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Endeavour Set to Leave International Space Station Monday

After successfully delivering and installing a segment of the Japanese Kibo module and the Canadian robot Dextre, Endeavour and its crew are set to leave the station Monday night. › Visit Shuttle Section, Post Comments

New Clues to Guide Search for Life on Mars

NASA's Mars Odyssey has found evidence of salt deposits, pointing to places where water once was abundant and where evidence might exist of possible life from the Red Planet's past. › Read More and Comment

Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. › Read More and Comment

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Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist

Between Earth and Space

Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third scheduled spacewalk. During the 6-hour, 53-minute spacewalk, Behnken and Rick Linnehan installed a spare-parts platform and tool-handling assembly for Dextre,...

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Record Breaking Gamma Ray Burst

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Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet

Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet

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    Chandra/Black Hole Media Teleconference

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    Exploration Progress Report

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    Mariner 2 Flies By Venus, 1962

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    Wright Brothers make first powered flight

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    Spacewalk by International Space Station Crew

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    Shuttle Atlantis Tanking Test -- Kennedy Space Center

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    Astronaut Andrew Feustel at Daytona Fan Fest

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    Media Teleconference: MESSENGER Mercury flyby preview

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    Unveiling of Braille book, "Touch the Invisible Sky"

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    Earth Science Update: NASA Earth Research 2008

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    Deputy Administrator Dale at Future Forum in Seattle

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    Apollo 1 Crew lost

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    Space Shuttle Challenger and crew were lost

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    Space Shuttle Columbia and crew were lost

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    NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space

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    Launch of Atlantis with Columbus module (STS-122)

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    Media Teleconference: COTS Phase I Demonstrations Selection

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    Launch of Endeavour with Japanese, Canadian station elements (STS-123)

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Powerful Stellar Explosion

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