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Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
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(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.
Planet 51 Star Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration ...
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
Cassini's Big Sky: The View from the Center of Our Solar System
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA's Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the Saturnian system.
Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing "tiger stripes" before winter darkness blankets the area for several years.
Astronauts get extra moving time at space station
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are getting some extra moving time.
SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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You don't always have to have a rocket to do rocket science. Sometimes a mere airplane will do - that is, a mere Boeing 747 toting a 17-ton, 9-foot wide telescope named SOFIA.
Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (Update)
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis ...
SMOS satellite instrument comes alive (w/ Video)
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally. MIRAS will map soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the ...
NASA Supercomputer Ranks Among World's Fastest
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers.
Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Because the first extrication drive for Spirit, on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17), stopped as soon as it began due to an exceeded tilt limit, the plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) wil ...
Shuttle docks at space station, unloads parts (Update 2)
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost ...
Meteor showers in Asia disappoint
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of ...
Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive for Spirit
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt ...
