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  Astronauts are using a Star Trek tricorder-like device to keep track of microscopic life forms onboa
Space Station Tricorder
Astronauts are using a Star Trek tricorder-like device to keep track of microscopic life forms onboard the International Space Station.
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  Contestants in NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race have crossed the finish line. And the winner
The 2008 Great Moonbuggy Race
Contestants in NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race have crossed the finish line. And the winner is.... Read today's story to find out who crashed and who triumphed in the adventurous competition.
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  To celebrate Women's History Month, an all-female team of scientists and engineers has taken control
Women Drivers on Mars
To celebrate Women's History Month, an all-female team of scientists and engineers has taken control of Mars rover Spirit.
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  The surprises continue. Scientists studying the harvest of photos from MESSENGER's Jan. 14th flyby o
Dark Halos Discovered on Mercury
The surprises continue. Scientists studying the harvest of photos from MESSENGER's Jan. 14th flyby of Mercury have found several craters with strange dark halos and one crater with a spectacularly shiny bottom.
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  A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has photographed an avalanche in action near the Red Planet's
Avalanches on Mars
A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole.
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  NASA's Messenger spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highli
Surprises from Mercury
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has beamed back some surprising new data from the planet Mercury. Highlights include a weird crater nicknamed "the Spider," a planetary tail of hydrogen atoms, and measurements that show giant Caloris basin is even bigger than researchers thought.
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  Moon Rocket Parachute Tests a Success
How do you bring a 200,000-pound rocket booster back to Earth after it catapults its payload toward the moon? NASA has answered that question with a successful test of a giant "moon rocket" parachute in the Arizona desert.
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  Repair Shops for Broken DNA
NASA-supported scientists have discovered cellular repair shops where DNA broken by space radiation may be put back together again.
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  New Lakes Discovered on Titan
The Cassini spacecraft has discovered three new lakes near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. These strange bodies are filled not with water but liquid methane and ethane. Researchers are also studying a lake near Titan's north pole larger than Lake Superior.
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