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Intense Testing Paved Phoenix Road to Mars
When NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander descends to the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, few will be watching as closely as those who have spent years planning, analyzing and conducting tests to prepare for the dramatic and nerve-wracking event.
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Phoenix Flying True Enough to Skip One Scheduled Adjustment
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival
at Mars.
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An Antarctic Total Solar Eclipse
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Transonic
Grady McCoy stands in the Langley Research Center's 16 foot transonic tunnel, as light reflects off the fan blades in this image from 1990
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NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests
The J-2X engine will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets.
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NASA Awards Contract for Ares I Mobile Launcher
NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded a contract to Hensel Phelps of Orlando, Fla., for the construction of the Ares I mobile launcher for the Constellation Program.
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NASA to Announce Education Initiative at San Jose Future Forum
NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will announce a significant new education initiative at a NASA Future Forum on May 14 at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif.
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NASA and JAXA to Conduct Joint Research on Sonic Boom Modeling
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) intend to conduct joint research on sonic boom modeling.
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NASA Network Connects Students for Web Retrospective Series
As part of NASA's 50th anniversary celebration, the Digital Learning Network will host a series of live webcasts with students across the country May 13-21.
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NASA to Update Media About Constellation Program Progress
NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, May 15, at 2 p.m. EDT, to provide an overview of progress made in the last few months and work ahead for NASA's Constellation Program.
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Distance to Dark Bodies
Using the unique orbit of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and a depth-perceiving trick called parallax, astronomers have determined the distance to an invisible Milky Way object called OGLE-2005-SMC-001
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Saturn Does the Wave in Upper Atmosphere
Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.
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