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SpaceX Prepared to Make History on May 19
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After multiple delays, SpaceX is set to hit a major milestone this Saturday, May 19. Saturday is the day set for the launch of the first privately funded cargo mission to the International Space Station. With the Space Shuttle fleet retired, these commercial space missions are one of the only… |
May 14th, 2012
The Great California Meteor Rush is on!
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I watched the Discovery Channel program Meteor Men… a few times, certainly enough to understand that little pieces of meteor could be worth big money. On April 22 a gigantic fireball explosion rocked parts of northern California and Nevada. The fireball in the sky was a meteor estimated to have |
May 4th, 2012
Did NASA Photograph a UFO near the Sun?
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Earlier this year a photograph was circulated online that was taken by NASA that some thought showed a UFO. The photograph was later disproven and artifacts caused by reflected light from Venus. A similar photograph has surfaced that has UFO fans thinking NASA has again snapped a picture of a… |
April 28th, 2012
NASA To Use GPS System for Earthquake Monitoring
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NASA has announced a plan to find earthquakes and respond more quickly to them using GPS satellites in orbit. Generally, earthquake detection is done by seismological hardware on the ground, but according NASA – that data can be difficult to capture. NASA’s answer to that problem is to use the… |
April 26th, 2012
Space Shuttle Discovery Lands in Washington After its Final Flight
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The retired space shuttle Discovery took its final flight atop the back of the modified Boeing 747 that has moved to the shuttle between locations over the decades. NASA loaded Discovery on the back of the 747 earlier this week in preparation for its flight to Washington where it will… |
April 18th, 2012
NASA Captures Gigantic Solar Tornado on Video
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NASA always has an eye on the Sun and other parts of the solar system just in case something cool happens. Turns out that NASA caught a very cool phenomenon back in September of 2011. The space agency recorded a video of that appears to be a gigantic solar tornado… |
March 31st, 2012
Bill Before Congress Would Allow NASA Astronauts to Keep Most Space Souvenirs
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NASA and its astronauts from the early years of spaceflight including Apollo program astronauts have been having words over who owns the items astronauts brought home after their missions. NASA has recently blocked several auctions when astronauts tried to sell off what they believed to be their personal belongings. One… |
March 13th, 2012
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Snaps Pic of Martian Dust Devil in Action
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Growing up in the infamous Tornado Alley in Texas, we learned from an early age what to do and what not to do if a tornado is coming your way. You also learn what a tornado looks like and the sort of devastation they can leave behind as well. NASA… |
March 10th, 2012
Angry Birds in SPAAAACE (Really)
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Angry Birds… has been crazy popular, there is no denying that. Developer Rovio has made a huge amount of money on both the game and insane amounts of merchandising. Each time a new version of the game comes out, it quickly moves to the top the charts and the latest |
March 8th, 2012
NASA Seeks Volunteers to Simulate Mars Mission, Eat Space Food
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If you ever wanted to be an astronaut, this new experiment may be the closest you ever get. In conjunction with a Cornell/University of Hawaii study, NASA is looking for volunteers with the goal of simulating the living and working conditions for astronauts on a hypothetical mission to Mars. One… |
February 21st, 2012
