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Science - November 25, 2009
The unmanned aerial drone surveyed wildfire damage using visible, infrared and thermal filters.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off on Supply Mission
Science - November 16, 2009
With the shuttle fleet set to retire, NASA intends to stockpile supplies aboard the ISS.
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Free Spirit: NASA Attempts to Rescue Mars Rover
Science - November 12, 2009
Efforts to extract the Mars rover from a sandpit will start next week, but success is uncertain.
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The Big Picture: Thunderstorms from Space
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Science - November 12, 2009
Thunderstorms on the Brazilian horizon, as seen from the International Space Station.
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NASA Attempts to Free Stuck Mars Rover Spirit
Science - November 12, 2009
The intrepid rover was driving backwards in April when it became stuck in a patch of Martian sand.
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Raw Images: Cassini's Close Flyby of Saturn's Moon
Science - November 3, 2009
NASA's Cassini spacecraft performs flyby of Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
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Avoiding Another Space Shuttle Disaster
Science - November 3, 2009
Extending a bird-watching system, a team devises method for real-time spotting of dangerous debris.
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FBI Says Top Scientist Sold Secrets
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Alex Kingsbury
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Nation & World - October 30, 2009
A sting operation targeted Stewart Nozette, a former NASA scientist who helped find water on the moon.
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NASA's New Rocket Lifts Off on Short Test Flight
Nation & World - October 28, 2009
NASA takes the first step in a back-to-the-moon program.
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Panel Says Planned NASA Rocket Won’t Do the Job
Science - October 22, 2009
Committee concludes that the rocket set to replace the space shuttle is too expensive.
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Panel: NASA Should Skip Moon, Fly Elsewhere
Science - October 22, 2009
Independent panel says NASA's plan to revisit the moon is the wrong mission.
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NASA Puts New Rocket on Launch Pad for Test Flight
Science - October 20, 2009
The Ares I-X is intended to carry astronauts into orbit, possibly by 2015.
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NASA Photos Show Moon Strike Created Plume
Science - October 18, 2009
New images reveal worthwhile data for NASA's LCROSS moon mission.
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NASA Flies Over Antarctica to Measure Icemelt
Science - October 16, 2009
The mission's goal is to understand how warm ocean currents may be pulling ice sheets seaward.
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Moon Crash Delivers No Obvious Plume
Science - October 9, 2009
But the two impacts still yield data that could help in search for water.
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It's Not Lunacy, Probes Find Water in Moon Dirt
Science - September 23, 2009
Three different space probes found the chemical signature of water all over the moon's surface.
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Return-to-Moon Plan Gets Boost
Science - September 15, 2009
Head of special expert panel conceded to Congress that moon program could work if given enough money.
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Newly Fixed Hubble Space Telescope Photos Again Amaze
Science - September 9, 2009
Refurbished telescope is showing Earth its sharpest photos to date.
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Panel Reports on Human Spaceflight
Science - September 9, 2009
Program must have an additional $30 billion to function “in any meaningful way,” committee says.
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Obama Space Panel Says Moon Return Plan is a No-Go
Science - September 8, 2009
White House panel of space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly.
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Budget Woes Could End NASA's Space Exploration Plans
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Tamara Lytle
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Nation & World - September 2, 2009
A commission is looking into whether NASA can realistically afford another trip to the moon.
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