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Atlantis astronauts chase Hubble on bold repair mission
(AP) »Posted by: TSTORE17 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
AP - The Atlantis astronauts inspected their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage as they raced after the Hubble Space Telescope on an especially ...
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Mom in Space - Discovery Shuttle Astronauts Are All Parents »
Posted by: bethany-sanders 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
The NASA shuttle Discovery is set to blast off Friday morning, carrying Nicole Stott and her fellow astronauts into space. Stott, 46, who's mom ...
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Astronauts Step Out For Longest, Hardest Spacewalk »
Posted by: altnrg 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology
Astronauts stepped out for the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday to wrap up greasy repair work on a gummed-up joint at the ...
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US and Russian satellites collide in orbit »
Posted by: anupsharma 10 months, 2 weeks ago in News
MSNBC News service has just reported an incident where a US and Russian Satellite have collide in orbit in space. This has been reported as ...
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Russia Considering Rocket Guided Landing System For Spacecrafts »
Posted by: pleeplop 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
According to the BBC, engineers of RKK Energia, Russia’s developer of manned spacecraft, are considering plans to use rocket thrusters for spacecraft landing. Previous ...
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World’s Largest Gamma-Ray Scope Prepares For First Light »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in Science & Technology
Located on the island of Palma, the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cerenkov Magic II will replace its predecessor, the Magic telescope.
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Twilight Sky Show On Sunday »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in News
On Sunday evening, April 26, the crescent Moon, Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster will gather for a three-way conjunction in the western sky. It ...
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Space History - Fast Facts, Video, Quotes, Gifts »
Posted by: dijino 8 months ago in Science & Technology
Don't know much about the history of space exploration? Try this site to boost your knowledge, find gift ideas, watch videos and get cool ...
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Hubble Captures Peanut-Shaped Stellar Explosion »
Posted by: pleeplop 8 months ago in Science & Technology
Using the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), an international team of astronomers have taken the first optical images of a dramatic stellar outburst and ...
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Chopra Appointed America’s First Technology Advisor »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months ago in Science & Technology
On Saturday, President Obama announced that the Harvard graduate, Indian-American Aneesh Chopra will be the United State’s first Chief Technology Advisor – an appointment highly ...
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Project Reveals Super Active Orion Nebula »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months ago in News
Using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii, the IRAM Millimeter-wave Telescope in Spain, and the orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a ...
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Could Dead Suns Harbor Solar Systems? »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months ago in Science & Technology
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found that at least 1 in 100 white dwarf stars show evidence of ...
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Plans For Universal Electric Car Plug Unveiled »
Posted by: dantecali 8 months ago in Science & Technology
Several large automotive and energy corporations have reached an agreement on a universal " plug" that would recharge electric cars, announced German energy company RWE on ...
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Ridges On Saturn’s Moon May Have Formed As Spinning Slowed »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers have theorized that the unexplained terrain on one of Saturn's icy moons might have happened when the moon went from a relatively fast-spinning ...
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LCROSS Heads To Florida For Launch - Space - redOrbit »
Posted by: pleeplop 10 months, 1 week ago in News
NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, is enroute from Northrop Grumman's facility in Redondo Beach, Calif., to NASA's ...
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