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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NASA successfully launches Earth observing satellite
Jupiter-Bound NASA Probe Adjusts Course Toward Giant Planet (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – A NASA probe on a five-year mission to Jupiter fired up its rocket thrusters this week to better aim itself at the largest planet in our solar system. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA says Russian space woes no worry (AP)
AP – NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia’s manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space program. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA Probe Captures 1st Video of Moon’s Far Side (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – A gravity-mapping spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed home its first video of the lunar far side — a view people on Earth never see. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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The Apollo Fire and Its Long Term Effects on NASA (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – America’s first fatal space accident, the Apollo fire, took place on January 27, 1967, 45 years ago. The fire killed Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Ed Chaffee doing a test of the Apollo capsule on the launch pad. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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What was that thing called that NASA or SETI sent into outer space?
Question by Adam: What was that thing called that NASA or SETI sent into outer space? I think they sent it in a satillite or rocket, and it had information on how we are the third planet from the sun and i think it showed a picture of a male and a female, along...
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Russia Eyes Possible Moon Base with NASA: Reports (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – Russia is talking to NASA and the European Space Agency about building manned research colonies on the moon, according to Russian news reports. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Nasa Satellite Orbits – Satellite Tv vs Cable Television, Who Has The Very best?
Article by Ira Mccarthy We all knew cables and satellites are the major compensated Television solutions in United States. Dish Network and DirecTV are the main two people on the satellite Television facet whilst Time Warner, Comcast, Adelphia, Cable Vision, Charter Communication are some of the nicely known names on cables.So how does satellite...
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Mars-bound NASA rover begins trajectory maneuver (AP)
AP – NASA’s latest rover to Mars fired its thrusters Wednesday to adjust its course to the red planet for a landing in August. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA confirms the first Earth like planet
Article by Ritika Astronomers with NASA’s Kepler mission have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in a “habitable zone” outside our solar system. The new planet, Kepler-22b, was discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, which sifts through the universe in search for Earth like planets. While Kepler has found more than 2,000 possible...
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NASA probes reach moon for gravity-mapping mission (Reuters)
Reuters – Two robotic probes began orbiting the moon Sunday in preparation for an unprecedented mission to map the lunar interior. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA probe circling the moon on New Year’s Eve (AP)
AP – As planet Earth rang in the new year, a different kind of countdown was happening at the moon. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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