Reporters are invited to attend a water impact test of an 18,000-pound Orion test article at NASA’s Langley Research Center’s Hydro Impact Basin in Hampton, Va., on Thursday, Oct. 27.
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A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved.
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Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have detected for the first time cold water vapor enveloping a dusty disk around a young star.
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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of icy bodies raining down in an alien solar system.
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NASA will begin development and testing of two science instruments, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), to be placed on ESA’s newly selected Solar Orbiter mission.
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Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions of years ago and created the oceans. The findings may help explain how Earth’s surface ended up covered in water.
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NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names.
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NASA Modifies Launch Service Contract To Add Delta II Rocket
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NASA has selected 11 science proposals for evaluation as potential future science missions. The proposals outline prospective missions to study the Earth’s atmosphere, the sun, the Milky Way galaxy, and Earth-like planets around nearby stars.
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NASA Spacecraft Revealing More Details About Planet Mercury
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