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What did John Glenn see?
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Published February 21, 2012
Fifty years ago today, the first American to orbit the planet took this photo of home.
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Two Earth Satellites Viewed From Houston
Published January 16, 2012
The Moon and the International Space Station appear as neighbors, though they are 384,400 kilometers miles apart.
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A Century at the South Pole
Published December 14, 2011
On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole. One hundred years later, the Pole is still an important location for science.
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Birth of an Iceberg
Published November 3, 2011
In a routine survey of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, NASA scientists discovered a large crack in the ice which will soon lead to the birth of a new giant iceberg.
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Weather and Climate Meet on NPP Satellite
Published October 29, 2011
NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite soars into space aboard a Delta II rocket, tasked with improving weather forecasts and continuing long-term climate records.
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Ponds on the Ocean
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Published July 14, 2011
Melt ponds cover the surface of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean off of Alaska.
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Atlantis Rides Into History
Published July 9, 2011
In July 2011, the Space Shuttle Atlantis lit its rockets and roared into space for the 135th and last flight of the U.S. space transportation system.
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Auroral Rocket in Norway
Published January 4, 2011
Photographers captured these digital photos of a four-stage Black Brant XII sounding rocket and the aurora borealis on December 12, 2010, during the NASA-funded Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (RENU).
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