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NASA Finds Helium in Moon’s Atmosphere

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Quick Facts LAMP was deployed in 2009 on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) The Campaign took 50 orbits to complete LAMP made spectroscopic observations of Helium in the atmosphere of the Moon. Though the Lyman Alpha Mapping Projects main objective is to map the surface of the moon, recent observations...

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Video of President Obama Call to NASA Curiosity Team

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President Obama to Call NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Team Today

Recap Video WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will congratulate members of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover team at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...

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Scientist Discovers Plate Tectonics On Mars

For years, many scientists had thought that plate tectonics existed nowhere in our solar system but on Earth. Now, a UCLA scientist has discovered that...

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Mars Curiosity Rover First Color Picture

Photo: NASAClick photo for full picture This is the first color picture taken from the Mars Curiosity Rover. These images have traveled ~78,341,212 Km...

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Curiosity Rover Landing Video

Watch the drama unfold as NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory counts down until the Curiosity Rover touches down on the surface of Mars. ...

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NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket...