February 15, 2013 Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid FlybyPreliminary information indicates that a meteor in Chelyabinsk, Russia, is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14, which is flying by Earth safely today. |
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February 14, 2013 Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Preview AppearanceAsteroid 2012 DA14, set to make its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 15, is captured in early images from Australia. |
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February 13, 2013 NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of AsteroidNASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named 2012 DA14. |
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February 13, 2013 National Space Club Honors Mars CuriosityThe National Space Club will honor NASA's Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team with three awards, including the prestigious Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy. |
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February 13, 2013 Study Sheds New Light on Arctic Sea Ice Volume LossesNew research by scientists from NASA and other agencies shows Arctic sea ice volume declined 36 percent in the autumn and nine percent in the winter over the last decade. |
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February 13, 2013 NASA's MAVEN Mission Completes AssemblyNASA's next mission to Mars, MAVEN, has completed spacecraft assembly and begun environmental testing. |
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February 12, 2013 JPL to Lead U.S. Science Team for Dark Energy MissionThe European Space Agency has selected three NASA-nominated science teams to participate in their planned Euclid mission, including one led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
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February 12, 2013 NASA Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle EastA new study from a pair of gravity-measuring NASA satellites finds that large parts of the arid Middle East region lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade. |
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February 11, 2013 Mars Rock Takes Unusual FormOn Mars, as on Earth, sometimes things can take on an unusual appearance. A case in point is a shiny-looking rock seen in a recent image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. |
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February 9, 2013 NASA Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock SampleNASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. |
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