Artist's concept of QuickScat

NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.
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two young brown dwarfs

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these cosmic misfits are formed.
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Free Spirit

Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Spirit experienced a wheel stall with the right-rear wheel during the second step of a two-step drive on Sol 2092 (Saturday, Nov. 21).
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Celes

Celestial Treasure Hunt

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer will provide a map to the universe's hidden treasures.
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Animation still showing Wise rotating in space

Views of Wise in Space

This artist's animation shows NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rotating in space, revealing all sides of the spacecraft.

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PlanetQuest

PlanetQuest

PlanetQuest

Spitzer

Spitzer

Global Climate Change

Global Climate Change

Global Climate Change

Cassini Mission to Saturn

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