NASA VIDEO OF MASSIVE SOLAR ERUPTION

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Several missions within NASA’s Heliophysics observatory captured images of a gigantic eruption on the sun on May 1, 2013. Working together, such missions provide excellent coverage of a wide variety of solar events, a wealth of scientific data -- and lots of beautiful imagery

TILT ROTOR AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVEL

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Now Minute: Engineering Design: Tilt Rotors, Aircraft of the Future

Meet Carl Russell, a research aerospace engineer who is working on developing new innovations for air travel. Russell discusses how tilt rotors work, including a demonstration on how rotors use Bernoulli’s Principle to generate lift.

MARS MINING

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NASA is developing the RASSOR mining robot to collect soil, or regolith, on the moon or Mars so it can be processed into rocket fuel, breathable air and other commodities. By using materials available at other locations in the solar system, astronauts don't have to carry it all from Earth.

NASA VIDEO: STUDYING SMART FLUIDS IN SPACE

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 ISS Update: Studying Smart Fluids in Space
Dr. Eric Furst from the University of Delaware joins NASA Public Affairs Officer Kelly Humphries in the Mission Control Center in Houston via telephone to discuss the InSpace-3 experiment taking place aboard the International Space Station

TDRS-K LAUNCH CLOSE-UP

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Close-up Views of TDRS-K Launch

See multiple views of the Atlas V launch of the TDRS-K spacecraft

EARTH AT NIGHT

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This view of Earth at night is a cloud-free view from space as acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Satellite. A joint program by NASA and NOAA, Suomi NPP captured this nighttime image by the day-night band of the satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIIRS. It combines the Earth at night view created by NASA's Earth Observatory with data processed by NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center with the EO Blue Marble: Next Generation.

Credit-NASA Goddard-NASA's Earth Observatory-NOAA-DOD

ISS WEEKLY RECAP FOR DEC. 28, 2012

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GROUND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS PROGRAM

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GSDO: Exploration Begins Here

NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is developing the technologies and innovations to launch the next generation of rockets and spacecraft.

A NEW TRIO HEAD FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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New Trio Launches to Join Expedition 34
The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 7:12 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 19.

ISS WEEKLY UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 14, 2012

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SPHERES USE IN HUMAN EXPLORATION TELEROBOTICS TEST

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ISS Update: SPHERES with Telerobotics Project Manager Terry Fong

NASA Public Affairs Officer Brandi Dean talks with Terry Fong, Telerobotics Project Manager, about how the Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites, or SPHERES, are being used for a Human Exploration Telerobotics test.

THE MOON PHASE AND LIBRATION FOR 2013

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Moon Phase & Libration 2013: Additional Graphics

This visualization shows the phase and libration of the Moon throughout the year 2013, at hourly intervals. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this version of the visualization shows additional relevant information, including the Moon's orbit position, subsolar and subearth points, distance from the Earth, and more.

THE SMELL OF MARS

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SAM Sniffs the Martian Atmosphere

NASA's Curiosity rover uses SAM to make the most sensitive measurements ever to search for methane gas on the red planet

LASAR COMMUNICATION IN SPACE

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Laser Comm: That's a Bright Idea

Laser light made records obsolete. NASA is on the verge of doing the same thing with space based communications. Before the end of the decade, the Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission will revolutionize the way we move tons of data from orbit to ground and all around the solar system.

Credit-NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

RADIATION AND WIND ON THE PLANET MARS

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Wind and Radiation on Mars
Curiosity monitors radiation and spots elusive whirlwinds on Mars.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NEWS FROM NASA FOR NOVEMBER 9, 2012

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FROM NASA: THE NEW MISSION BEGINS