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SpaceX launch, a new dawn

SpaceX’s successful launch marks an important milestone for the future of space travel and exploration. The three day unmanned mission will...
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Here comes the sun

There’s been a lot of hoopla the past couple of days about solar flares and sunspots. There were concerns about how the sun’s emissions...
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Kepler finds two alien earths

  • kepler finds two alien earths
  • December 20, 2011
NASA’s Ames Exploration Center announced today that the planet-hunter Kepler has again found her quarry. Continuing the string of successes...
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Space Shuttle Endeavours final resting place

In June of 2011, the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s picture-perfect descent started the concluding chapter of the three-decade span of NASA&rsquo...
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Alien planets: The coming tide

In the past several weeks, astronomers have been rolling out the news of extra-solar planet discoveries, like some sort of astrophysical assembly...
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von Kármán Lecture Series at JPL and PCC 2012 calendar

  • NASA
  • November 21, 2011
The Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series is a treasure for Pasadena-area residents. Some of the most brilliant scientists and engineers in the world...
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Remembering 9/11: The American flag and the World Trade Center on Mars

  • NASA
  • November 14, 2011
As an institution that takes us into the future on a daily basis, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena honored the past when NASA’s...
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Satellite seen in Southland skies, falls into Pacific Ocean

  • falling UARS satellite
  • September 24, 2011
After a pass over the SouthlandFriday evening, an inoperative UARS satellite fell into the Pacific Ocean according to NASA. The satellite could be...
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Update: falling satellite defying NASA predictions

  • decaying UARS satellite
  • September 23, 2011
In an ever-changing scenario, NASA now saysthat a decaying UARS satellite is behaving erratically and earlier predictions of an eastern United...
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L.A., west coast will be vulnerable to falling satellite debris

  • falling space debris
  • September 18, 2011
As early as Friday, NASA should begin issuing statements on the whereabouts of a large disintegrating satellite that will plummet to earth. Not...
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