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this week at nasa

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we're announcing today our first

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discovery of

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poo a proven pair of planets orbiting a

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single star nasa's kepler mission has

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discovered the first confirmed planetary

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system outside of our own that has more

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than one planet transiting the same star

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scientists have named the sun-like star

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at the center of this newly discovered

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planetary system kepler-9 the two

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planets have been designated kepler-9b

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and 9c

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the announcement of their discovery

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comes after seven months of observations

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by the kepler spacecraft

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the transit timing method works by

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having the timing of the planet when it

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goes in front of the star the star dims

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so we measure that time and we measure

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what happens again that's the orbital

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period if that varies a little bit that

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tells us about the planets that are

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orbiting that star the kepler mission

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continuously monitors more than 156 000

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stars for subtle brightness changes as

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part of its ongoing search for

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earth-like planets outside our solar

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nasa scientists joined with

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international researchers in the

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canadian arctic to test concepts for

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future planetary exploration

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the annual haughton mars project centers

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on the haunted crater on devon island

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canada

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arid rocky environment has geological

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features and microbiology similar to

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what explorers might encounter on other

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planetary bodies we're trying to learn

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new ways to integrate humans and robots

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into more productive teams this year's

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study focused on how remotely operated

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robots could save astronauts time and

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former nasa space shuttle astronaut

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robert hoop gibson was honored recently

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by the lancaster jayhawks california

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league baseball team during its annual

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aerospace appreciation

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night gibson a veteran of five space

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shuttle missions threw out the first

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followed by a flyover by a nasa f-a-18

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many of the fans in attendance received

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a bobble head in gibson's likeness

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mounted on a space shuttle base

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after retiring from the astronaut corps

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gibson flew jetliners for southwest

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airlines for 10 years it keeps his

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flying skills sharp today as a pilot at

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we now know where avatar director james

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cameron is featured in new public

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service announcements that tout nasa's

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contributions to environmental awareness

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and the exploration of our home planet

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avatar centers on a beautiful planet

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threatened by the exploitation of its

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natural resources

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the psas feature avatar film imagery and

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computer animations based on data from

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nasa's fleet of earth-observing

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satellites the orbiting spacecraft

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provide cutting-edge data of the

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atmosphere

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oceans

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ice the psas are showing on nasa tv and

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are available on nasa.gov and nasa

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nasa headed to the ballpark for a friday

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night outing with the new orleans

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zephyrs baseball team stennis space

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center director patrick sherman threw

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out the first pitch and the crowd was

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treated to a visit by a special guest a

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larger-than-life astronaut

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fans also stopped by an exhibit to learn

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more about how nasa technology has

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helped shape everyday life including the

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sports related spin-offs that have come

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from the agency's research

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nasa recently ventured to a galaxy not

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so far far away to share its real

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real-life accomplishments and future

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goals with the filmmakers actors and

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fans of the star wars saga at the star

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wars 5 celebration in orlando florida

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and it's always been

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a quest of man to look up into the stars

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and wonder what is beyond that black and

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blue space 33 years after its debut in

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theaters star wars remains a cultural

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icon that stirs our imaginations about

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space and exploration

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the nasa booth reminded visitors how

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during that same time america's space

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program has continued to change and

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improve people's lives here on earth

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while exploring what lies beyond it's

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been very influential in getting people

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to realize that there is a a kind of

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future for the whole space

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operation and what nasa has done up till

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now i mean the moon landings of course

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were really important but more recently

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i think the whole

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hubble telescope and and the space

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station

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have been

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very good keys for people that that this

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work is really important and that's this

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week at nasa