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Europe’s Newest Rocket to Launch on Maiden Voyage Monday (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – The new Vega rocket from Europe may be small, but it promises to do the job of at least twice that of most other rockets its size. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA’s High Altitude WB-57 Program Requires A High Performance CNC Machine Shop
Article by Chris Harmen NASA’s high altitude WB-57 research program has been a vital component of space shuttle missions. It has provided valuable information for climate and high atmosphere research. Since the WB-57 aircraft was originally built in the 1950′s and is no longer in active service, NASA utilizes a CNC machine shop for...
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Enceladus Backlit by Saturn
This moon is shining by the light of its planet. APOD
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Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars (AP)
AP – Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA’s former science chief is calling it irrational. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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If we really went to the moon why cant we see the lunar landing sites using a telescope or spy satellite?
Question by joe w: If we really went to the moon why cant we see the lunar landing sites using a telescope or spy satellite? our government has satellites that can read news print and telescopes that can see single stars in other galaxies but we dont have anything powerfull enough to see the...
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How is the world gonna end in 2012(If it does)?
Question by Lilly D: How is the world gonna end in 2012(If it does)? How is the world gonna end in 2012 i know there maybe is gonna be a chance it wont end Remember when they where creating the Big Bang theory underground in Switzerland so if the world DID end in 2012...
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What can i do to be ready for astronomy?
Question by Austinspace: What can i do to be ready for astronomy? Well as some of you may Know, Im a young kid. Im mature for my age, and well something about the universe excites me in so many ways. I’m Just getting into highschool and i’m trying to study the basics, Like Math...
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The Belt of Venus Over Mercedes Argentina
Although you’ve surely seen it, you might not have noticed it. APOD
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Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers (AP)
AP – The Los Angeles U.S. attorney’s office says a federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA successfully launches Earth observing satellite
Article by Ritika NASA successfully launched, in almost perfect weather conditions on Friday, an Earth-observing satellite aimed at improving weather forecasts and monitoring climate change. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System Preparatory Project, called NPP, lifted into space early Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, aboard a Delta 2 rocket. Jim Gleason told...
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Dust of the Orion Nebula
What surrounds a hotbed of star formation? APOD
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