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NASA uploaded a ton of awesome test flight footage

The past few months NASA has been hard at work uploading a ton of archive footage to the NASA Armstrong Research Center's YouTube Channel. Here are some of the highlights.

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<p>Al Gore, promoting his new movie about dealing with climate change, jokingly prays Donald Trump will be voted out of office in 2020.</p>

Trump? Whatever. Al Gore says we'll cope with climate change

Plugging his new movie, "An Inconvenient Sequel," the former vice president says technology and politics can overcome the president's stance.

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<p>NASA just added over 300 videos of experimental aircraft to its YouTube channel.</p>

Move over Netflix, it's time to watch NASA and chill

Throw on some Kenny Loggins and cue up one of 330 experimental aircraft videos NASA just added to its YouTube channel.

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<p>Galaxy NGC 4242 hides out in the small Hunting Dogs constellation.</p>

Hubble sees beauty in fuzzy Hunting Dogs galaxy

A diffuse galaxy tucked away in the Hunting Dogs constellation gets a moment in the spotlight thanks to a lovely Hubble Space Telescope image.

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<p>Colored areas indicate elevated water content on the surface of the moon. Yellows and reds indicate the richest water content.</p>

Hidden water on the moon? Lunar explorers could make a splash

New research suggests accessing water on the moon's surface might be easier than it seemed. That's good news for dreams of a moon base or something bigger.

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One 'Game of Thrones' character is in serious trouble, says science

A fan favorite could be in trouble if this algorithm is right.

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Someone strapped a 360-degree camera to a rocket

What an owl would see if he were an astronaut.

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<p>The Weird! Signal from Ross 128 as detected in May 2017 (enclosed in the red frame).</p>

Weird signals from nearby star probably weren't from there

The news from the star Ross 128, some 11 light-years away, turns out to be no news at all. Sorry, alien hunters, the signal was coming from closer to home.

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<p>This enhanced-color panorama shows Perseverance Valley and the rover's tracks to the right.</p>

Get lost in this Mars rover 'Perseverance Valley' panorama

Mars stretches out for miles in a gorgeous wide-open view from NASA's Mars Opportunity rover as it surveys the Red Planet.

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<p>Delta passengers leaving from Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) can now scan their fingerprints to board a plane.&nbsp;</p>

Delta's fingerprint scanner IDs flyers sans boarding pass

Forgot your boarding pass? No problem. Use Delta's fingerprint scanner instead.

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Baobab's "smart" animation gets into your head

Virtual-reality studio Baobab knows how to trick your brain to pull you into its stories.

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Robot cop that fell in fountain insists it's not dead

Commentary: The K5 robot found floating facedown in a DC fountain insists he's OK. Oh, and he has a Twitter account now.

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