NHLaunch_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42244)23 Jan 2013 - The PI's Perspective: The Seven-Year Itch
It's been seven years since New Horizons' launch on 19 Jan. 2006, and our spacecraft remains healthy and on course


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16711_MAHLI_Sol0165_Sayunei_Group2_rel_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42264)24 Jan 2013 - Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the instrument.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42304)30 Jan 2013 - Curiosity Maneuver Prepares for Drilling
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has placed its drill onto a series of four locations on a Martian rock and pressed down on it with the rover's arm, in preparation for using the drill in coming days.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42324)31 Jan 2013 - NASA's Cassini Watches Storm Choke on Its Own Tail
Cassini team describes how a massive storm churned around the planet until it encountered its own tail and sputtered out. It is the first time scientists have observed a storm consume itself in this way anywhere in the solar system.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42364)4 Feb 2013 - Cassini Sees Titan Cooking up Smog
A paper published this week using data from NASA's Cassini mission describes in more detail than ever before how aerosols in the highest part of the atmosphere are kick-started at Saturn's moon Titan.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia16717_MAHLI_Sol176_Divot2_10cmStandoff1_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42366)4 Feb 2013 - Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used the hammering action of its drill on Feb. 2 as the second-to-last major test before the first full drilling to collect a sample of rock dust.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/724614main_Da14-Eyes-673_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42365)4 Feb 2013 - NASA to Host Feb. 7 Media Telecon on Asteroid Flyby
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST), on Thursday, Feb. 7, to discuss an asteroid, 150 feet (45 meters) in diameter, that will pass close, but safely, by Earth on Feb. 15.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-deepimpact-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42384)5 Feb 2013 - NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet ISON
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has acquired its first images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/724907main_Red Dwarf planet cfa_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42404)6 Feb 2013 - Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door
Using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimate that six percent of red dwarf stars in the galaxy have Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Mars_725346main_pia16760-43_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42424)7 Feb 2013 - Preparatory Drill Test Performed on Mars
The drill on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used both percussion and rotation to bore about 0.8 inch (2 centimeters) into a rock on Mars and generate cuttings for evaluation in advance of the rover's first sample-collection drilling.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/725701main_pia16726_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42444)9 Feb 2013 - NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/maven20130213-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42484)13 Feb 2013 - NASA's MAVEN Mission Completes Assembly
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is assembled and is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colo.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/asteroid20130201-full.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42505)13 Feb 2013 - NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid
NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42504)13 Feb 2013 - National Space Club Honors Mars Curiosity
The National Space Club will honor NASA's Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team with three awards, including the prestigious Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy.


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Astronomers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Comet ISON, which will pass within just 2.7 solar radii from Sun center on November 28, 2013 (U.S. Thanksgiving). Although comets are unpredictable, Comet ISON has the potential to be a major comet. If so, STEREO should have a spectacular view. To assist with planning for this event, a new web page has been put together describing Comet ISON's orbit, and how the comet will be seen by STEREO's telescopes, and those on other solar observatories.





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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-meteors.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42565)15 Feb 2013 - NASA Experts Discuss Russia Meteor in Media Teleconference Today
NASA experts will hold a teleconference for news media at 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST) today to discuss a meteor that streaked through the skies over Russia's Urals region this morning.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42586)19 Feb 2013 - Cassini Sheds Light on Cosmic Particle Accelerators
Studying the flow of solar wind around Saturn's magnetic field enables scientists working with NASA's Cassini spacecraft to study the nature of far-off supernova explosions.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/2012DA14-Collage-ToWeb_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42585)19 Feb 2013 - NASA Releases Goldstone Radar Movie of Asteroid 2012 DA14
An initial sequence of radar images of asteroid 2012 DA14 was obtained on the night of Feb. 15/16, 2013, by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42604)20 Feb 2013 - NASA Hosts Teleconference Today About Curiosity Rover
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PST (3 p.m. EST) today, Feb. 20, to provide an update on the Mars rover Curiosity mission. Earlier today, Curiosity engineers confirmed the rover had collected the first-ever sample from inside a rock on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/728852main_pia16729-full_full_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42605)20 Feb 2013 - NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/JUICE_artist-impression_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42644)21 Feb 2013 - NASA and JPL Contribute to European Jupiter Mission
NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency mission to study Jupiter and three of its largest moons.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/mars20130221-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42624)21 Feb 2013 - NASA Student Mars Project Wins Education Award
A NASA project that allows students to use a camera on a spacecraft orbiting Mars for research has received a new education prize from the journal Science.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/cubesat20130226-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42684)26 Feb 2013 - NASA Announces New CubeSat Space Mission Candidates
NASA has selected 24 small satellites, including three from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42704)28 Feb 2013 - Computer Swap on Curiosity Rover
The ground team for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has switched the rover to a redundant onboard computer in response to a memory issue on the computer that had been active.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42724)1 Mar 2013 - Dawn Journal
The indefatigable Dawn spacecraft is continuing to forge through the main asteroid belt, gently thrusting with its ion propulsion system. As it gradually changes its orbit around the sun, the distance to dwarf planet Ceres slowly shrinks.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42745)4 Mar 2013 - Curiosity Rover's Recovery on Track
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has transitioned from precautionary "safe mode" to active status on the path of recovery from a memory glitch last week. Resumption of full operations is anticipated by next week.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA14935_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42744)4 Mar 2013 - Cassini Spies Bright Venus From Saturn Orbit
A distant world gleaming in sunlight, Earth's twin planet, Venus, shines like a bright beacon in images taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Comet_Mar-5-2013b_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42765)5 Mar 2013 - Comet to Make Close Flyby of Red Planet in October 2014
Latest observations indicate comet 2013 A1 will pass within 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) of Mars on Oct. 19, 2014.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Europa_p2p_context_color_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42764)5 Mar 2013 - A Window into Europa's Ocean Right at the Surface
A study partially funded by NASA finds evidence of ocean salt on Europa's surface.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42804)7 Mar 2013 - NASA Briefing on Curiosity's Analysis of Mars Rock
NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT), Tuesday, March 12, to discuss the Curiosity rover's analysis of the first sample of rock powder ever collected on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA14605_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42805)7 Mar 2013 - Cassini Makes Last Close Flyby of Saturnian Moon Rhea
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will use its instruments to probe the internal structure of the icy Saturnian moon Rhea.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://airandspace.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=4977)8 Mar 2013 - Exploring Space Lectures: Curiosity's Mission of Exploration at Gale Crater, Mars
John Grotzinger, chief scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, presents the latest images and results in this lecture highlighting Curiosity's trek through Mars' past and present.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-solarsys.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42824)8 Mar 2013 - NASA Mars Rover and Spacecraft Models, Team Members at Capitol
Space exploration teams will meet with California General Assembly members and discuss California's role in pioneering aerospace.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42844)8 Mar 2013 - Planetary Data System Releases MESSENGER Data from Third Mercury Solar Day
The Planetary Data System (PDS), which archives and distributes data from all of NASA's planetary missions, today released data collected during MESSENGER's thirteenth through eighteenth month in orbit around Mercury.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42904)13 Mar 2013 - NASA Mars Rover Mission Picked For Smithsonian Honor
Curiosity has been selected to receive the top group honor from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42905)13 Mar 2013 - Mars Curiosity Lands South By Southwest Interactive Award
Curiosity has captured the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Award for best social media campaign.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42924)14 Mar 2013 - 'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter
NASA's Cassini spacecraft tracks the shifting shape of holes in Jupiter's atmosphere over time.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16768_MtSharpMosaic-sol45-WB_annotated_full_image_160X1202.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42964)15 Mar 2013 - Panorama From NASA Mars Rover Shows Mount Sharp
Rising above the present location of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, higher than any mountain in the 48 contiguous states of the United States, Mount Sharp is featured in new imagery from the rover.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/734591main_PIA16794_Hydration map of Knorr_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42984)18 Mar 2013 - Curiosity Mars Rover Sees Trend in Water Presence
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has seen evidence of water-bearing minerals in rocks near where it had already found clay minerals inside a drilled rock.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/735108main_asteroid20130318-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=42986)18 Mar 2013 - Goldstone Radar Snags Images of Asteroid 2013 ET
A sequence of radar images of asteroid 2013 ET was obtained on March 10, 2013, by NASA scientists using the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, ...


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43005)19 Mar 2013 - Curiosity Rover Exits 'Safe Mode'
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has returned to active status and is on track to resume science investigations, following two days in a precautionary standby status, "safe mode."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-voyager_1-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43024)20 Mar 2013 - NASA Voyager Status Update on Voyager 1 Location
The consensus of the Voyager science team is that Voyager 1 has not yet reached interstellar space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/161296main_20061020_SolarConjunction_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43006)20 Mar 2013 - Sun in the Way Will Affect Mars Missions in April
The positions of the planets next month will mean diminished communications between Earth and NASA's spacecraft at Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/NASM2013-01245 (1)_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43444)25 Apr 2013 - Curiosity Wins National Air and Space Museum Trophy
The team in charge of landing NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, received the museum's highest group honor.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-voyager_1-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43424)24 Apr 2013 - NASA Invites the Public to Fly Along with Voyager
NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are on the verge of plunging into interstellar space -- the space between stars -- and two new Web tools let the public fly along.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43484)29 Apr 2013 - Opportunity in Standby as Commanding Moratorium Ends
During a moratorium on commanding this month while Mars passed nearly behind the sun, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity entered a type of standby mode.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-osiris-rex-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43504)1 May 2013 - NASA Spacecraft Will Visit Asteroid with New Name
An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/webby_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43526)1 May 2013 - Mars Rover Social Media, NASA/JPL Website Win Webby Awards
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover social media campaign and the agency's Solar System Exploration website win Webby Awards, the leading honor for the best of the Internet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43525)1 May 2013 - NASA Invites Public to Send Names And Messages to Mars
NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/saturn_magnetosphere_PIA10084_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43524)2 May 2013 - 'Tis the Season -- for Plasma Changes at Saturn
NASA's Cassini mission helps reveal seasonal changes in the bubble of charged particles around Saturn, providing a clue to some long-standing mysteries.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43386)7 May 2013 - Opportunity Update
Opportunity has safely emerged from solar conjunction.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Asteroids_passing_Earth_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43564)8 May 2013 - After Chelyabinsk: European Experts Assess Asteroid Options
In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What should we do if we have a similar -- or even bigger -- strike in the future?


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43566)8 May 2013 - Mars As Art at Dulles Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is featuring "Mars As Art" in the Gateway Gallery in the connecting walkway between the AeroTrain C-Gates and the C Concourse until November 30.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-mars.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43565)8 May 2013 - Mars and Jets on Display at Washington's Airports: Stunning Photographs Showcase Aircraft in Flight and Extraterrestrial Geography
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Arts Program is introducing two new exhibits at Dulles International and Reagan National airports beginning this month.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/668686main_ride_12_cropped_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43586)8 May 2013 - Sally Ride: Tribute Event at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington
Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy -- an educational tribute to America's first woman in space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-sun.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43588)9 May 2013 - Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse -- Today!
On 9-10 May, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun over the South Pacific, producing a "ring of fire" solar eclipse.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16927_Fig1_unannotated-WB copy_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43587)9 May 2013 - NASA Curiosity Rover Team Selects Second Drilling Target On Mars
The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. The rover will set course to the drilling location in coming days.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/668686main_ride_12_cropped_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43589)14 May 2013 - NASA Honors Sally Ride with A National Tribute At Kennedy Center
NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first woman in space on Monday, May 20.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/749047main_2013-May-Kepler_timeline_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43611)15 May 2013 - Kepler Mission Manager Update
The Kepler spacecraft is in safe mode. The root cause is not yet known, however the proximate cause appears to be an attitude error.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/748921main_pia16928_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43610)15 May 2013 - NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars
Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/OSIRIS-Rex1.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43649)16 May 2013 - NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development
NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16934_OutOfThisWorldRecords_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43650)16 May 2013 - Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity now holds the record for farthest driving by a NASA vehicle on a world away from Earth, passing a mark set by an Apollo astronaut-driven 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=43651)16 May 2013 - Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock
NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by water.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16936_MAHLI-Sol279-drilled-Cumberland_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43669)20 May 2013 - NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called "Cumberland."


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43689)21 May 2013 - Forecast for Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead
Two new models with implications for NASA's Cassini mission suggest the onset of spring in Titan's northern hemisphere could bring waves and hurricanes.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/bolden20130523-full_160.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43709)23 May 2013 - NASA Administrator Visits JPL, Talks Asteroids
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden met with members of the asteroid initiative team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., today


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43729)24 May 2013 - MESSENGER Completes Its 2,000th Orbit of Mercury, Provides Data on Solar Magnetic Field
MESSENGER began its 2,000th orbit around Mercury earlier this week, on May 22.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43749)28 May 2013 - NASA To Discuss Mars Curiosity Radiation Findings
NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43769)29 May 2013 - NASA Hosts News and Social Media Events Around This Week's Asteroid Pass
NASA is inviting members of the media and public to participate in online and television events May 30-31 with NASA officials and experts discussing the agency's asteroid initiative and the Earth flyby of the 1.7-mile-long asteroid 1998 QE2.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-wise-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43772)29 May 2013 - NASA'S WISE Mission Finds Lost Asteroid Family Members
Data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a new and improved family tree for asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17032dionejaniculum_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43771)29 May 2013 - Cassini Finds Hints of Activity at Saturn Moon Dione
A moon once thought to be boring could actually be quite animated, according to a new study analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43770)29 May 2013 - NASA Hosts News and Social Media Events Around This Week's Asteroid Pass
NASA is inviting members of the media and public to participate in online and televised events May 30 to 31 with NASA officials and experts discussing the agency's asteroid initiative and the Earth flyby of the 1.7-mile-long asteroid 1998 QE2.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA16188_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43789)30 May 2013 - Pebbly Rocks Testify to Old Streambed on Mars
A new report tells how rocks examined by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity reveal details of how deep and how fast water once flowed in an ancient Martian stream.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43791)30 May 2013 - Data From NASA Rover's Voyage to Mars Aids Planning
Radiation measurements made during Mars Science Laboratory's flight provide helpful information for design of future human deep-space expeditions.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dsn.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43790)30 May 2013 - NASA Radar Reveals Asteroid Has Its Own Moon
A sequence of radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 was obtained on the evening of May 29, 2013. The radar imagery revealed that 1998 QE2 is a binary asteroid.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43810)3 Jun 2013 - NASA to Host June 5 Teleconference on Curiosity Mars Rover
NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT), Wednesday, June 5 to provide an update about the Mars Science Laboratory mission and activities of the Curiosity rover.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-solarsys.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43849)5 Jun 2013 - NASA Partners With the LEGO Group for Design and Build Contest
NASA and the LEGO Group are partnering to inspire the next generation of aerospace engineers by offering a new design competition.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-ladee-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43850)4 Jun 2013 - LADEE Arrives at Wallops for Moon Mission
The NASA Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) arrived today at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility to begin final processing for its trip to the moon later this year.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA14924_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43869)5 Jun 2013 - Cassini Sees Precursors to Aerosol Haze on Titan
Scientists have confirmed the presence of complex, ringed hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Melko-5_pia17069_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43829)5 Jun 2013 - NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Nears Turning Point
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission is approaching its biggest turning point since landing its rover, Curiosity, inside Mars' Gale Crater last summer.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43889)6 Jun 2013 - NASA to Host June 7 Mars Rover Opportunity Teleconference
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The 10th anniversary of this rover's launch is next month.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsexpress-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43890)6 Jun 2013 - The Floodwaters of Mars
Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1.55 million square kilometres.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Arvidson-3_pia17078-unannotated_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43910)7 Jun 2013 - Mars Rover Opportunity Trekking Toward More Layers
Approaching its 10th anniversary of leaving Earth, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is on the move again, trekking to a new study area still many weeks away.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/2012 LR6_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43949)7 Jun 2013 - Small Asteroid Between Earth and Moon Tonight
Small asteroid 2013 LR6 will safely fly past this evening at 9:42 p.m. PDT


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mro.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=43989)12 Jun 2013 - Mars Water-Ice Clouds Are Key to Odd Thermal Rhythm
Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found that temperatures in the Martian atmosphere regularly rise and fall not just once each day, but twice.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44010)13 Jun 2013 - MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph May Help Paint Total Atmospheric Picture
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission, or MAVEN, will travel to the Red Planet in 2013 with instruments designed to answer specific questions about the planet's atmosphere, and one instrument will help piece together the bigger picture.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Sun_Moon_Full_2k_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44009)12 Jun 2013 - The Moon and Sun: Two NASA Missions Join Images
Two or three times a year, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observes the moon traveling across the sun, blocking its view. While this obscures solar observations for a short while, it offers the chance for an interesting view of the shadow of the moon.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-pkb-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44029)14 Jun 2013 - New Horizons Team Sticking to Original Flight Plan at Pluto
Unless significant new hazards are found, expect NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to stay on its original course past Pluto and its moons,.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-lro-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44049)18 Jun 2013 - Supermoon Sunday
The biggest, brightest Moon of the year is almost here. On 23 June 2013, a Supermoon will be occurring.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-venus_express-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44053)18 Jun 2013 - Super-Hurricane-Force Winds on Venus are Getting Stronger
ESA's Venus Express orbiter has revealed that the remarkably rapid winds on Venus are becoming even faster.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/cassini20130618b-160].jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44051)18 Jun 2013 - Cassini Probe to Take Photo of Earth From Deep Space
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now exploring Saturn, will take a picture of our home planet from a distance of hundreds of millions of miles on July 19. NASA is inviting the public to help acknowledge the historic interplanetary portrait as it is being taken.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/752421main_asteroid20130530 (1)_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44050)18 Jun 2013 - NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44054)18 Jun 2013 - Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover
A billion-pixel view from the surface of Mars, from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, offers armchair explorers a way to examine one part of the Red Planet in great detail.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-lro-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44069)19 Jun 2013 - NASA's LRO: Four Years in Orbit
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or LRO, in orbit around the moon for four years, has forever changed our view of our nearby neighbor.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44089)21 Jun 2013 - NASA Announces Winners of 2012 George M. Low Award
Two companies that share a commitment to teamwork, technical and managerial excellence, safety, and customer service have been selected to receive NASA's premier honor for quality and performance, the George M. Low Award.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44090)21 Jun 2013 - International Astronomical Union Approves Ten New Names for Mercury Craters
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) -- the arbiter of planetary and satellite nomenclature since its inception in 1919 -- recently approved a proposal from the MESSENGER Science Team to assign names to 10 impact craters on Mercury.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-asteroids.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44109)24 Jun 2013 - Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Unearthed in Space
The 10,000th near-Earth object, asteroid 2013 MZ5, was detected on June 18, 2013, by the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/757545main_pia17034-43_full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44129)27 Jun 2013 - NASA's Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier of Our 'Solar Bubble'
Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made object to reach interstellar space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-pkb-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44150)2 Jul 2013 - Kerberos and Styx: Welcome to the Pluto System! Pluto's Smallest Moons Receive Official Names
The names of Pluto's two smallest known moons, previously referred to as "P4" and "P5," have been formally approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44169)2 Jul 2013 - Mars Rover Opportunity Passes Half-Way Point to Next Destination
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven more than half of the distance needed to get from a site where it spent 22 months to its next destination.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44190)8 Jul 2013 - Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp
With drives on July 4 and July 7, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has departed its last science target in the "Glenelg" area and commenced a many-month overland journey to the base of the mission's main destination, Mount Sharp.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mars2020-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44209)9 Jul 2013 - Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover
The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of the Red Planet, according to a report provided to the agency.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mars2020-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44189)8 Jul 2013 - NASA Discusses Mars 2020 Plans In July 9 Teleconference
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, July 9 to provide details about a report that will help define science objectives for the agency's next Mars rover.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/m177785917_labeled_thumb_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44250)9 Jul 2013 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Looks at Apollo 12, Surveyor 3 Landing Sites
The Lunar Orbiter program, much like the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, was designed primarily to obtain images that would allow scientists and engineers to characterize the moon's surface in the context of finding safe and engaging landing sites ...


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia17269_right-navcam-Sol329_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44269)11 Jul 2013 - Third Drive of Curiosity's Long Trek Covers 135 Feet
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove 135 feet (41 meters) on Tuesday, July 9, the third drive in a journey of many months from the "Glenelg" area to Mount Sharp.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-asteroids.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44270)12 Jul 2013 - Asteroid Expert Receives Carl Sagan Medal for Public Communication
The manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL, Donald K. Yeomans, has received the 2013 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-hst-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44290)15 Jul 2013 - Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune. This brings the number of known satellites circling the giant planet to 14.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/hs-2013-30-a-print_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44289)15 Jul 2013 - NASA's Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a new moon orbiting the distant blue-green planet Neptune, the 14th known to be circling the giant planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17279_sol335-LF-Hazcam (2)_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44329)17 Jul 2013 - Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving
The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer. One kilometer is about 0.62 mile.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia17278_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44330)17 Jul 2013 - Overhead View of Mars Rover 10 Years After Launch
An image from Mars orbit taken 10 years after the launch of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the long-lived rover on its trek to a new destination on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44349)17 Jul 2013 - NASA Interplanetary Probes to Take Pictures of Earth From Space
Two NASA spacecraft, one studying the Saturn system, the other observing Mercury, are maneuvering into place to take pictures of Earth on July 19 and 20.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44369)18 Jul 2013 - Reports Detail Mars Rover Clues to Atmosphere's Past
A pair of new papers report measurements of the Martian atmosphere's composition by NASA's Curiosity rover, providing evidence about loss of much of Mars' original atmosphere.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17171_full_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44409)22 Jul 2013 - NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken by Distant Spacecraft
Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-sirtf.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44429)23 Jul 2013 - NASA's Spitzer Observes Gas Emission From Comet ISON
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia17081-full_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44430)23 Jul 2013 - Curiosity Makes Its Longest One-Day Drive on Mars
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove twice as far on July 21 as on any other day of the mission so far.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17080-HiRISE-CuriosityAtShaler_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44449)23 Jul 2013 - Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter
A recent image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks starting at its landing site.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/neowise20130725-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44470)25 Jul 2013 - NASA's WISE Finds Mysterious Centaurs May Be Comets
The true identity of centaurs: Are they asteroids or comets? A new study of observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) finds most centaurs are comets.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44490)30 Jul 2013 - NASA Invites Reporters and Public to Curiosity First Anniversary Event
NASA officials and crew members aboard the International Space Station will observe the first anniversary of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars at a public event in Washington from noon-1:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 6.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Saturn_PIA17040_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44509)31 Jul 2013 - NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Forces Controlling Saturn Moon Jets
The intensity of the jets of water ice and organic particles that shoot out from Saturn's moon Enceladus depends on the moon's proximity to the ringed planet, according to data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44569)5 Aug 2013 - NASA Begins Launch Preparations for Next Mars Mission
NASA's next spacecraft going to Mars arrived Friday, Aug. 2, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now perched in a cleanroom to begin final preparations for its November launch.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-osiris-rex-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44570)5 Aug 2013 - NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for OSIRIS-REx Mission
NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo. to launch the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44589)6 Aug 2013 - Mars Curiosity Landing: Relive the Excitement
Where were you when Curiosity landed? It's a hot topic of discussion in the hallways of JPL and on social media this week.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44609)9 Aug 2013 - MAVEN Haiku Selected For Travel to Mars
Haiku recognized in the MAVEN Message-to-Mars contest were announced today on the Going to Mars campaign website.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mro.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44629)12 Aug 2013 - Swapping Motion-Sensing Units
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is switching from one motion-sensing device to a duplicate unit onboard.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/ison_recovery_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44631)12 Aug 2013 - Comet ISON: Recovered!
Well this is rather exciting news: Comet ISON lives on! (we think...)


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/juno20130812_0_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44630)12 Aug 2013 - NASA's Juno is Halfway to Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter. The Jovian-system-bound spacecraft reached the milestone today (8/12/13) at 5:25 a.m. PDT (8:25 a.m. EDT/12:25 UTC).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44670)14 Aug 2013 - Watch Live Talk Online: Mars Curiosity, Year One
Are you ready for some science? No matter where you are, you can join us online for a live public talk from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. PDT about the Curiosity rover's first year 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=44671)14 Aug 2013 - Mars Rover Opportunity Working at Edge of 'Solander'
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a more neutral wet environment.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-beyond.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44709)15 Aug 2013 - NASA Ends Attempts to Fully Recover Kepler Spacecraft, Potential New Missions Considered
Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working order, and now is considering what new science research it can carry out in its current condition.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17036 (2)_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44689)15 Aug 2013 - NASA Voyager Statement about Competing Models to Explain Recent Spacecraft Data
NASA's Voyager Project Scientist Ed Stone comments on competing models of Voyager 1's position relative to interstellar space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-ladee-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44712)15 Aug 2013 - NASA Hosts NASA TV News Briefing on Upcoming Lunar Mission
NASA will host a news briefing at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 22, at NASA Headquarters to discuss the agency's next, and first mission to the moon launching from the Virginia coast.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia17406-full_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44711)15 Aug 2013 - Radar Images of Asteroid 2005 WK4
A collage of radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2005 WK4 was generated by NASA scientists.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17352_occultation_10fps_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44710)15 Aug 2013 - NASA Rover Gets Movie as a Mars Moon Passes Another
The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/wave_earth_mosaic_3_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44729)21 Aug 2013 - Cassini Releases Image of Earth Waving at Saturn
People around the world shared more than 1,400 images of themselves as part of the Wave at Saturn event organized by NASA's Cassini mission on July 19 -- the day the Cassini spacecraft turned back toward Earth to take our picture.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-ladee-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44769)22 Aug 2013 - NASA Prepares for First Virginia Coast Launch to Moon
In an attempt to answer prevailing questions about our moon, NASA is making final preparations to launch a probe at 11:27 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 6, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44791)27 Aug 2013 - NASA'S Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44792)27 Aug 2013 - Cassini Data: Saturn Moon May Have Rigid Ice Shell
Saturn's moon Titan appears to have less gravity where there are mountains -- a counterintuitive finding.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/murray-160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44830)29 Aug 2013 - Former JPL Director Bruce Murray Dies
Bruce C. Murray, the Caltech professor of planetary science and geology who served as director of JPL from 1976 to 1982, died Aug. 29 at the age of 81.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44850)3 Sep 2013 - Cassini Sees Saturn Storm's Explosive Power
The massive storm that broke out on Saturn in late 2010 churned up water ice from great depths, suggesting a similarity to Earth storms.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Steins_in_3-D_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44852)2 Sep 2013 - Asteroid Steins in 3D
Five years ago this week, ESA's Rosetta mission flew by asteroid Steins en route to comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will finally arrive next year after a decade in space.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44851)30 Aug 2013 - Dawn Journal
Traveling confidently and alone, Dawn continues to make its way through the silent depths of the main asteroid belt.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-insight-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44870)4 Sep 2013 - NASA Evaluates Four Candidate Sites for 2016 Mars Mission
NASA has narrowed to four the number of potential landing sites for the agency's next mission to the surface of Mars, a 2016 lander to study the planet's interior.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44873)4 Sep 2013 - NASA Selects Top 96 Asteroid Initiative Ideas
NASA has chosen 96 ideas it regards as most promising from more than 400 submitted in response to its June request for information (RFI) about protecting Earth from asteroids and finding an asteroid humans can explore.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-ladee-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44872)4 Sep 2013 - NASA Announces Media, Public Events for Upcoming Lunar Mission Launch
NASA's schedule of events, including news conferences and live television coverage related to the Friday, Sept. 6 launch of the agency's next lunar mission, is now available.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-ladee-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44871)4 Sep 2013 - LADEE Project Manager Update: LADEE Ready for Launch
Engineers from NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., have successfully completed launch preparation activities for LADEE.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44911)9 Sep 2013 - NASA Discusses Asteroid Initiative Progress at AIAA's Space 2013
Several NASA officials will update media Wednesday, Sept. 11, about the agency's progress on a proposed mission to find, capture, redirect and visit a near-Earth asteroid.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44910)10 Sep 2013 - Long Drive Puts NASA Mars Rover Near Planned Waypoint
After its longest drive yet, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has reached an overlook with a view of exposed bedrock it will study close-up for a few days.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-ladee-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44950)11 Sep 2013 - LADEE Project Manager Update: Initial Checkout Complete
After a spectacular launch, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft was placed by the Minotaur V launch vehicle into an elliptic orbit around Earth, as the start of our journey to the moon.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA17443_fig1_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44951)10 Sep 2013 - Comet Found Hiding in Plain Sight
Asteroid Don Quixote now appears to be a comet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-voyager_1-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44971)12 Sep 2013 - NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from our sun.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=44990)13 Sep 2013 - Take a Virtual Tour of Vesta With New High-Resolution Images
New images from NASA's Dawn mission show the giant asteroid Vesta at the scale of regional road touring maps.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45010)17 Sep 2013 - NASA Highlights Asteroid Grand Challenge at World Maker Faire
NASA is reaching out to a new community for ideas on how to find and track potentially hazardous asteroids,


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45011)17 Sep 2013 - NASA Hosts Social Media Event at MAVEN Launch in Florida
NASA will give 150 of its social media followers an insider's look at America's space program and the opportunity to see a launch in person.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-jup_europa.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45012)18 Sep 2013 - Long-stressed Europa Likely Off-kilter at One Time
NASA scientists have found evidence Europa likely spun around a tilted axis at some point.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45030)19 Sep 2013 - NASA Curiosity Rover Detects No Methane on Mars
Data from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian environment lacks methane. This is a surprise to researchers because previous data reported by U.S. and international scientists indicated positive detections.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA13627_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45051)20 Sep 2013 - NASA's Deep Impact Produced Deep Results
The Deep Impact spacecraft, history's most traveled deep-space comet hunter, provided many significant results for the science community. Here are the top five, according to the mission's principal investigator, Michael A'Hearn.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/pia17361_MAIN_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45070)23 Sep 2013 - NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, currently en route to the layered slopes of Mount Sharp, has finished a pause it took for close-up studies of rocks with wet histories.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45090)24 Sep 2013 - NASA Hosts Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas
NASA will host a public workshop to examine and synthesize 96 of the ideas submitted to a Request for Information (RFI) about the agency's asteroid initiative.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45110)26 Sep 2013 - Science Gains From Diverse Landing Area of Curiosity
NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-mars.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45130)27 Sep 2013 - NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover
NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology instruments that would be carried aboard the agency's next Mars rover.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-brrison-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45150)29 Sep 2013 - BRRISON Soars to Study Comet ISON
The Balloon Rapid Response for ISON (BRRISON) lifted off at 8:10pm EDT from Fort Sumner, N.M., on a mission that includes Comet ISON as one of its observation targets.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45170)30 Sep 2013 - NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ingredient of Household Plastic in Space
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn's moon Titan.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45190)17 Oct 2013 - Rings, Dark Side of Saturn Glow in New Cassini Image
The gauzy rings of Saturn and the dark side of the planet glow in newly released infrared images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-solarsys.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45192)17 Oct 2013 - Managing the Deluge of 'Big Data' From Space
As the flow of large and complex data streams from space increases, so do strategies to handle the deluge of information.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45191)17 Oct 2013 - NASA Rover Confirms Mars Origin of Some Meteorites
Findings from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover confirm that some meteorites on Earth really came from the Red Planet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/LADEE_approaches_moon_th21.png (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45210)18 Oct 2013 - LADEE Mission Update
LADEE spacecraft commissioning activities are now complete, and the instrument commissioning activities have begun.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/images/default-asteroids.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45211)17 Oct 2013 - Asteroid 2013 TV135 - A Reality Check
Newly discovered asteroid 2013 TV135 made a close approach to Earth on Sept. 16, when it came within about 4.2 million miles (6.7 million kilometers).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/efb10-r_0_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45230)21 Oct 2013 - NASA: Back to Work, Back to Mission
NASA is once again open for business in a big way. While we were out, several of our on-going missions achieved significant milestones.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-juno-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45251)22 Oct 2013 - Juno Status Report
As of Oct. 17, Juno was approximately 4.4 million miles (7.1 million kilometers) from Earth.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45271)23 Oct 2013 - Mars Rover Opportunity Heads Uphill
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover has begun climbing "Solander Point," the northern tip of the tallest hill it has encountered in the mission's nearly 10 Earth years on Mars.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/2013_sfad_target_3_saturn_v1_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45311)25 Oct 2013 - Cassini Swings Above Saturn to Compose a Portrait
On a loop high above Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured a stately view of a golden Saturn and its rings.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/20131025_1_lg_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45310)25 Oct 2013 - On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing
Today NASA's New Horizons spacecraft speeds to within five astronomical units (AU) of Pluto -- which is less than five times the distance between the Earth and the sun, or about 460 million miles.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45350)29 Oct 2013 - NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown'
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has batted 1,000 with its new technique for covering ground faster -- two-day drives, reaching a viewpoint for choosing its next target.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mer_a-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45370)31 Oct 2013 - OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Seeking the Sun's Rays as Winter Approaches
Opportunity is ascending the northern edge of 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production as winter approaches.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45390)4 Nov 2013 - Dawn Journal
Deep in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn is continuing its smooth, silent flight toward dwarf planet Ceres.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/PIA14924_160x120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45411)6 Nov 2013 - Here Comes the Sun: Ionizing Titan's Atmosphere
A detailed analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has directly linked the density of the ionosphere at Saturn's moon Titan to the 11-year boom-and-bust cycle of activity at our sun.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45470)8 Nov 2013 - Curiosity Performs Warm Reset
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity experienced an unexpected software reboot (also known as a warm reset) yesterday (11/7/13) during a communications pass as it was sending engineering and science data to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-mro.gif (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45451)8 Nov 2013 - Prolific NASA Mars Orbiter Passes Big Data Milestone
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has overhauled understanding of the Red Planet since 2006, has now returned more than 200 trillion bits of data.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-arm-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45492)12 Nov 2013 - NASA Continues Workshop to Discuss Asteroid Initiative Ideas
NASA has rescheduled its Asteroid Synthesis Workshop, a public forum to examine and synthesize 96 of the ideas submitted to a Request for Information (RFI) about the agency's asteroid initiative. The workshop will be held Nov. 20 - 22.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45491)12 Nov 2013 - Curiosity Out of Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project received confirmation from Mars Sunday (Nov. 10) that the Curiosity rover has successfully transitioned back into nominal surface operations mode.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/MarsEvolution_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45511)13 Nov 2013 - NASA Video Illustrates MAVEN Mission's Investigation of a Lost Mars
NASA has prepared a new video to illustrate its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission's investigation of dramatic climate change 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=45513)13 Nov 2013 - Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray
Features on Mars important to the missions of NASA's two active Mars rovers are now called "Murray Ridge" and "Murray Buttes," in honor of influential planetary scientist Bruce Murray (1931-2013).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45532)14 Nov 2013 - LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN's Story in a New NASA PSA
As NASA prepares for next week's launch of the agency's next Mars-bound spacecraft, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN), actor LeVar Burton shares the excitement of the mission in a new NASA public service announcement (PSA).


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/661033main_bbix_horizontal_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45533)13 Nov 2013 - A Six-Minute Journey to Study Comet ISON
In an example of an extremely tight turnaround, a NASA-funded team has spent six months preparing for a mid-November launch to observe Comet ISON during a six-minute sounding rocket flight.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-maven-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45553)18 Nov 2013 - NASA Launches Mission to Study Upper Atmosphere of Mars
A NASA mission that will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and abundant liquid water launched into space at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45571)20 Nov 2013 - Rover Team Working to Diagnose Electrical Issue
Science observations by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity have been suspended for a few days while engineers run tests to check possible causes of a voltage change detected on Nov. 17.


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The MAVEN mission is headed for Mars and will be partnering with STEREO on the way. The MAVEN mission includes solar wind sensors which combined with those of STEREO will provide another vantage point so that we can better understand the 3D structure of our complex space environment. In addition, STEREO keeps an eye on space weather throughout the solar system, providing warnings of danger to MAVEN and other spacecraft far from Earth.

You can follow the progress of MAVEN and STEREO with the STEREO orbit tool (http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/make_where_gif) by checking off MAVEN at the bottom of the page.





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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/HowtoCookaComet_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45591)21 Nov 2013 - How to Cook a Comet
A comet's journey through the solar system is perilous and violent.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-soho-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45612)22 Nov 2013 - NASA's Solar Observing Fleet to Watch Comet ISON's Journey around the Sun
It began in the Oort cloud, almost a light year away. It has traveled for over a million years. It has almost reached the star that has pulled it steadily forward for so long. On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2013, Comet ISON will finally ...


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45631)25 Nov 2013 - Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed full science operations on Saturday, Nov. 23.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-messenger-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45633)25 Nov 2013 - A Tale of Two Comets: MESSENGER Captures Images of Encke and ISON
On November 18 and 19, NASA's Mercury-orbiting MESSENGER spacecraft viewed comets Encke and ISON.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/DonYeomans_160X1201.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45632)25 Nov 2013 - Three Questions About Comet ISON
Comet ISON will reach its closest approach to the sun on Thanksgiving Day (11/28/13), skimming just 730,000 miles above its surface.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-vespr-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45652)25 Nov 2013 - Sounding Rocket to Peek at Atmosphere of Venus
A week after launching a new orbiter to investigate the upper atmosphere of Mars, NASA is sending a sounding rocket to probe the atmosphere of Venus.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/20131127_0807_c3_1024_soho_0_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45671)27 Nov 2013 - SOHO Shows New Images of Comet ISON
met ISON is heading towards closest approach to the sun - known as perihelion - on Nov. 28, 2013.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-cassini-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45691)2 Dec 2013 - NASA Holds Google+ Hangout on Cassini and Saturn
NASA will host a Google+ Hangout at 12:30 p.m. PST (3:30 p.m. EST) on Wednesday, Dec. 4, to discuss images of Saturn taken by the agency's Cassini spacecraft. The Hangout also will look ahead to the next few years of the Cassini mission.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45711)3 Dec 2013 - NASA's Dawn Fills out its Ceres Dance Card
What's the schedule for Dawn's visit to the largest object in the main asteroid belt?


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/stone20131204_th.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45731)4 Dec 2013 - Voyager Project Scientist Honored by NASA--Via Stephen Colbert
Ed Stone, the project scientist for NASA's Voyager mission since 1972, appears on TV with talk show host Stephen Colbert and receives one of NASA's highest honors.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45751)5 Dec 2013 - Laser Instrument on NASA Mars Rover Tops 100,000 Zaps
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has passed the milestone of 100,000 shots fired by its laser. It uses the laser as one way to check which chemical elements are in rocks and soils.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45771)9 Dec 2013 - NASA Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help
NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-galileo-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45811)11 Dec 2013 - Clay-Like Minerals Found on Icy Crust of Europa
A new analysis of data from NASA's Galileo mission has revealed clay-type minerals at the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa that appear to have been delivered by a spectacular collision with an asteroid or comet.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/miss-change3.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45851)14 Dec 2013 - China's Lunar Lander May Provide Additional Science for NASA Spacecraft
Although there is no cooperation between the U.S. and China on these missions, U.S. researchers could see potentially interesting science from the landing. The data will be made available to the international science community.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dawn-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45871)16 Dec 2013 - Dawn Creates Guide To Vesta's Hidden Attractions
Some beauty is revealed only at a second glance. When viewed with the human eye, the giant asteroid Vesta, which was the object of scrutiny by the Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2012, is quite unspectacular color-wise.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/CraneJPL_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45891)17 Dec 2013 - JPL To Test New Supersonic Decelerator Technology
A giant crane towering above JPL will help test components of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dsn.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45911)18 Dec 2013 - NASA's Deep Space Network: The Original 'Wireless Network' Turns 50
NASA's Deep Space Network, the world's largest and most powerful communications system for "talking to" spacecraft, will reach a milestone on Dec. 24: the 50th anniversary of its official creation.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/dsn20131218b_160X120.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45912)18 Dec 2013 - Eight Essential Facts About NASA's Deep Space Network
Get to know the Deep Space Network (DSN) -- NASA's worldwide radio telescope array that communicates with spacecraft throughout the solar system.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-wise-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45931)19 Dec 2013 - NASA's Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after Reactivation
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has returned its first set of test images in preparation for a renewed mission.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-marsscilab-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45951)20 Dec 2013 - Curiosity Team Upgrades Software, Checks Wheel Wear
The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Curiosity has completed a software upgrade on the vehicle and is next planning a check of wear and tear on the rover's wheels.


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http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-dsn.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=45991)24 Dec 2013 - NASA's Deep Space Network Celebrates 50 Years
Fifty years ago on this day, on Dec. 24, 1963, NASA's Deep Space Network came into being.


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