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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: Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Google Inc., Space Programs, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...
Tags: Amina Khan, Science and Technology, Science
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Mars rover Opportunity breaks distance record; what took so long?
After nine years on the job, NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has finally broken a 40-year-old record for the longest distance driven on another world. The Mars rover Opportunity has been exploring the Red Planet’s surface since landing in...
Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack
Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...
Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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NASA's next rover target after Mars? Greenland
NASA is sending a rover to a remote frontier on harsh terrain that's unfriendly to humans. But it won't be to the moon or Mars -- it's headed for Greenland. From May 3 to June 8, the Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research will...
Tags: Amina Khan, Greenland
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Space budget takes a hit
President Obama's budget proposal, unveiled on Wednesday, would cut funding for planetary exploration at NASA by roughly $200 million, although it still funds several high profile missions being planned out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff, Google Inc., Space Programs
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Curiosity uncovers clues suggesting Mars was once habitable
NASA's Curiosity rover has found evidence that Mars could have once held life, scientists said Tuesday. The one-ton rover drilled into a rock last month and collected a sample that contained essential ingredients for life on Earth, including hydrogen,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Science
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Wind shakes up NASA rover Curiosity's landing parachute
The supersonic parachute that helped the NASA rover Curiosity land safely on Mars eight months ago has become part of an accidental science experiment. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped photos of the 100-pound parachute between August and...
Tags: Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Mars Exploration Program, Science
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JPL scientist: Jupiter's moon Europa may hold ingredients for life
Hydrogen peroxide is used to clean counter tops here on Earth, but Jupiter’s moon Europa may use it for a more important endeavor — to supply energy to simple life forms. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech...
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New images from JPL's UAVSAR, the radar that sees through trees
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may be most famous for sending Curiosity to Mars and Voyager to the edge of the solar system, but some of its coolest technology is being used right here on Earth. For the last month, a manned C-20A aircraft owned by...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Google Inc., NASA Voyager Program, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days. Caltech hosted a competition on its Pasadena campus this week that divided 32 students from 21 different...
Tags: Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Google Inc., Colleges and Universities, Buzz Aldrin
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system — almost
It was welcome news to Earthlings: The Voyager 1 spacecraft had seemingly crossed a momentous threshold and become the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. "Voyager 1 has left the solar system," the American Geophysical Union declared...
Tags: Amina Khan, Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Astronomy, Monte Morin
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks with JPL's Elec...
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Surrounded by JPL officials, NASA Administrator Charles...
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Dave Paddock, an aerospace engineer at NASA-Langley, me...
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