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A Comparative Climatology Symposium held at NASA Headquarters on May 7 focused on new approaches to climate research by highlighting the similarities and contrasts between the environments of the rocky worlds Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn's smoggy moon Titan.
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Asteroid Mission Plan Comes Under Fire In Congressional Hearing
A notional concept of a solar-electric-powered spacecraft, designed to capture a small near-Earth asteroid and relocate it safely close to the Earth-moon system so astronauts can explore it.
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Planetary alignment peaks with celestial show this weekend
Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky this month, will be joined by tiny Mercury for a rare celestial show this weekend.
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What Every Astronomer Should Know
The Astro2010 Decadal Survey recommended a Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope as its top priority for a new large space mission.
NASA Ames' SpaceShop in Mountain View creating DIY fixes for astronauts of the future
Someday astronauts will find themselves deep in outer space, in need of spare spacecraft parts on an inhospitable place like Mars.
NASA moving parts through Clay Co.
There's a Clay County traffic alert that commuters will need to be aware of Friday morning.
Ring Nebula Is More Like A Jelly Doughnut, NASA Says
When this image of the Ring Nebula was captured in 1998, it was the sharpest view yet of the famous nebula.
NASA satellite captures massive Oklahoma EF-5 tornado as storms erupted
The orbital camera on the GOES-13 satellite imaged the movement of the supercell thunderstorm that erupted Monday afternoon in the south-central United States and as they developed into the Moore, Okla.
Could a NASA food 'replicator' serve up Mars food just like Star Trek?
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visits the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Rapid Prototyping Facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center to view some of the cutting-edge technology being used to create parts for the engines of the Space Launch System .
NASA Scientists Working on 3D Pizza Printer -- Oh, And It's Going to End World Hunger
Forget Little Caesar's Hot and Ready, in the future you'll be able to print your own pizza at home.
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Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states
When a deadly tornado tore through the central Oklahoma city of Moore, many survivors emerged from their storm shelters to see their homes blown away.
Nasa Ames Selects Sgi Uv™, the Big Brain Computer, for a Wide Range of Research
SGI , the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that NASA's Ames Research Center has selected an SGI UVTM 2000 shared memory system to support more than a thousand active users around the country who are doing research for earth, space and aeronautics missions.
Dennis McCarthy: Neighborhood muse helps kids learn science
Maureen Clemmons, "Aunt Mo" with her telescope in Reseda. Clemmons regularly pulls out her telescope for neighborhood kids to look at the sky with.
Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program
The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion.
I-Team: NASA, NLV Aerospace Co. to Explore Space Together
Air Force pilot Scott Powell returned home three weeks early from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, surprising his children at school.
Recommended: Private spaceflight study aims for the moon while NASA goes deep
Human exploration of deep space is looking more and more like a tag-team affair, with NASA jetting off to asteroids and Mars while the private sector sets up shop on the moon.
Commercial human ventures planned for the moon: NASA study
Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows.
NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease
Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida.