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NASA: More space station delays as Russian vehicle fails ground test

Washington Post - 
Crew rotation on the international space station will be delayed for the second time in six months after a Russian space capsule ruptured during ground tests last week, Michael Suffredini, NASA's program manager for the space station, told reporters ...

NASA's 2011 Aeronautics Work Makes Mark on Aviation

NASA - 
Researchers check out emissions detection equipment set up behind NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory during ground tests of alternative biofuels derived from animal fats at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.

NASA probe shoots video of the dark side of the moon (+video)

Christian Science Monitor - 
One of NASA's twin Grail probes circling the moon has captured a video of the side that perpetually faces away from Earth.

Report Outlines NASA's Space Priorities

Sci-Tech Today - 
A new report is outlining NASA's priorities. It recommends giving increased attention to technologies that will support three main facets of NASA's overall mission: extending and sustaining human activities beyond low Earth orbit; exploring the ...

NASA Astronaut to Honor Black History at Va. Air & Space Center

Sacramento Bee - 
By NASA HAMPTON, Va., Feb. 2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronaut and two-time space shuttle veteran Benjamin Alvin "Al" Drew will celebrate Black History Month at Hampton's Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC), Sat.

NASA technologies in play at the Super Bowl

GCN.com - 
Probably no other government agency invented more technologies on display in the game than NASA. The space program has incubated a lot of everyday technologies, of course - either invented by NASA or by contractors for the program - such as water ...

United Launch Alliance Completes Critical Milestones Toward Certifying Atlas V ...

Sacramento Bee - 
In December, ULA conducted a series of detailed reviews that reflected the culmination of efforts involving technical experts and representatives from NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). A Tailored System Requirements Review (TSRR) was successfully ...

2 new Kepler planets with double suns discovered

CBC.ca - 
A team of NASA scientists has discovered two new planets, each of which revolves around its own double suns. They are named Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, and together with Kepler-16b, discovered last September, there are now three such known systems in ...

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - 
NASA's Juno spacecraft passes in front of Jupiter in this artist's depiction. Juno, the second mission in NASA's New Frontiers program, will improve our understanding of the solar system by advancing studies of the origin and evolution of Jupiter.

NASA's 'Blue Marble' goes viral ... here's the flip side

msnbc.com (blog) - 
Responding to public demand, NASA scientists created a companion image to the wildly popular "Blue Marble" picture released last week.

NASA's Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Delivers Flight Test Vehicle ...

Space Ref (press release) - 
One of NASA's industry partners, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC), recently delivered the primary structure of its first Dream Chaser flight test vehicle to the company's facility in Louisville, Colo.

'First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument

Sacramento Bee - 
By NASA Langley Research Center HAMPTON, Va., Feb. 2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The doors are open and the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time.

Getting to the Core of Earth's Falling Snow

Universe Today - 
(NASA/GSFC) The GPM Core satellite, slated to launch in 2014, will change that. “The GPM Core, with its ability to detect falling snows, it's one of the very first times that we've put sensors in space to specifically look at falling snow,” said GPM ...

Back to the Moon—For a Fraction of the Old Price

Wall Street Journal - 
By CHARLES MILLER As a former NASA executive, I am saddened by the media response to Newt Gingrich's proposal that we return to the moon.

This Is NASA's Cancer-Sniffing Mobile Phone Sensor

Gizmodo Australia - 
Nanosensor technology developed by NASA Ames is going to make that a reality. Jing Li, a scientist at NASA Ames, has been working for years on what will be the greatest phone accessory of all time.

Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: The Dark Universe

MarketWatch (press release) - 
2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The public is invited to a free talk to learn about "The Dark Universe," by NASA scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller. The talk is part of the Gerald Soffen Lecture Series and will be held at the Visitor's Center at NASA's ...

Twelve-eyed, six-legged dancing robot 'Athlete' coming to a planet near you

NEWS.com.au - 
Picture: NASA Source: NASA Athlete's wheels double as feet when they lock in position to allow it to climb over rocky terrain.

Launch campaign begins for NASA's black hole hunter

Spaceflight Now - 
BY STEPHEN CLARK After a cross-country road trip from Orbital Sciences Corp. in Virginia last week, technicians have unpacked NASA's NuSTAR X-ray telescope at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and begun methodically checking the craft for the ...

Twin Falls Teacher Selected for NASA Program

Twin Falls Times-News - 
Dodds is one of 26 US teachers selected by NASA to participate in upcoming research flights. TWIN FALLS • About 15 years ago, Twin Falls High School teacher Jo Dodds heard about a NASA program for educators just as it was ending.

NASA probe discovers 'alien' matter from beyond our solar system

Fox News - 
For the very first time, a NASA spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system - material that came from elsewhere in the galaxy, researchers announced today (Jan. 31).