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What's Up for March 2015
- Published_at:2015-03-11
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- description: A total solar eclipse will be visible from the North Atlantic this month, plus tips to prepare for the 2017 total solar eclipse visible from the U.S.
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Dawn, Mission to the Asteroid Belt (HD) – Narrated by Leonard Nimoy
- Published_at:2015-02-27
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- description: Produced in 2007, this overview video about NASA's Dawn mission to giant asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres was released before the spacecraft's launch that year. The mission greatly appreciated Leonard Nimoy's support and participation. Dawn...
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Asteroid 2004 BL86 Has a Small Moon
- Published_at:2015-01-26
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- description: Asteroid 2004 BL86 passed Earth on Jan. 26, 2015 at 16:19 UTC (11:19am EST). This "movie" of the asteroid was generated from radar data collected on that date by NASA's Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California. Twenty individual images...
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Found: Mars Orbiter Locates Beagle 2 Lander
- Published_at:2015-01-16
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- description: The Beagle 2 Lander, built by the United Kingdom, has been thought lost on Mars since Dec. 25, 2003, but has now been found in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A set of three observations with the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging...
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Extreme Shrimp May Hold Clues to Alien Life
- Published_at:2014-11-21
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- description: This extreme oasis of life deep in the Caribbean Sea may hold clues to life on other planetary bodies, including Jupiter's moon Europa. Related news release: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4388
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Europa: Ocean World
- Published_at:2014-11-21
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- description: Scientists believe there is an ocean hidden beneath the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA-JPL astrobiologist Kevin Hand explains why scientists are so excited about the potential of this ice-covered world to answer one of humanity's most profound...
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LDSD: Supersonic Test Flight (HD)
- Published_at:2014-08-08
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- description: Ian Clark, principal investigator of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, takes us through a play-by-play of NASA’s recent 'flying saucer' Test in Hawaii, using high-definition video shot from cameras on board the test vehicle.
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Flash from Curiosity Rover's Laser Hitting a Martian Rock
- Published_at:2014-07-16
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- description: The sparks that appear on the baseball-sized rock (starting at :17) result from the laser of the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover hitting the rock. ChemCam's laser zapping of this particular rock was the first time the team used...
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#GlobalSelfie Photos of our Beautiful World
- Published_at:2014-05-22
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- description: People from over 100 countries participated in NASA's #GlobalSelfie campaign on Earth Day, April 22, 2014, by sending photographs from some of the most beautiful spots on our planet. Here are a few.
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Runaway Glaciers in West Antarctica
- Published_at:2014-05-12
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- description: Glaciologist Eric Rignot of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of California, Irvine, narrates this animation depicting the processes leading to the decline of six rapidly melting glaciers in West Antarctica. A new study by Rignot...
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LDSD: We Brake for Mars
- Published_at:2014-04-09
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- description: NASA tests a supersonic parachute under Mars-like conditions for future exploration.
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JPL's RoboSimian
- Published_at:2014-01-14
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- description: Meet RoboSimian, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's official entry at the DARPA Robotics Challenge in December 2013. Also known as "Clyde," the robot is is four-footed, but can also stand on two feet. It has four general-purpose limbs and hands capable...
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Soaring Over Titan: Extraterrestrial Land of Lakes
- Published_at:2013-12-12
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- description: This colorized movie from NASA's Cassini mission takes viewers over the largest seas and lakes on Saturn's moon Titan. The movie is made from radar data received during multiple flyovers of Titan from 2004 to 2013. More: This colorized movie from...
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Earth and Moon Seen by Passing Juno Spacecraft
- Published_at:2013-12-10
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- description: When NASA's Juno spacecraft flew past Earth on Oct. 9, 2013, it received a boost in speed of more than 8,800 mph (about 7.3 kilometer per second), which set it on course for a July 4, 2016, rendezvous with Jupiter. One of Juno's sensors, a special...
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Voyager Reaches Interstellar Space
- Published_at:2013-09-12
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- description: After decades of exploration, Voyager 1 reaches a historic milestone for mankind--interstellar space. Learn how the team discovered the craft had reached the space between the stars.
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Voyager Captures Sounds of Interstellar Space
- Published_at:2013-09-06
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- description: NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. The graphic shows...
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Ape-Like RoboSimian Under Construction
- Published_at:2013-08-19
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- description: RoboSimian is an ape-like robot designed to meet the disaster-recovery tasks of the DARPA Robotics Challenge. This video shows RoboSimian and its unique hands under construction at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., as well as...
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Two Moons Passing in the Martian Night
- Published_at:2013-08-15
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- description: This sped-up movie from the Curiosity rover shows Phobos (the larger of Mars' two moons) passing in front of smaller Deimos. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M Univ.
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Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's First Year on Mars
- Published_at:2013-08-01
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- description: Here is a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013.
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Curiosity Rover Report (June 13, 2013): Curiosity's Cameras
- Published_at:2013-06-13
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- description: Curiosity is at Point Lake on Mars and will snap pictures to send home. Find out more about the rover's 17 cameras, including why some shoot in color and others others take black-and-white images.
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Radar Reveals Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon
- Published_at:2013-05-30
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- description: Radar data of asteroid 1998 QE2 obtained on May 29, 2013, when the asteroid was about 3.75 million miles (6 million kilometers) from Earth. 1998 QE2 measures approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in diameter. About 16 percent of asteroids are...
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Early Radar Observations of Asteroid 2012 DA14
- Published_at:2013-02-19
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- description: Radar observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 generated from data obtained by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on Feb. 15-16, 2013. During the observations, the space rock's distance increased from 74,000 to 195,000 miles (120,000 to 314,000 km) from...
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Gingin Observatory Spots Near-Earth Asteroid
- Published_at:2013-02-15
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- description: This movie shows the asteroid 2012 DA14 flying safely by Earth, as seen by the Gingin Observatory in Australia at 9:50 a.m. PST (12:50 p.m. EST/17:50 UTC), Feb. 15, 2013. At the time of its closest approach to Earth, at approximately 11:25 a.m. PST...
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Approach of Asteroid 2012 DA14 from Samford Valley Observatory
- Published_at:2013-02-15
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- description: This movie from the Samford Valley Observatory in Brisbane, Australia, shows the progress of asteroid 2012 DA14 across the night sky as it nears its closest approach. It was taken at 12:59 UTC on Feb. 15 (7:59 a.m. EST, or 4:59 a.m. PST). The movie...
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Curiosity's New Year Greeting for Times Square
- Published_at:2013-01-01
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- description: New Year's Eve revelers watching giant screens in New York's Times Square saw a special Happy New Year greeting from Mars, which was 206 million miles away as of Dec. 31, 2012. The video is silent and formatted to fit the Times Square screens.
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Voyager's Ride on the Magnetic Highway
- Published_at:2012-12-04
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- description: NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space.
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Curiosity Drops in on Mars in High-Res
- Published_at:2012-08-23
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- tags: NASA, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Curiosity, rover, Mars, Science, MSL, Descent, Imager, MARDI, MSSS, Malin Space Systems, Michael, heat, shield, touchdown, space, exploration, high-resolution, movie
- description: This movie from NASA's Curiosity rover shows most of the high-resolution frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager between the jettison of the heat shield and touchdown.
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Heat Shield, Meet Mars
- Published_at:2012-08-17
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- tags: marscuriosity, curiosity, mars rover, heatshield, mars science laboratory, curiosity rover, MARDI, Mars Descent Imager, Malin, MSSS, video, space, mars, impact, dust cloud, robot, rover, JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
- description: This sequence of images shows the heat shield from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory hitting the ground on Mars and raising a cloud of dust. The images were taken by the Mars Descent Imager on the mission's Curiosity rover while the rover was still...
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Curiosity's First Low-Resolution Color Panorama
- Published_at:2012-08-11
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- tags: NASA, JPL, Jet, Propulsion, Laboratory, MSL, Mars, Science, Curiosity, rover, 34-millimeter, Mast, Camera, 360-degree, panorama, Gale, crater, Red, Planet, space, images, exploration, MSSS, Malin, Systems
- description: This movie shows the first 360-degree panorama in color of the Gale crater landing site taken by NASA's Curiosity rover. It was made from thumbnail versions of images taken by the 34-millimeter Mast Camera on Aug. 8, 2012.
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Curiosity's Descent
- Published_at:2012-08-06
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- tags: NASA, Jet, Propulsion, Laboratory, JPL, Mars, Science, MSL, Curiosity, rover, Descent, Imager, MARDI, Michael, Malin, color, images, heat, shield, space, exploration, Red, Planet, Gale, Crater, Entry, and, Landing, EDL, MSSS, thumbnail, video, Systems
- description: The Curiosity Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) captured the rover's descent to the surface of the Red Planet. The instrument shot 4 fps video from heatshield separation to the ground.
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