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Dawn Starts Steep Descent to Most Dazzling Orbit of Ceres
The most dazzling views ever seen of dwarf planet Ceres and its mysterious bright spots are what’s on tap by…
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NASA Launches Revolutionary Earth Science Satellite Measuring Soil Moisture Cycle
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, is seen after the mobile…
NASA’s Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas Observatory Captures ‘First Light’ at Head of International ‘A-Train’ of Earth Science Satellites
NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying Earth’s atmospheric climate changing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and its carbon cycle has reached…
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NASA’s Carbon Observatory Blasts off on Workhorse Delta II to Measure Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas and Watch Earth Breathe
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, NASA's first mission dedicated to studying carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, lifts off from Vandenberg Air…
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NASA Set to Launch OCO-2 Observatory on July 1 – Sniffer of Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) at the Launch Pad This black-and-white infrared view shows the launch gantry, surrounding the United…
1st Student Selected MoonKAM Pictures Look Inspiringly Home to Earth
[/caption] The first student selected photos of the Moon’s surface snapped by NASA’s new pair of student named Lunar Mapping…
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Twin NASA Science Probes Start Lunar Gravity Mapping
[/caption] NASA’s twin lunar orbiting GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft christened Ebb and Flow have kicked off their…
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America’s Youth Christen NASA’s Twin New Lunar Craft – Ebb & Flow
[/caption] A classroom of America’s Youth from an elementary school in Bozeman, Montana submitted the stellar winning entry in NASA’s…
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Student Alert: GRAIL Naming Contest – Essay Deadline November 11
[/caption] Student Alert ! - Here’s your once in a lifetime chance to name Two NASA robots speeding at this…
GRAIL Twins Awesome Launch Videos – A Journey to the Center of the Moon
http://youtu.be/PKd4hK9AU9w Video caption: NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft blast off atop a Delta II Heavy booster at 9:08 a.m. EDT on…