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'Dark fireworks' explode on the Sun, June 7, 2011 (VIDEO)
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NASA physicists tangle with a curious case of inky-black eruptions on the Sun.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launch: Shuttle launches
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Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttle voyage, delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators.
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Goddard tests robot that refuels satellites
CommentExperts at Goddard Space Flight Center are sending an experiment aboard NASA's final shuttle flight: A robot that could help refuel satellites, keeping them working longer.
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Astronauts Grunsfeld, Altman reflect on Nasa shuttle flight
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Two local astronauts who have travelled to space for NASA are remembering their experience with the program – and looking to what’s ahead for the space agency.
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Anticipation builds before final Nasa shuttle launch
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While the astronauts prepare for the voyage, people in the region are excited about shuttle Atlantis' historic final mission. But bad weather could prevent the scheduled takeoff.
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Miserable comet ends life by diving into the Sun (VIDEO)
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Perhaps upset that it's so hard to find a mate in the unimaginable barrenness of space, a lone comet wandered into the Sun yesterday and has not been seen since.
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Charles County students send experiment to space on Nasa shuttle
CommentNASA’s final space shuttle mission is set to launch Friday. A group of Charles County high school students will be there for the historic moment.
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NASA's Final 4: Fate grants them farewell flight
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Shuttle Atlantis will take off for NASA's final shuttle flight this week, with an added twist for the astronauts: Should anything go wrong, there is no shuttle on hand to rescue them.
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Spy satellite launches at Va.'s NASA Wallops facility (VIDEO)
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A Minotaur rocket carrying the ORS-1 snooping spacecraft blasted off in Virginia without a hitch the night of June 29.
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NASA's new 'Curiosity' rover to explore Mars for life (VIDEO)
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A fascinating CGI video from NASA shows how the space agency will search for life on Mars using a new robot that could kick WALL-E's sorry butt.
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Charles Godfrey wins trip to NASA shuttle launch tweet-up
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A Loudoun county man will soon get to witness history and write about it, too.
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Low-flying planes buzz Maryland in July for DISCOVER-AQ project
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In July, the coming weeks, a giant swath of Maryland will look and sound like Gravelly Point Park, with air quality-sensing airplanes buzzing the ground as low as 1,000 feet.
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Earth's cities at night, as seen from the Space Station (PHOTOS)
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Witness the glowing glory of Earth at night, as seen from the International Space Station and orbiting satellites.
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NASA to conduct air quality study
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NASA says it will be sending aircraft over the Baltimore-Washington region beginning next week to help improve how satellites monitor air quality.
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New NASA moon map shows lunar body in marvelous detail (VIDEO)
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The space agency has updated its map of the moon and its stunning topography, with help from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter.
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The air over Japan heated up before the 9.0 earthquake: Study
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Shortly before the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami tore into Japan this March, the air in the upper levels of the atmosphere above the country began to heat up. Why?
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'Good stuff,' Giffords says of shuttle launch
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Sitting in a wheelchair atop NASA's launch control center, wounded congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords smiled as she watched her husband launch into space aboard shuttle Endeavour
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Space Shuttle Endeavour launches 8:56 a.m.; where to watch it
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At 8:56 a.m., Space Shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to make its final launch into space. This is the second-to-last mission in the Shuttle program's 30-year history.
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