The ability of predicting sun solar storms storms and knowing what humanity can do will lessen the effects and damage to earth.To understand the sun and its effects on Earth, NASA continues to conduct missions including Spacecrafts STERO and Solar Dynamic Observatory. The two are positioned to view of 90 percent of the solar...
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NASA unveils new plan to buy rides for astronauts (Reuters)
Reuters – NASA plans to spend $ 1.6 billion over the next two years bolstering industry efforts to develop space taxis, officials said on Monday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Why are so many people determined to believe Nabiru exists and that NASA is covering it up?
Question by BB: Why are so many people determined to believe Nabiru exists and that NASA is covering it up? NASA cannot cover up an approaching planet worldwide. Someone will find out if not be able to see it for themselves. I do not get it. Perhaps someone more familiar with psychology or the...
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Future NASA rocket to be most powerful ever built (AP)
AP – To soar far away from Earth and even on to Mars, NASA has dreamed up the world’s most powerful rocket, a behemoth that borrows from the workhorse liquid-fuel rockets that sent Apollo missions into space four decades ago. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Lack of PU 238 Funding, Needed for NASA Space Probes, Points to Leadership Problems (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – According to Space Politics, the Senate and the House is declining to appropriate money for the Department of Energy to produce PU 238 that is used to power deep space probes for NASA. This has become a matter of concern for planetary scientists. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Falling Satellite Poses Little Risk to Public, NASA Says (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – An outdated NASA satellite, which has been adrift in orbit for six years, is falling back to Earth, and some of its debris is expected to reach the ground in the next few weeks. But despite the chance that bits of debris could land in North or South America, the space agency...
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NASA launching twin moon probes to measure gravity (AP)
AP – Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth’s orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA: Space station may be evacuated by late Nov. (AP)
AP – Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week’s Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Hurricane Irene Puts NASA Space Centers on Alert (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com – NASA, like much of the U.S. East Coast, is battening down the hatches against the arrival of Hurricane Irene. NASA centers and facilities from New York City to Florida took measures to prepare for the storm’s onslaught this weekend. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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Report: NASA made proper pick for retired shuttles (AP)
AP – NASA acted properly when it picked new homes for the retired space shuttles, the space agency’s watchdog said Thursday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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‘NASA Inspired Works of Fiction’ a Brilliant Idea (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Tor/Forge Books and NASA has entered into an arrangement to create a line of science fiction novels to be called “NASA inspired Works of Fiction” that will be scientifically accurate books based on current and future NASA projects. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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NASA rover reaches rim of big Martian crater (AP)
AP – NASA’s surviving Mars rover Opportunity has reached the rim of a 14-mile-wide crater where the robot geologist will examine rocks older than any it has seen in its seven years on the surface of the red planet, scientists said Wednesday. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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