NASA is returning to the moon to build a sustainable long term human presence. The Constellation Program is building the Ares rockets and Orion crew capsule.
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A pair of missions will map the lunar surface and search for water at the south pole.
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Ares I-X Progress Continues
NASA continues work on the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.
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Three Days in the Desert Tests Lunar "RV"
Two people, three days, 10 cubic meters. That sums up one of the main tests for this year?s Desert RATS tests at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona.
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MAF Environmental Assessment
The Final Environmental Assessment for Building 103 at the Michoud Assembly Facility has been prepared.
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Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project
NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
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NASA Unveils Firing Room for Ares I-X
When Ares I-X blasts off, the smoke and fire will trigger a data-gathering frenzy that's key to man's return to the moon and travel beyond.
Latest News Releases
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Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled for 2011
12.04.08 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned in the fall of 2011.
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NASA to Provide Mars Science Laboratory Update
12.03.08 - NASA will hold a briefing at noon EST, Thursday, Dec. 4, about the agency's Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL.
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NASA Invites Young Engineers To Alabama Student Launch Initiative
12.02.08 - NASA has invited young rocketeers to NASA's 2008-2009 Student Launch Initiative rocketry challenge.
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Gilbrech to Hold Media Briefing at National Space Symposium
03.3108 - The briefing will be at 1:15 p.m. MDT on April 8 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Enhanced Radar Imagery of Lunar South Pole
02.27.08 - How do you survive where there's no water or wind and sometimes no sunlight for weeks? The answer could be a fuel cell that works in reverse.
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