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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

NASA Invites Media to Space Station Astronaut-Robot Test

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., from 8-11 a.m. PDT Friday, July 26, and media are invited to watch.

NASA'S Spitzer Observes Gas Emission From Comet Ison


Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.

NASA Creates Spacewalk Mishap Investigation Board


NASA has appointed a board to investigate the July 16 early termination of a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, develop a set of lessons learned from the incident and suggest ways to prevent a similar problem in the future.

Night or day?




Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Concordia in darkness

Wching wetlands from space

The use of satellite data to monitor wetlands for sustainable water management is growing. Following promising results from monitoring efforts in the Mediterranean, ESA is working with African partners to expand its GlobWetland project even further.

NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken By Distant Spacecraft


Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space.