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Lunar Impact 2013: NASA Records Biggest Explosion in the History – Design & Trend


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Lunar Impact 2013: NASA Records Biggest Explosion in the History
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NASA and University of Western Ontario all-sky cameras picked up a remarkable number of deep-penetrating meteors right here on Earth. NASA said that these fireballs were traveling along nearly identical orbits between Earth and the asteroid belt.

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A look back at NASA’s planet-pinpointing space ‘… – CNET


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A look back at NASA’s planet-pinpointing space ‘…
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NASA announced this week that a key piece of gear on its Kepler space telescope has run into trouble. And though the space agency hasn’t given up on a jump-start, the mission may well be at risk. It’s already gone well beyond its planned duration
NASA’s Kepler space telescope malfunction may end hunt for planetsWashington Post
NASA craft’s planet-hunting days may be numberedAiken Standard
NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Will Have Long Legacy, Despite Big Space.com
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Requiem for Kepler? NASA’s pioneering planet-finder (pictures) – CNET

Requiem for Kepler? NASA’s pioneering planet-finder (pictures)
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Since its 2009 launch, NASA’s Kepler space telescope has chalked up an impressive list of firsts and logged a tidy tally of newly discovered exoplanets (planets outside our solar system): 132 confirmed, plus another 2,740 unconfirmed “candidates

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NASA watching lunar impacts from meteoroids – fox4kc.com

NASA watching lunar impacts from meteoroids
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The impact was so powerful, the flash of bright light from the blast could be seen on Earth with the naked eye. NASA just released the information about the collision on Friday. The space agency’s astronomers have been monitoring the moon for the past

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NASA testing Colo. company’s private spaceship in Va., Calif. – Missoulian – The Missoulian

NASA testing Colo. company’s private spaceship in Va., Calif. – Missoulian
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – A Colorado company developing a spaceship to take astronauts to the International Space Station is having elements of its spacecraft undergo landing-related tests at NASA facilities in Virginia and California. NASA wants private

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NASA’s Kepler space telescope malfunction may end hunt for planets – Washington Post


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NASA’s Kepler space telescope malfunction may end hunt for planets
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The Kepler Space Telescope, the celebrated discoverer of worlds around distant stars, may have found its last planet. NASA announced Wednesday that the telescope, which to date has cost $600 million to build and operate, has lost the ability to point
NASA craft’s planet-hunting days may be numberedAiken Standard
NASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Will Have Long Legacy, Despite Big Space.com
NASA’s Kepler telescope in troubleFCW.com
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