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TESS mission selected for 2017 launch

NASA announced on Friday that the The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be one of two mission scheduled for launch in 2017. TESS...
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NASA rover finds evidence that ancient Mars could have supported life

At a press conference held today at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. scientists with the Curiosity Mars rover mission announced findings from...
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Kepler spacecraft discovers smallest exoplanet ever

  • NASA
  • February 20, 2013
Scientists with NASA’s Kepler announced today that they have discovered a planetary system containing the smallest planet ever found orbiting...
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Kepler spacecraft develops problem

NASA’s exoplanet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has developed a problem with one of its three remaining reaction wheels. If the wheel fails...
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Kepler mission discovers new planet candidates

Scientists with NASA’s Kepler mission have announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the new potential planets are less...
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NASA scientist addresses end of the world rumors

NASA Ames Research Centerreleaseda video yesterday in which astrobiologist and senior Ames scientist David Morrisonaddressesseveral theories that...
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NASA PhonSat wins "Best of What's New" award

In a video released Monday November 19, NASA announced that the agency’s PhoneSat project had been given a “Best of What’s New...
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Final scientific instrument installed on NASA's LADEE spacecraft

NASA Ames Research Center announced today that engineers have installed the third and final science instrument that will flyon-boardNASA’s...
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NASA asks public for video of meteor (Video)

NASA and the SETI Institute are asking the public to share videos and pictures of the meteor that lit up the sky above the Bay Area on Wednesday...
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NASA Ames to host public event for shuttle flyover

Update: Due to weather delays, the NASA Ames Flyover has been rescheduled for Friday, September 21.NASA Ames has announced that it will host a free...
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