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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA's Kepler Spies Changing Phases on a Distant World: The discovery will be published Friday, Aug. 7, in the journal Science.
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NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities.
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Asking the "Big Questions"
NASA scientists are uniquely positioned to search for answers to age-old questions about stars, planets, our sun and life on earth. Learn more about these Big Questions and the spacecraft that are helping us understand the forces of the universe: http://nasascience.nasa.gov/big-question
Pictured: Chandra image of a supernova remnant in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Tune in to NASA TV at 2 p.m. ET to catch today's media briefing about Kepler's early science results: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/.
Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water could exist. Visit http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/kep
National Aeronautics and Space Administration The center of our Milky Way Galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But, in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region. Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Susan Stolovy (SSC/Caltech) et al.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA's Spitzer Sees the Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared Eyes: NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up.
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NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America’s space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, subscribe to blogs, RSS feeds and podcasts, ...
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Just as NASA is composed of a diverse and unique set of individuals so is the American public. Exploration en Espanol is a collection of items meant to reach the Latino culture and engage them in the future of NASA.
Visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/esp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Rollout of space shuttle Discovery was slow-going due to the onset of lightning in the area of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery's 13-day flight will deliver a new crew member and 33,000 pounds of equipment to the International Space Station. The equipment includes science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Opportunity Eyes Block Island: The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has eyed an oddly shaped, dark rock, which may be a meteorite and is about 2 feet across, on the surface of the Red Planet on July 18, 2009. Scientists will test the rock with the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer to get composition measurements and to confirm if indeed it is a meteorite.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space shuttle Discovery continues its slow move this morning from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. Technicians have stopped several times to remove mud from the crawler's treads and bearings. The crawler has not yet reached the halfway point. Discovery began it's 3.4 mile trip at 2:07 a.m. STS-128 is targeted to launch in late August.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Have you ever been to an air show? Summertime is filled with them and NASA is often there to show the public what kind of work we're doing to improve aviation safety and efficiency, and to advance space exploration.
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EAA AirVenture 2009 at Oshkosh, Wisc.
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Sunset: Layers of Earth's atmosphere, brightly colored as the sun sets, are featured in this image taken by the STS-127 crew on the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Endeavour. This image was taken on July 29, 2009, one day before the shuttle landed, completing a 16-day, 6.5-million mile journey.
Image Credit: NASA
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“We Choose to Go to the Moon.”
When President Kennedy announced on Sept. 12, 1962, that the United States would go to the moon before the end of the decade, life and work at NASA changed in monumental ways.
In this link below, Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., study rock formations along their simulated lunar traverse route.
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Past and Present: Field Testing For the Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavour has safely landed at KSC. “Wheel stop” was reported as 10:49 AM EDT.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Endeavour has completed its deorbit burn and begun the descent towards NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle is set to land at about 10:48 a.m. EDT.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration STS-127 is Headed Home!! Mission Control has given space shuttle Endeavour a "go" for the deorbit burn. The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Endeavour enough to begin its descent. The deorbit burn will occur at 9:41 a.m. EDT, leading to a 10:48 a.m. landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
