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This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover

February 9, 2012

Spacecraft Computer Issue Resolved

Engineers have found the root cause of a computer reset that occurred two months ago on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and have determined how to correct it.

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Spirit Lander and Bonneville Crater in Color

February 8, 2012

New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers

New color images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the agency's 2008 Phoenix Mars Lander and the lander that carried its rover Spirit to Mars in 2004.

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NASA's GRACE Takes Stock of Earth's Melting Land Ice

February 8, 2012

NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth's Melting Land Ice

A new comprehensive University of Colorado-led study used gravity data from NASA's Grace mission to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is adding to global sea level.

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The Galaxy Evolution Explorer was launched on April 28, 2003.

February 7, 2012

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer in Standby Mode

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer was placed in standby mode today as engineers prepare to end mission operations, nearly nine years after the telescope's launch.

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity with an inset of an instrument located at the end of it's robotic arm.

February 7, 2012

Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup

At least one object in photos NASA's Curiosity rover will transmit from Mars later this year will look familiar to all Americans: a Lincoln penny sent as a camera reference.

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NASA's Juno spacecraft passes in front of Jupiter in this artist's depiction.

February 2, 2012

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter

NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver.

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South pole of the far side of the moon as seen from the GRAIL mission's Ebb spacecraft.

February 1, 2012

NASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon's Far Side

A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon.

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High-Tech  Conference for Small Business

January 30, 2012

JPL to Host High-Tech Small Business Conference

JPL will host the 24th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7, at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.

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Scientist Graeme Stephens at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is also an artist. This work is entitled 'Cumuls Congestus'

January 27, 2012

NASA Study Solves Case of Earth's 'Missing Energy'

Inconsistencies between satellite observations of Earth's heat and measurements of ocean heating led NASA scientists to reexamine the data to solve the puzzle.

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Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft During Cruise, Artist's Concept

January 27, 2012

Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects

This week's solar storm is giving a NASA Mars-bound spacecraft a chance to gauge how such events would affect radiation exposure of future astronauts flying to Mars.

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