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NASA, EPA Extend Environmental And Earth Science Collaborations

Mon, 2010-04-26 14:30
NASA and EPA signed a Memorandum of Agreement to continue collaboration between the two agencies in environmental and Earth sciences and applications

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NASA Selects Partners in Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming for 2010 Summer of Innovation

Mon, 2010-04-26 11:30
NASA is partnering with the Space Grant Consortia of Idaho, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Wyoming in the Summer of Innovation initiative to use the agency's out-of-this-world missions and technology programs to boost summer learning, particularly for students who are underrepresented and underperfo

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NASA TV Celebrates 20 Years Of Hubble Space Telescope Operations

Mon, 2010-04-26 11:30
NASA Television marks the 20th anniversary of on-orbit operations of the Hubble Space Telescope with a documentary that premieres Monday, April 26 at 2 p.m. EDT. It will re-air at 4 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

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NASA's Starry-Eyed Hubble Telescope Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery

Fri, 2010-04-23 08:30
As the Hubble Space Telescope achieves the major milestone of two decades on orbit, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, or STScI, in Baltimore are celebrating Hubble's journey of exploration with a stunning new picture and several online educational activities.

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NASA's New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images

Fri, 2010-04-23 01:30
NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun's dynamic processes.

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NASA, NSBRI Select Proposals To Support Health On Space Missions

Thu, 2010-04-22 17:30
NASA's Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund 11 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future space exploration missions.

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NASA offers live interviews with Hubble experts for 20th anniversary

Wed, 2010-04-21 10:30
On the eve of the Hubble Space Telescope's 20th anniversary, NASA will offer live satellite interviews with two of the telescope's premier scientists: Ed Weiler, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, and former astronaut John Grunsfeld. Inter

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NASA Selects Community College Scholars For Chance To Design Space Rovers, Visit Johnson Space Center

Tue, 2010-04-20 14:30
Community college students have been selected to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, May 20-22, for an out-of-this-world experience.

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NASA And NSTA Send Teachers Flying For Science In Microgravity

Tue, 2010-04-20 12:30
NASA and the National Science Teachers Association have selected high school teachers to fly an experiment in microgravity.

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Space Shuttle Discovery Crew Returns to Earth after Fortifying International Space Station Science

Tue, 2010-04-20 08:30
Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a 9:08 a.m. EDT landing Tuesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

Mon, 2010-04-19 14:30
NASA has exercised an option to extend the period of performance of the contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy for the Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Center.

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Space Shuttle Crew Set to Return to Earth Monday

Sat, 2010-04-17 10:30
Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Monday, April 19, after a 14-day mission.

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NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Moves to Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set

Fri, 2010-04-16 16:30
Journalists are invited to cover the STS-132 space shuttle crew's Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a practice countdown and related training, April 20-23 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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NASA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Earth Day Nationwide

Fri, 2010-04-16 10:30
NASA centers across the nation invite journalists and the public to see and hear about the agency's contributions to exploring and protecting our home planet during this year's Earth Day celebrations.

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NASA Hosts Launch and Mission Tweetups for Next Space Shuttle Mission

Wed, 2010-04-14 15:10
During the next space shuttle mission, NASA will host two Tweetups to give the public an insider's look at the nation's space program.

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NASA, Newseum to Debut Images from Unique Solar Spacecraft

Wed, 2010-04-14 15:10
NASA will hold a news briefing and unveil initial images from the Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 21, in the atrium of the Newseum.

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Flash: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Sees Lightning On Saturn

Wed, 2010-04-14 13:10
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of lightning on Saturn. The images have allowed scientists to create the first movie showing lightning flashing on another planet.

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NASA to Launch Human-Like Robot to Join Space Station Crew

Wed, 2010-04-14 10:10
NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station.

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NASA to Preview Final Scheduled Flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Wed, 2010-04-14 09:10
NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission, the final scheduled flight of space shuttle Atlantis, during a series of news briefings Monday, May 3, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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