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MAVEN Spared from Shutdown

Work has resumed on preparing NASA's next Mars mission for launch in November, despite a government shutdown.
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Congratulations LADEE!

LADEE safely entered lunar orbit on October 6 at 10:57 UTC. Congratulations to all involved!
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Asteroid Telescope First Light

Using a Shoemaker NEO Grant, a new telescope is operating in Illinois to do asteroid tracking
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Starship Century

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Images from Space: Sun Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2013

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Yes, there seems to be a hole in Curiosity's left front wheel, and no, that's not a problem 2013/10/02
Some brand-new images just arrived from Curiosity on Mars, and two of the most recent ...
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The "Starship Century" Beckons 2013/10/01
The Benford brothers provide inspiration and hard fact in their excellent new anthology about interstellar ...
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[Updated] A Government Shutdown Could Delay MAVEN's Launch to Mars 2013/09/30
NASA confirmed that a government shutdown could affect pre-launch processing of the MAVEN spacecraft, currently ...
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