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Latest Features

NASA EDGE Nominated for Best Video Podcast

Vote Now for NASA Edge in the Podcast Awards!

11.16.09

Help NASA EDGE win this prestigious podcast award by voting for NASA EDGE in the Best Video Podcast category. Voting ends Nov 30!

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LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

The Visible camera image showing the ejecta plume at about 20 seconds after impact.

11.13.09

Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts near the moon's south pole.

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Glenn Helps Ares I-X Soar

11.17.09

The future of new rocket design was successfully tested when the Ares I-X blasted off on October 28, 2009.

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Latest Features

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Popular Science Recognizes LRO in 'Best of What's New'

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is cited as one of the best innovations in aviation in the December issue of Popular Science.
LRO Views Apollo 11 Landing Site

Now in its mapping orbit, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its best-quality image of the Apollo 11 landing site to date.
Take Me Out to the Ballpark - On Mars!

NASA and JPL have partnered with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to host a workshop for kids on Sat., Nov. 7, in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Ares I-X: Countdown 101

Learn about the milestones in the countdown of the Ares I-X rocket!
Building an Original

A small, dedicated team showcases NASA's entrepreneurial spirit with the assembly and rollout of the Ares I-X rocket.

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Latest News Releases

NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

11.17.09 - NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.
NASA's LCROSS Impacts Confirm Water in Lunar Crater

11.13.09 - Preliminary data from NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater.
NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover

11.12.09 - NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.

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Media Resources

State Leaders Support the Vision:

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NASA Invites Reporters to Observe Robots

09.02.09 - NASA will hold the annual Desert "RATS," or Research and Technology Studies, field test in the Arizona desert this fall, hosting a media day for journalists on Sept. 15, 2009.