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EDWARDS, CA - MAY 22: NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden (C) speaks with former astronaut Steve Lindsey (L), who is the director of flight operation of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Dream Chaser, and deputy director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center Patrick Stoliker at his side after unvailing of Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Dream Chaser prototype space-access vehicle at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on May 22, 2013 in Edwards, California. The engineering test article will begin testing of its flight and runway landing systems at Edwards Air Force Base through summer into fall. The space vehicle is designed to provide crew and cargo transportation services into low-Earth orbit, including to and from the International Space Station.
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On the night of March 17, NASA and University of Western Ontario all-sky cameras picked up an unusual number of deep-penetrating meteors right here on Earth ... These fireballs were traveling along nearly identical orbits between Earth and the asteroid belt.More quotes »
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Aldrin buzzes about missions to Mars
then go walk on it."But, he went on, "That pales in significance to the fact that we're going to send humanity to another planet in the solar system."The museum hopes chatter about Mars helps boost interest in space exploration among younger generations.Kevin Read more »
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Nets, harpoons could be used to haul in space junk
want to use nets and harpoons to haul in space junk threatening the $100 billion worth of satellites currently in orbit round Earth.What sounds like a cosmic fishing trip is part of a raft of proposals to come out of a global conference on space debris ending Read more »
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NASA sees distant planets that seem ideal for life
sized planets in the habitable zone."This is HUGE," Seager wrote in an email. "Do you realize that as soon as Kepler could find close-to-Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, Kepler found it. Goldilocks planets must be everywhere." Read more »
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NASA's Wallops Island prepares for the spotlight
spaceship in 2006, and it docked with the space station for the first time in 2012.SpaceX's Dragon capsule returns to Earth after missions with science experiments and old station equipment, but Orbital's Cygnus is filled with trash and burns up in the atmosphere Read more »
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Opinion: Plan for the next meteor
about 1,000 times the amount of energy as the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima .And every 100 million years or so, Earth is hit by a meteor large enough to cause mass extinctions, like the one at the end of the age of dinosaurs. These threats are minuscule Read more »
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Viewpoint: Mars - what we've learnt in five years
24 May 2013 Last updated at 20:12 ET By Tom Pike Imperial College London On 25 May, it will be five years since Nasa's robotic spacecraft Phoenix touched down in the Martian "arctic". Here, Dr Tom Pike, one of the mission scientists on Phoenix, explains 5/24/13 from BBC News Read more »
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3-D printer going to space station in 2014
to arrive at the International Space Station next year, where it will crank out the first parts ever manufactured off planet Earth. The company Made in Space is partnering with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center on the 3-D Printing in Zero G Experiment (or 5/24/13 from MSNBC Read more »
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Blessings for Tonight’s Full Flower Super Moon
crust and oceans of our home planet – including ourselves, of course. “From extreme coastal tides to severe storms to powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the entire natural world surges and spasms under the sway of the SuperMoon alignment – within 5/24/13 from Beth Owls Daughter Read more »
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NASA details plan to capture asteroid
the International Space Station, evaluated exploration mission concepts, sent scientific spacecraft to characterize near-Earth objects and performed ground-based analog missions,” NASA says on its website. Still, some scientists wonder whether spending $100 5/24/13 from New York Daily News Read more »
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Ring Nebula Is More Like A Jelly Doughnut, NASA Says
of researchers studying the Ring Nebula. They combined Hubble's visible-light images with infrared data from telescopes on Earth. The basis of the new image was captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, which was installed in 2009. Located in the constellation 5/24/13 from NPR Read more »
