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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Has Passed Its First Significant Mission Milestone 2014
Feb 10, 2014(Phys.org) —NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014—a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control ...
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NASA Is Sending Back Evidence That a Deep Crater on Mars Once Held a Groundwater-Fed Lake
Jan 24, 2013A NASA spacecraft is sending back evidence that a deep crater on Mars once held a groundwater-fed lake. The information is further evidence that the Red Planet has a history of water. Last fall, NASA scientists discovered evidence ...
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The Computer That Runs It Is No More Powerful Than The One in Your Smartphone
Dec 19, 2012While the Mars Curiosity rover is the most complex machine NASA has ever sent to another planet, the computer that runs it is no more powerful than the one in your smartphone. The robotic rover, which landed in the Gale Crater on Mars ...
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