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GRAIL Spacecraft Named on This Week @ NASA
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Students at Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Bozeman, Montana won a nationwide contest to re-name the twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory spacecraft formerly known as GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B. The winning names -- "Ebb" and "Flow". The spacecraft have been in orbit around the moon since New Year's Day -- collecting data to create a gravity map of the moon. Also, Moving Earth for the new home of Space Shuttle Atlantis, The Invention Challenge, Astronaut Cady Coleman in Cleveland, a new App to keep track of meteors and more. |
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Station Crew Discusses Mission with AP and CNN
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The crew of The International Space Station spoke with representatives of The Associated Press and CNN during in-flight interviews on Jan. 20. With the recent arrival of Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Don Pettit, Oleg Kononenko and Andre Kuipers, the Station is now fully staffed with a six-member crew. The trio joins Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin who have been living and working on the station since Nov. 16. Pettit, Kononenko and Kuipers are scheduled to live and work aboard the orbiting laboratory until May. |
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Latest ScienceCast: What Happened to all the Snow?
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Winter seems to have been on hold this year in some parts of the United States. Snowfall has been scarce in places that were overwhelmed with the white stuff at the same time last year. In this ScienceCast, JPL climatologist Bill Patzert explains what's going on. |
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ISS Crew News Conference on This Week @ NASA
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The next three crew members of the International Space Station talked about their upcoming mission in a news conference from the Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin are scheduled to launch March 29 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Also, a White House Visit for a NASA employee, The Super Bowl of Astronomy, Shuttle Engines on the move, the 2012 FIRST Robotics Kickoff, Hollywood Stars in Houston and more. |
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ISS Flight Engineer Talks With Oregon Reporters
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Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 30 Flight Engineer Don Pettit, who is a native of Oregon, fielded questions about the progress of his mission and upcoming activities with reporters from KEX Radio and KOIN-TV in Portland, Ore., during a pair of in-flight interviews on Jan. 18. |
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ISS Crew News Conference on This Week @ NASA
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The next three crew members of the International Space Station talked about their upcoming mission in a news conference from the Johnson Space Center. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin are scheduled to launch March 29 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Also, a White House Visit for a NASA employee, The Super Bowl of Astronomy, Shuttle Engines on the move, the 2012 FIRST Robotics Kickoff, Hollywood Stars in Houston and more. |
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Grail Names Announced
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A class of fourth graders from the Emily Dickinson School in Bozeman, Mont. has helped NASA choose new names for its twin lunar orbiting spacecraft GRAIL-A and --B. The new names -- Ebb and Flow were announced during a media event at NASA headquarters in Washington. The GRAIL mission will enable scientists to better understand the moon's gravitational field as well as what goes on below its surface. The data gathered is expected to increase our knowledge about how Earth and its rocky neighbors in the inner solar system developed into the diverse worlds we see today. |
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NASA TV’s Public Channel Transitioning to HD
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Beginning Feb. 17, 2012, NASA Television's Public Channel,
the "NASA TV" most often carried by cable and satellite service
providers, will transmit in high definition. |
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Some Comets Like It Hot Files
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Astronomers are still scratching their heads over Comet Lovejoy, which plunged through the atmosphere of the sun in December and, against all odds, survived. The comet is now receding into the outer solar system leaving many mysteries behind.
Visit http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/12jan_cometlovejoy/ for more. |
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GRAIL "Rings" in 2012 on This Week @NASA
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NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory mission's two spacecraft achieve lunar orbit at beginning of new year and begin their study of the moon, from crust to core. Also, FIRST season starts; Booster Day; Commander's Comet; Booms and Whispers; and Curiosity's RAD! Also, Aggies get shuttle sim; Butch & The Titans; and STS-81 anniversary. |
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