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1. This Week in Space — Apollo-Soyuz Anniversary Edition

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   ... and more. There's also a look at Virgin Galactic's latest test flight and a look at the latest of what's going in Congress with NASA's budget. © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. ... Wednesday, 28 July 2010

2. Into the Looking Glass

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   Recently, technicians at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., completed a series of cryogenic tests on six James Webb Space Telescope beryllium mirror segments at the center's X-ray ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

3. Tools Get Loose During ISS Spacewalk

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   ... outside the International Space Station earlier today, outfitting the newest module for future dockings of Russian vehicles. Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko set up the Kurs automated ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

4. Astronauts in the Oval Office

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   ... Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer; STS-132 Mission Specialists Piers Sellers, Garret Reisman, and Steve Bowen; President Obama; STS-132 Mission Specialist Michael Good; and STS-132 Pilot Tony Antonelli. Official ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

5. Take Your Children to Work Day

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   ... and many other professions. Pictured here, children explore the Exploration Experience exhibit at the Marshall Space Flight Center during a previous "Take Your Children to Work Day." The exhibit showcases ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

6. Celebrating Apollo 11

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   NASA and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) officials joined with flight controllers to celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in the Mission Control Center. From left foreground ... Monday, 19 July 2010

7. Virgin's Spaceship Enterprise Makes First Crewed Flight

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   For the first time, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, named the Enterprise, flew with crew on board. While it stayed attached to the "Eve" mothership for the duration of the July 15 flight, ... Monday, 19 July 2010

8. Aerojet AJ26 Rocket Engine Arrives at Stennis

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   ... of flight engines. Stennis will provide propulsion system acceptance testing for the Taurus II space launch vehicle, which is being developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va. The first Taurus ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

9. Robonaut Getting Ready for ISS Mission (Video)

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   ... is undergoing extensive testing in preparation for its flight, including vibration, vacuum and radiation testing. Watch the video for more information on how R2 operates. (...) Read the rest of Robonaut ... Tuesday, 13 July 2010

10. Conduct Virtual Explorations of Mars with New WorldWide Telescope Feature

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    ... tours with two NASA scientists, James Garvin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and Carol Stoker of Ames. (...) Read the rest of Conduct Virtual Explorations of Mars with New ... Monday, 12 July 2010

11. Tanks for the Memories

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    ... restored to flight configuration and is scheduled for delivery to Kennedy in late September to serve as the “Launch on Need” tank, for the STS-335 rescue ship, if needed. Or, it might get to fly in space ... Friday, 09 July 2010

12. Solar Powered Airplane Successfully Flies Through the Night

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    Solar Impulse's Chief Executive Officer and pilot Andre Borschberg flyes in the solar-powered HB-SIA prototype airplane for its first night flight attempt near Payerne airport July 7, 2010. Credit: KEYSTONE/Dominic ... Thursday, 08 July 2010

13. Solar-Powered Airplane Attempts First Night Flight

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    ... together on the strategy of making the profile of flying through the night," said Bertrand Piccard, president and founder of the Solar Impulse project, during a webcast update on the flight. "For ... Wednesday, 07 July 2010

14. Launched on the Fourth of July

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    ... to Flight mission, STS-114, and built upon those tests. Image Credit: NASA ... Friday, 02 July 2010

15. New Dates for Final Shuttle Launches

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    ... got a bit more certain. NASA announced new target dates for the final two (and maybe three) shuttle missions. STS-133 is now aiming for November 1, 2010 at approximately 4:33 p.m. EDT for the final flight ... Thursday, 01 July 2010

16. Red Bull Stratos Update: Breaking the Speed of Sound in Freefall

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    Baumgartner during a test flight. Credit: Red Bull Stratos Here's an update on the Red Bull Stratos project, where skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to break the speed of sound during freefall. ... Wednesday, 30 June 2010

17. Roy S. Estess

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    ... for Logistics and Procurement, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia; Expedition 3 commander Frank Culbertson; and Expedition 3 flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Vladimir N. Dezhurov. ... Sunday, 27 June 2010

18. Supersonic Green Machine

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    This future aircraft design concept for supersonic flight over land comes from the team led by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The team's simulation shows possibility for achieving overland flight by ... Thursday, 24 June 2010

19. Astronomers Watch Superstorm Raging on Distant Exoplanet

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    Artists impression of the 'hot Jupiter' HD209458b, which has incredible storms. Credit: ESO. Likely, future interstellar flights will not include the exoplanet HD209458b as a featured get-away destination. ... Wednesday, 23 June 2010

20. A Matter of Perspective

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    The Seagull nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, draws its common name from it resemblance to a gull in flight. But it depends on your point of ... Tuesday, 22 June 2010