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»» NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering
[Friday, November 21, 2008] NASA and its international partners have assigned the International Space Station's crew members through 2010. The numbering sequence of expeditions was modified to reflect the start of six-person crews.
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»» Beta Pictoris planet finally imaged?
[Friday, November 21, 2008] A team of French astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have discovered an object located very close to the star Beta Pictoris, and which apparently lies inside its disc.
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»» Mars Express observes aurorae on the Red Planet
[Friday, November 21, 2008] Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated by Mars's crustal rocks.
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»» Conrad Foundation Renews Call for Entries for the Pete Conrad "Spirit of Innovation" Awards
[Friday, November 21, 2008] Officials with The Conrad Foundation today announced there are only a few weeks left to register for the Pete Conrad "Spirit of Innovation" Awards.
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»» NASA and USAID Bring Earth-Observation Benefits to Africa
[Friday, November 21, 2008] NASA, USAID and their international partners cut the ribbon Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, for SERVIR-Africa. The SERVIR-Africa system integrates the satellite resources of the United States and other countries into a Web-based Earth information system.
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»» Dawn Glides Into New Year
[Thursday, November 20, 2008] JPL's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system today as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year.
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»» NASA, ATK Successfully Test First Orion Launch Abort Motor
[Thursday, November 20, 2008] Flames shot more than 100 feet high in a successful 5.5-second ground test firing Thursday, Nov. 20, of a launch abort motor for NASA's next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
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»» NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars
[Thursday, November 20, 2008] NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on the Red Planet.
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»» NASA Plans Test of 'Electronic Nose' on International Space Station
[Thursday, November 20, 2008] NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air.
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»» Space science missions possible through Constellation
[Thursday, November 20, 2008] A new report from the National Research Council reviews science missions that would be uniquely suited to the new Constellation system of spacecraft being developed by NASA for human space exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
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