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  NASA Looks to Next Week for ISS Power System Spacewalk

  Posted by Mark Carreau 8:42 PM on Aug 30, 2012

  Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, foreground, greets Sunita Williams, right, and Akihiko Hoshide in the U.S. airlock after a frustrating spacewalk. Photo Credit: NASA TV NASA's l... Read More >>

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  NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe Mission Takes Flight

  Posted by Mark Carreau 2:11 AM on Aug 30, 2012

  Atlas soars with NASA radiation mission probes. Photo Credit: NASA TV  NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission spacecraft roared into Earth orbit early Thursday... Read More >>

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  Weightlifting on ISS Mitigating Bone Loss

  Posted by Mark Carreau 10:42 AM on Aug 27, 2012

  NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus works out on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device aboard the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA A new study of 13 International Space ... Read More >>

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  Neil Armstrong -- A Test Pilot's Test Pilot

  Posted by Guy Norris 3:51 PM on Aug 25, 2012

  America and the world salute Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who became the first human being to set foot on the moon and who died Aug. 25, 2012, aged 82. Inspiring million... Read More >>

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  Isaac Prompts NASA to Bump Radiation Mission Launch to Thursday

  Posted by Mark Carreau 7:51 AM on Aug 25, 2012

  ULA Atlas 5 with NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe Mission satellites awaits weekend roll back. Image Credit: NASA TV NASA will look to Thursday -- Aug. 30 -- for a third attemp... Read More >>

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  Stormy Weather Prompts Saturday Scrub of NASA Radiation Mission Launch

  Posted by Mark Carreau 2:27 AM on Aug 25, 2012

  NASA radiation mission awaits third launch attempt. Photo: NASA- TV. Efforts to launch NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission spacecraft were scrubbed for a second ... Read More >>

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  Radition Belt Storm Probe Mission Scrubbed by Range Tracking Issue

  Posted by Mark Carreau 3:03 AM on Aug 24, 2012

  United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 lift off scrubbed by on board C-band beacon problem. Photo Credit: NASA TV NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe twin spacecraft mission lift off was ... Read More >>

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  Curiosity Photo and Video

  Posted by Sean Meade 9:18 AM on Aug 23, 2012

  The photo is from Curiosity's first test drive: Forward 3 meters, 90º turn, then back. Credit: NASA The video was made from still images Curiosity took as it descended. T... Read More >>

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  Photo: Curiosity's Arm (from Mars)

  Posted by Sean Meade 9:47 AM on Aug 21, 2012

  Not much more to say beyond 'awesome photo.' Credit: NASA Read More >>

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  Curiosity's Brain Transplant

  Posted by Guy Norris 4:29 PM on Aug 10, 2012

  As part of the preparations to start science missions and driving on the surface of Mars, the Curiosity team is busy uploading new software to the rover. NASA says the "brain trans... Read More >>

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