• Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 28 August 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity

  • NASTAR Center and Special Aerospace Services Commence Research Study on Emergency Detection and Human Response of Atlas V Profile

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    The NASTAR Center has completed the initial phase of a research effort focused on commercial human spaceflight and systems development related to emergency detection and response using an Atlas V flight profile.

  • NASA, Internet Archive and Flickr Launch Historic Image Collection

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    Three compilations of images from more than half a century of NASA history are available for comment on a section of the photo-sharing site Flickr known as The Commons.

  • NASA TV Airs Interview Excerpts About Assistance to Trapped Miners in Chile

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    NASA TV Airs Interview Excerpts About Assistance to Trapped Miners in Chile

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 August 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 August 2010

  • NASA MSFC RFI: Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion Demonstration Mission

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    Responses to this RFI will provide information necessary for the selection of spacecraft providing partners for the proposal team in late Summer/early Fall 2010.

  • Murals Commemorate Space Shuttle Legacy

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    Huge murals of artwork commemorating three decades of historic explorations and scientific achievements by all five of America's Space Shuttle Orbiters now grace the Shuttle Firing Room inside the Launch Control Center at NASA KSC.

  • NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 29 August 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.

  • NASA Draft Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Center for Research and Exploration in Solar-Heliospheric and Solar-Plaentary

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    NASA Draft Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) Center for Research and Exploration in Solar-Heliospheric and Solar-Plaentary

  • NASA Selects Two Firms for Experimental Space Vehicle Test Flights

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    NASA's Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program (CRuSR) has selected Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall and Masten Space Systems for experimental space vehicle contracts. The contracts are worth $475,000.

  • India Announces Instrument Suite for Chandrayaan�2 Moon Orbiter, Lander and Rover

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57
    The Indian Space Research Organization today announced the suite of instruments for its second mission to the moon after it's first orbiter Chandrayaan�1 was successful in its mission. The second mission is scheduled for 2013.

  • Commercial Spaceflight Federation Congratulates Initial Winning Launch Providers in NASA�s Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (CRuSR) Program

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:42:57

  • Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems win NASA Experimental Space Vehicle Contracts

    Updated: 2010-08-31 00:05:20
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  • Upcoming STA Event

    Updated: 2010-08-30 19:27:21
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  • India back to the Moon in 2013 with Orbiter, Lander and Rover

    Updated: 2010-08-30 18:17:31
    India Announces Instrument Suite for Chandrayaan-2 Moon Orbiter, Lander and Rover, SpaceRef "The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today announced the suite of instruments for its second mission to the moon after it's first orbiter Chandrayaan-1 was successful in its mission. The second mission is scheduled to be launched on India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in 2013."

  • SpaceX Asks Requests October 23rd as Potential Launch Date for Falcon 9 with Dragon

    Updated: 2010-08-30 17:50:29
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  • Public Invited to Participate on Cool NASA Historical Project

    Updated: 2010-08-30 17:38:04
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  • Learning From The Past

    Updated: 2010-08-30 00:45:41
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  • Shrinking atmospheric layer linked to low levels of solar radiation

    Updated: 2010-08-30 00:00:00
    Research indicates that the Sun's magnetic cycle, which produces differing numbers of sunspots over an approximately 11-year cycle, may vary more than previously thought.

  • Bill Lenoir

    Updated: 2010-08-29 15:12:41
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  • Learning How To Fly Crews on an Atlas V

    Updated: 2010-08-28 23:21:22
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  • Murals Commemorate Space Shuttle Legacy (Update)

    Updated: 2010-08-28 19:21:11
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  • The Cape Week in Review - AMS-02's Grand Entrance

    Updated: 2010-08-28 18:11:40
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  • NASA's Electrodynamic Tether Propulsion Demonstration Mission

    Updated: 2010-08-28 15:48:27
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  • Australian Media Swirls With Imaginary Solar Storm Warnings

    Updated: 2010-08-27 19:44:26
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  • NASA's Economic Impact: Fact Vs Myth

    Updated: 2010-08-27 13:16:19
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  • Mars' mysterious elongated crater

    Updated: 2010-08-27 00:00:00
    A new image shows the elliptical depression with unprecedented clarity.

  • Distant star's sound waves reveal cycle similar to the Sun's

    Updated: 2010-08-27 00:00:00
    Studying many stars with stellar seismology could help scientists better understand how magnetic activity cycles can differ from star to star, as well as the processes behind such cycles.

  • WISE captures the Unicorn's Rose

    Updated: 2010-08-26 00:00:00
    The Rosette Nebula is a huge star-forming region in our Milky Way Galaxy.

  • Pulverized planet dust may lie around double stars

    Updated: 2010-08-24 00:00:00
    Scientists believe that planetary collisions are kicking up fresh dust.

  • Richest planetary system discovered

    Updated: 2010-08-24 00:00:00
    Scientists believe there are as many as seven planets orbiting this Sun-like star.

  • Scientists develop a new way to weigh planets

    Updated: 2010-08-23 00:00:00
    The method is based on corrections astronomers make to signals from pulsars.

  • Press Release: Planetary Society Asks Congress to Refocus NASA Plan

    Updated: 2010-08-19 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Planetary Society Asks Congress to Refocus NASA Plan

  • Kalmbach Publishing Co. acquires Discover magazine

    Updated: 2010-08-05 00:00:00
    The magazine will join Astronomy to enhance the publishing company's science coverage.

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