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Engineers flex Curiosity's robotic arm

September 3, 2010

Next Mars Rover Stretches Robotic Arm

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory rover that will be on Mars two years from now, has been flexing the robotic arm that spacecraft workers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory attached to the rover body in August 2010.

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NASA engineers test mobility and endurance of the ATHLETE rover on Mission Day 2 at NASA's Desert RATS

September 3, 2010

ATHLETE Rover Steps Up to Long Desert Trek

The ATHLETE rover is poised to go 40 kilometers in the Arizona desert as part of the 2010 Desert RATS test.

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Artist concept of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander

September 3, 2010

Missing Piece Inspires New Look at Mars Puzzle

Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA's Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building blocks of life.

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Hurricane Earl's eye, as measured by NASA's HAMSR intrument

September 2, 2010

NASA Hurricane Researchers Eye Earl's Eye

Two advanced weather instruments from JPL are busy flying above Hurricane Earl, as NASA's field campaign to study how hurricanes form and intensify continues.

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The Solar Probe Plus spacecraft with solar panels folded into the shadows of its protective shield, gathers data on its approach to the Sun.

September 2, 2010

NASA Selects Investigations for First Sun Encounter Mission

NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before.

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a close-up view of Eros, an asteroid with an orbit that takes it somewhat close to Earth

September 2, 2010

Spitzer Finds a Flavorful Mix of Asteroids

New research from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals that asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near-Earth objects, are a mixed bunch, with a surprisingly wide array of compositions.

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AIRS image of Hurricane Earl

September 1, 2010

NASA Images Dissect Hurricane Earl

As the U.S. East Coast prepares to duke it out with large and powerful Hurricane Earl, NASA satellites and instruments are busy gathering valuable information on the storm.

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This Herschel image shows IRC+10216, also known as CW Leonis -- a star rich in carbon where astronomers were surprised to find water.

September 1, 2010

Herschel Finds Water in a Cosmic Desert

How did water end up around an old, dying star? The Herschel space observatory has new clues.

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Martian Atmosphere Profiles

August 26, 2010

Tracing the Big Picture of Mars' Atmosphere

One of the instruments on a 2016 mission to orbit Mars will provide daily profiles of the changing structure of the planet's atmosphere.

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This artist’s concept illustrates the two Saturn-sized planets discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission.

August 26, 2010

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting Same Star

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.

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