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September 27, 2013

NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks At Martian Waypoint

Stones Bear Evidence Of An Environment That Was At One Time Wet

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed a trek of many months toward its mountain-slope destination, Mount Sharp. The rover used instruments on its arm last week to inspect rocks at its first waypoint along the route inside Gale Crater.

Captain Kirk And Sir Richard Branson Tell Different Stories As To Why

The actor who so boldly went to far-flung planets and battled Klingons and Romulans firmly grounded on a sound stage in California has declined an opportunity to fly on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ... but actor William Shatner and Virgin Galactic's Sir Richard Branson tell very different stories as to why the actor won't be taking a sub-orbital flight.

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NASA Needs Road Map To Manage Aging Assets

House Science Committee Hearing Examines Legislation To Give Agency Added Flexibility

A recent hearing in the House Subcommittee on Space focused on NASA’s efforts to manage its facilities and infrastructure, and examined proposed legislation to provide the agency greater flexibility. A 2012 study conducted by NASA estimated that the agency may have as many as 865 unneeded facilities, with maintenance costs of over $24 million a year.

Three Arrive At Outpost After A Short, Six-Hour Flight

New Expedition 37 crew members Oleg Kotov, Mike Hopkins and Sergey Ryazanskiy were welcomed aboard the International Space Station Thursday at 0034 EDT. They docked to the Poisk mini-research module Wednesday at 2245 EDT aboard a Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft.