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Kepler Mission Manager Update
Kepler spacecraft experienced a processor reset. The project team detected a software reboot during regular scheduled…
SOFIA Peers in to the Heart of the Orion Nebula
A new image from SOFIA shows a complex distribution of interstellar dust and stars in Orion…
NASA-Supported Student Team Wins iGEM Contest
A team of nine undergraduate students from Brown and Stanford universities understood this potential and visited…
NASA Announces Robotics Student Competition Grants
NASA is awarding grants totaling $1,386,500 for student teams in 37 states to participate in the…
NASA Hosts Holiday Fantasy for Sick Children
Hangar N211 at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will once again be transformed into…
Kepler Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid…
NASA Gears Up for Study of Earth’s Radiation Balance
NASA scientists have completed tests in preparation for an airborne science campaign to study air entering…
NASA Unmanned Aircraft Measures Greenhouse Gases
NASA researchers have demonstrated the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to collect very low altitude…
Super Earth-size Planet Confirmed Around Bright Star
A research team led by Steve Howell has announced the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting one…