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NASA's JPL to 'lasso' an asteroid
A proposed mission to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit in the Earth-moon system is a stepping stone to sending humans to Mars, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Thursday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Bolden visited the La Cañada...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Google Inc.
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NASA announces new Mars rover mission
NASA is sending another robot to Mars. The space agency announced a new mission Tuesday afternoon that will launch another rover at the Red Planet in 2020. Curiosity, their latest 1-ton rover, just begun a two-year mission in August. NASA announced...
Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Science and Technology, Google+
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Curiosity rover broadcasts message from Mars
The Curiosity rover has tested its nose and cleared its throat, and is set to start its journey toward its first potential drilling target over the coming days, scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday. In a message broadcast...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology, Science
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All eyes are on the rover Curiosity
The rover Curiosity is expected to transmit a huge scientific payload from Mars, and the mission may also heavily influence how lawmakers in Washington, D.C., decide to spend money on the space race. Supporters hope a successful landing Sunday night...
Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mitt Romney, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Budgets and Budgeting
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Politicians cheer Curiosity's successful landing on Mars
Some of the celebration surrounding the Mars Science Laboratory's successful landing Sunday night on the Red Planet had a political tone. The touchdown of the over-budget $2.5-billion Mars rover mission comes as tax dollars for planetary exploration...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Adam Schiff, Los Angeles Times, Science and Technology
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JPL scientists ID their favorite parking spot on Mars for rover
The rover being sent to Mars in search of extraterrestrial life has found its parking spot, and like many humans, its getting one as close to its destination as possible. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge said this...
Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Congress looks at boosting JPL budget
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s missions to Mars have gotten a boost from congressional leaders, who this week found up to $100 million more for NASA’s planetary science program. The White House’s initial proposal for the 2013 NASA budget...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Astronomy, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Politics
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SpaceX completes historic docking with the space station
SpaceX's cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station in a historic first for spaceflight. The unmanned, cone-shaped capsule became the first privately built and operated vehicle to ever dock to the orbiting outpost at 9:...
Tags: NASA, Los Angeles Times, Science and Technology, Space Programs, SpaceX
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Asteroid capture: NASA plans to drag space rock into lunar orbit
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden dropped by JPL on Thursday to outline the agency's plans to capture an asteroid, and to look at a model of a powerful new ion thruster that has enough strength to drag a space rock into orbit around the moon. NASA...
Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Barack Obama
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NASA head Bolden to tour Langley Research Center Friday
HAMPTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will tour NASA-Langley Research Center Friday, where he’ll get a look at ongoing work and take a turn in a cockpit simulator. Bolden will visit Langley’s Air Traffic Operations Laboratory and join...Tags: NASA, Air Transportation Industry
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Third-grader names asteroid that is focus of NASA mission
Asteroid (101955)1999 RQ36 doesn't really roll off the tongue, but asteroid Bennu? That's an asteroid that a person, a country and the world can get excited about. This week, NASA announced that 9-year-old Michael Toler Puzio of North Carolina had won...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Satellite Technology
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Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA
In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...
Tags: NASA, Atlantic Ocean, Science and Technology, Federal Aviation Administration, Space Programs
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