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NASA astronaut Rex Walheim and Bayer Advanced rose care expert Lance Walheim ride the Bayer Advanced Garden of Imagination Rose Parade float. The float won the Directors' Trophy for Outstanding Artistic Merit and Floral Presentation.

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Image courtesy of NASA shows the Aurora Borealis over the midwest of the United States on January 25, 2012. The photo, which looks north to northeast, was taken from the International Space Station while above south central Nebraska. Picture taken January 25, 2012.

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ALASKA - MAY 23: (FILE PHOTO) In this photo provided by NASA, The eruption of the Cleveland Volcano is seen as photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember on the International Space Station May 23, 2009 in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Cleveland Volcano has erupted again yesterday...

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In this undated image provided by NASA on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, shows two sides of the moon. Twin NASA probes traveling for the past 3 1/2 months are scheduled to arrive at the moon during the New Year's weekend to study lunar gravity.

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A night-time view of a western European panorama reveals city lights from Belgium and the Netherlands behind a section of the earth-orbiting International Space Station in this January 22, 2012 handout photo release by NASA January 30, 2012. Britian (L) partially obscured by solar array...

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Undated handout photo courtesy of NASA shows astronaut Janice Voss. NASA said in a statement on February 7, 2012 that Voss, who flew five shuttle missions, died overnight following a battle with cancer.

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In this image provided by NASA the Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth's horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2011.

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In this image provided by NASA the Comet Lovejoy is visible near Earth's horizon in this nighttime image photographed by NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, onboard the International Space Station on Dec. 21, 2011. Burbank described seeing the comet three nights ago as...

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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 21: In this handout photo provided by the NASA, ESA Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Don Pettit and ESA astronaut André Kuipers wave goodbye to the crowd gathered at the foot of the Soyuz launch pad stairs before taking the elevator to...

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Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, bottom, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of the U.S. , and ESA (European Space Agency) Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers, top, wave farewell from the base of the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. ...

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This undated artist rendering provided by NASA on Dec. 21,2011 shows the twin Grail spacecraft mapping the lunar gravity field. The two probes are scheduled to enter orbit around the moon over New Year's weekend.

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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 19: In this handout image supplied by NASA the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad on December 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz...

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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 19: In this handout image supplied by NASA the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on December 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition...

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A photo provided by NASA shows the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Russia, NASA Flight...

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This handout image provided by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, taken, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, shows the Comet Lovejoy leaving the sun's corona which is several million degrees. A small comet survived what astronomers figured would be a sure death when it danced uncomfortably close...

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, right, shakes hands with former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin as aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan looks on following a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, in Seattle. Allen and Rutan announced Tuesday they're building a giant airplane and spaceship to...

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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 11: In this handout provided by NASA, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver shake hands after they signed the transfer of title and ownership of space shuttle Enterprise to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum during a...

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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver delivers the opening address at the NASA Future Forum at Seattle's Museum of Flight on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The forum is bringing together NASA officials and local business and commercial space leaders to discuss the agency's role in advancing...

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This image provided by NASA shows a fragment along the rim of Endeavour Crater where the Mars rover Opportunity has been exploring since August. With Martian winter approaching, Opportunity has been in search of a spot to spend the winter.

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This image released Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, by NASA is a mosaic of three images taken by the Dawn spacecraft's camera showing an impact crater on the surface of the massive asteroid Vesta. Since entering orbit around Vesta in July, Dawn has been beaming back images of the asteroid surface.

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This undated handout artist rendering provided by NASA shows Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It is the first planet that NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit in a star's habitable zone -- the region around a star where...

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NASA handout image of a groundwater and soil moisture drought indicator map dated November 28, 2011. The map shows unusually low groundwater storage levels in Texas. Blues show wetter-than-normal conditions and a yellow-to-red spectrum shows drier-than-normal conditions.

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (C) monitors the countdown of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity, at the ULA launch control center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, November 26, 2011.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 26: In this handout provided by NASA, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden monitors the countdown of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity November 26, 2011 at the ULA launch control center on...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 26: In this handout provided by NASA, United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover aboard clears the tower during launch at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station November 26, 2011...