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NASA Program Protects Earth From Space Debris »
Posted by: pleeplop 11 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini discovered six comets in 2008 while tracking cosmic debris throughout the solar system at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. And though ...
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NASA hacker McKinnon promises guilty plea »
Posted by: happygeek 11 months, 1 week ago in News
Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who is still fighting against extradition to the US despite the European Court of Human Rights ruling he should go ...
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NASA Uses Remote Sand Dunes as Stand-in for Moon »
Posted by: jeremytoday 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Two NASA astronauts in spacesuits drove their lunar truck up a steep sand dune in a barren, wind-swept landscape so forbidding it was reminiscent of ...
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NASA awards $100,000 in aviation contest »
Posted by: Ousama 1 year, 4 months ago in News
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif.--When it comes to flying, being green isn't easy.Here at NASA's second annual General Aviation Challenge this weekend, one ...
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Obama Administration Must Prepare For New Kind Of Space Race »
Posted by: pleeplop 11 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Sweeping policy, budget and institutional changes will be necessary to protect America's "perishable" lead in satellites, rockets and space exploration, according to a report ...
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OCO To Study Human Factor, Sources Of Rising Carbon Dioxide »
Posted by: pleeplop 11 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Every time we get into our car, turn the key and drive somewhere, we burn gasoline, a fossil fuel derived from crude oil. The burning ...
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Ares V Rocket Could Revolutionize Astronomy »
Posted by: pleeplop 11 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big.
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Spying on a Hostile Landscape »
Posted by: Artofid 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
Wide Field of View: The beige-colored Jabal Bayda volcano crater, seen in the top center of this image, is almost a mile wide. Photo by ...
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NASA seeks next Carl Sagan — and E.T. »
Posted by: pagey 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, famous for its manned missions to the moon, announced the creation of the Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet ...
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NASA chief says Congress must act to get Russian craft »
Posted by: jeremytoday 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
There will be no U.S. astronauts living on the International Space Station in three years unless Congress gives NASA permission in the next month ...
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Shuttle Endeavour is on Standby | TechJaws »
Posted by: blogzilla 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology
NASA acting proactive in the event of a disaster during next months launch of space shuttle Atlantis prepare Endeavour for standby.
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Inflatable Surveillance Balls for Mars »
Posted by: phipphin 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
By next fall, NASA plans to launch its biggest Red Planet rover yet, the $1.8-billion, SUV-size Mars Research Laboratory. Even though the MRL will ...
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NASA Shuttle Exclusive »
Posted by: jeremytoday 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Neil Armstrong's famous quote about "one giant leap for mankind" has become synonymous with NASA, which turns 50 on Oct. 1.
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NASAs Gilded Chariot »
Posted by: phipphin 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
CRUISIN’ ( Blow it Up! ): Spacesuit engineer Dustin Gohmert takes the 4,400-pound Chariot prototype (the final design will weigh about half that) for a spin ...
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Alien asteroid dust hints at Earth-like planets.. »
Posted by: Rmoz 11 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
White dwarfs can chew apart errant asteroids, leaving only dusty remains. New infrared observations suggest the dust left behind in six such stars has a ...
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