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1. SpaceX Falcon 9 Test Fire Ends with Abort

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   Screenshot of the Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday. Credit: Spaceflightnow.com No official word from SpaceX yet, but it appears the 3.5 second test-fire on Tuesday of the Falcon 9 rocket aborted immediately ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. Where's My Jetpack? Right Here

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   The Martin Jetpack in flight. Image courtesy Martin Jetpack Step right up — you can now get your very own jetpack. That's right, a real, not-science-fiction-honest-to-goodness jetpack. New ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

3. A Mosaic of Cassiopeia

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   ... Nebula, a portion of which is seen at the right of the image. IC 1805 is more than 6,000 light-years from Earth. Also visible in this image are two nearby galaxies, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2. In visible light ... Monday, 08 March 2010

4. Bully Galaxy Rules The Neighborhood

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   Paris, France (ESA) Mar 08, 2010 - Located half a billion light-years from Earth, ESO 306-17, is a large, bright elliptical galaxy in the southern sky of a type known as a fossil group. Astronomers use ... Monday, 08 March 2010

5. ASTRA 3B Topped Off For Arianespace Year-Opening Flight

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   Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 - Satellite preparations for Ariane 5's initial launch of 2010 have moved into a new phase with the fueling of ASTRA 3B - which is one of two passengers to be ... Monday, 08 March 2010

6. Obama to Unveil "Ambitous" Plan for NASA

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   ... House. The President will host a conference on April 15, inviting space officials and leaders to discuss the new budget and plan for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight. The ... Monday, 08 March 2010

7. Lava Likely Made River-Like Channel On Mars

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   ... the surface of Mars. These results were presented on March 4, 2010 at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by Jacob Bleacher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

8. X-51 Getting Ready For First Flight

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   Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - There's some pretty exciting stuff going on at Edwards Air Force Base as the flight test center team gets ready to conduct an awe-inspiring X-51 first flight. The ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

9. Obama to host April space conference

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   Washington (AFP) March 7, 2010 - US President Barack Obama will host a space conference next month in Florida to chart his vision for the future of human spaceflight, the White House said Sunday. ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

10. Taking The Pulse Of A Supernova – NGC 4490

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    NGC 4490/4485 – T. Grossman, D. Hager and R. Johnson Way out yonder some 40 to 50 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venetici is a pair of interacting galaxies sometimes referred ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

11. Winds of Change

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    ... study is much deeper than previous X-ray observations. Using this data, researchers believe that each year several times the mass of our sun is being deposited out to large distances, about 3,000 light ... Thursday, 04 March 2010

12. Best "Blue Marble" Images Yet

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    The Goddard Space Flight Center has a Flickr account showcasing a series of images of our own home planet. Called "Blue Marble," these spectacular images are the most detailed true-color image ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

13. An Island Of Stars In The Making On The Outskirts Of Orion

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    ... Although this ghostly cloud is rather isolated from Orion's bright stars, the latter's powerful winds and light have had a strong impact on the nebula, forging its shape and making it home to a multitude ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

14. From NACA To NASA: 95 Years Of Innovation In Flight

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    Washington DC (SPX) Mar 04, 2010 - Ninety-five years ago a committee of 12 volunteers with a budget of $5,000 embarked on a mission to change the face of U.S. aviation, and in doing so established a ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

15. Second-Generation Star Supports Cannibal Theory of Milky Way

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    ... some 290,000 light-years away, the star has a remarkably similar chemical make-up to the Milky Way’s oldest stars. Its presence supports the theory that our galaxy underwent a “cannibal” phase, growing ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

16. Gallery: Midnight Shuttle Rollout

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    Space shuttle Discovery rolls out of the VAB. Image: Nancy Atkinson It was a dark and windy night. But then the Xenon spotlights hit space shuttle Discovery as it inched out of the Vehicle Assembly ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

17. Seeing Eye-to-Eye on How to Fly

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    ... knowledge of flight safety and efficiency. NASA adopted many of these research techniques and many of the places in which to do it, like wind tunnels and entire research centers, from the NACA. Engine ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

18. Buzz Aldrin Says We Can Get to Mars by 2019

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    ... way to Mars by July 20, 2019 — which just happens to be the 50th anniversary of my Apollo 11 flight to the moon," Buzz Aldrin wrote in an opinion piece on AOL.com. "The plan I've ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

19. Webb Telescope's First Primary Mirror Meets Cold Temperature Specifications

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    ... at operational cryogenic temperatures. This achievement sets the stage for a successful polishing process for the remaining 18 flight mirror segments. ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

20. Follow Closest Flyby of Phobos in Real Time

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    ... current 6 minute and 30 second light time delay from Mars (13 minutes round trip) – on the Mars Express blog. The flyby will take place on March 3, at 20:55 GMT. (...) Read the rest of Follow Closest ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010