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1. Contest: Win Lunar Science Swag!

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Win a bag of goodies from NLSI! I attended the NASA Lunar Science Institute's Annual Lunar Forum last week, and the wonderful people from NLSI provided a very cool bag of goodies — including ... Monday, 26 July 2010

2. July 11 Total Eclipse Among the Mysterious Moai

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   ... on Earth to see in one of the most interesting places on the Earth that people can go," said Jay Pasachoff from Williams College, who is the Chair of the International Astronomical Union's Working ... Friday, 09 July 2010

3. SETI Chile Interview

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   Working on the internet provides the opportunity to meet people from all around the world, and I've gotten acquainted with Lourdes Cahuich, an astronomy and science enthusiast and translator from ... Tuesday, 06 July 2010

4. Subaru Telescope Takes Montage of Hayabusa's Return to Earth

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   ... the Hayabusa spacecraft to make its return to Earth on June 13, 2010 and the people of Japan — who built and launched the little spacecraft that could (and did!) — were especially hopeful in ... Tuesday, 15 June 2010

5. Life-size Wooden Spacecraft Sculptures

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   ... has created life-size wooden sculptures of several different spacecraft, giving people the chance to see and touch these objects that are immediately recognizable but which we will never actually experience. ... Thursday, 10 June 2010

6. Needed: Plutonium-238

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   Cassini orbiting Saturn. Credit: NASA Sometimes people ask me what they, as a regular citizen can do to help NASA. Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society Blog posted this today, and this is definitely ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

7. Spirialing 'UFO' Over Australia Was Likely Falcon 9 Booster

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   Logical explanations take all the fun out of UFO's. After the Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully, later, over on the other side of the world, people in Australia saw a spiraling object in their ... Saturday, 05 June 2010

8. Spirialing 'UFO' Over Australia Was Likely Falcon 9 Rocket

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   Logical explanations take all the fun out of UFO's. After the Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully, later, over on the other side of the world, people in Australia saw a spiraling object in their ... Saturday, 05 June 2010

9. Airmen Upgrade GPS Constellation

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... users worldwide have come to rely heavily on GPS. Not since the invention of the radio has a free utility affected so many people on such a wide and varied scale. GPS service initially was designed ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

10. The Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery

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    ... immediately suspected the other celestial event he wrote about was the rare phenomenon known as an Earth-grazing meteor procession. "Meteor processions are so rare most people have never heard of them," ... Wednesday, 02 June 2010

11. Investors Scout Space Spin-Offs

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    ... entrepreneur and investor Anton Arts, partner of New Venture Partners LLC. "An example is the ambitious Google Earth, which has really changed the way that people think about their environment. "As ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

12. Robots Walking And Running Better

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    ... create prosthetic limbs for humans that work much better, or even help some people who use wheelchairs to gain "walking" abilities. The newest findings from the Dynamic Robotics Laboratory at OSU are ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

13. NASA Takes To Air With New 'Earth Venture' Research Projects

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    ... the concentrations at the level where people live is a challenge. This investigation will provide integrated data of airborne, surface and satellite observations, taken at the same time, to study air quality ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

14. MSU Robot Digs Most Moon Dirt

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    ... a show. He got Montana MULE to do a doughnut. He got it to dodge rocks and craters. He turned it so people could see the MSU Bobcat on its side. "It handled fantastic," Ching said. Ecstatic e-mails, ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

15. 'First Light' As SOFIA Completes Observation Flight

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    ... many years of hard work. Hundreds of motivated and dedicated people have contributed to providing the international scientific community with this fantastic observation platform." As its crowning achievement ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

16. Tickling The Feet Of Astronauts

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    ... often experience the same physical changes that occur over time as people age, but at an accelerated pace. Skin sensitivity usually decreases with age, so when Bent heard evidence that the soles of astronaut's ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

17. Sony develops roll-up video screen

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... related report Japan may wait before saying 'iDo' to iPadTokyo (AFP) May 26, 2010 - Many thought the iPhone would underwhelm Japan, where for years people have used ultra-advanced handsets to send emails, ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

18. Indian Space Programmes Serve Societal Needs

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    ... towards science and technology, he said the concerned people need to send a message to kids that "science can be fun and engineering can be fun and that you can make a difference with that." Bolden ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

19. Sailor Reflects On NASA Technology That Saved His Life

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    ... time to reflect on the technology and people who saved his life. "I'm very glad I had that beacon," he said. "I knew it was a satellite system and somewhere there were people monitoring it, but I didn't ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

20. Supermassive Black Holes May Frequently Roam Galaxy Centers

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    ... is a signpost of a black hole merger, which is of interest to people looking for gravitational waves and for people modeling these systems as a demonstration that black holes really do merge," says Robinson. "The ... Tuesday, 25 May 2010