LDCM (Landsat) Launches on schedule

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is now in orbit, after launching Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. The…

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Video Shows Two Systems Join To Become One Historic Blizzard 2/9/13

Two low pressure systems merged over New England around midnight (EST) on Feb. 9, 2013. This animation of NOAA's GOES-13…

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Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample

(Source NASA) -  Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic…

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LDCM (Landsat) On track for launch early Monday

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is a GO for a launch in the early morning hours Monday Feb, 11 2013. NASA's Landsat Data…

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NASA proves it can re-fuel a Satellite on Orbit

NASA'S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies For many years steps have been taken to develop technology to refurbish/refuel…

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Sunspot AR 1667 Unleashes C9 class Flare, CME could be Earth Directed

Update -  The CME is not directly headed for Earth but should give us a glancing blow on Feb. 8-9.…

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Super-Tiger Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Data

(Source NASA) - A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an…

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Curosity’s MAHLI First Night Imaging Under Ultraviolet Lighting

This cool looking image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first…

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Intelsat 27 lost in SeaLaunch Rocket Failure

SeaLaunch experienced a failure of it's Zenit-3SL rocket on February 1st 2013. Early indications are that the  RD-171M main engine engine shut…

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New definition may decrease the number of potential habitable planets

The number of potentially habitable exoplanets will be impacted A team of astronomers from Penn State led by Ravi Kumar…

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