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Sutter's Mill meteorite

Search for the "Sutter's Mill" meteorite

The fireball created by the falling meteoroid, which is thought to have been about 3-4 meters in diameter, was seen in multiple states.  These searches have so far turned up two fragments of the original body, and additional pieces have been found by meteorite dealers and members of the public. 

LADEE

LADEE UVS Flight Instrument Enters Flight Acceptance Testing

The LADEE UltraViolet Spectrometer (UVS) passed its Pre-Environmental testing Review (PER) and was cleared for flight acceptance testing. Over the next 35 days the UVS instrument will be put through a series of tests, including EMI/EMC, random vibration and thermal vacuum testing, before being delivered to the LADEE Project for integration into the LADEE spacecraft.
Microbial Life

NASA’s Astrobiology Research Sparks 'GreenTech' Revolution

NASA's astrobiologists study microbial life to understand how it transformed a rocky Earth into the thriving, diverse, life-sustaining planet we inhabit today. These studies of photosynthetic "green" algae are creating sparks for new "green technologies" [at Ames] on Earth and future human space exploration missions.

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