NASA timeline
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading... Read more
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Magellen Spacecraft Arrives at Venus
The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a 1,035-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to... Read more
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October Sky (film) released
October Sky is a 1999 film produced by Charles Gordon and directed by Joe Johnston, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. It is... Read more
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Lunar Prospector Crashes into a Crater on the Moon
The Lunar Prospector mission was the third selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of... Read more
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during... Read more
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The Kepler Mission Is Launched
The Kepler Mission uses a NASA space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. With a planned mission lifetime of at... Read more
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft Approach the Moon
(CNN) -- Two NASA spacecraft closed in on the moon Tuesday morning -- one to send streaming video to Earth as it swings past the moon, the other to... Read more
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After Numerous Delays, Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches to Dock at the International Space Station
STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) is the technical name of the current space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. It is the... Read more
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NASA Releases Restored Video Footage From the Apollo 11 Moon Mission to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Landing
WASHINGTON – With the help of Hollywood, those historic, grainy images of the first men on the moon never looked better. NASA unveiled refurbished... Read more
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NASA Releases First Images from Newly-Repaired Hubble Telescope
With a flourish of new images - from exploding stars to colliding galaxies and a new impact scar on Jupiter - NASA officials finally pulled the... Read more
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Water Discovered on the Moon's Surface
Samples of lunar rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts had never shown any signs of water, leading scientists to presume that the moon... Read more
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NASA's LCROSS Lunar Satellite Discovers 'Significant' Water on the Moon
(CNN) -- NASA said Friday it had discovered water on the moon, opening "a new chapter" that could allow for the development of a lunar space... Read more
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NASA Discovers New Life Form
A new species of bacteria found in California's Mono Lake is the first known life-form that uses arsenic to make its DNA and proteins, scientists... Read more
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NASA Launches Earth-Observing Satellite
After a years-long delay, an Earth-observing satellite blasted into space early Friday on a dual mission to improve weather forecasts and monitor... Read more
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520 Mock Mars Mission Ends
Six men who lived in cramped, windowless compartments for more than 17 months to simulate a mission to Mars emerged Friday from their capsules,... Read more
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NASA Assures Public That Solar Flares Won't Destroy Earth
If the world ends in 2012, the sun won't be to blame, NASA officials say. Contrary to what some doomsayers would have you believe, our star... Read more
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NASA Launches Mars Rover Curiosity
The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red... Read more
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Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket... Read more
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Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies
Armstrong, who had just turned 82, underwent surgery on August 7, 2012, to relieve blocked coronary arteries. He died on August 25, 2012, at a... Read more
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Curiosity Rover Finds Ancient Streambed on Martian Surface
NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier... Read more
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