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1. Podcast: Behind the Scenes at NASA TV

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... are held, and also talk with some of the people who work at NASA TV at Kennedy Space Center, or KSC TV as they call it, to find out about the work that they do, and also what it's like to provide ... Friday, 05 March 2010

2. Get Ready for the Next Shuttle Mission, STS-131

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... Facility airstrip, and all expressed their excitement for the mission and their thanks to the people at KSC who prepare the shuttle for flight. (...) Read the rest of Get Ready for the Next Shuttle Mission, ... Monday, 01 March 2010

3. KSC Workers Rally to Continue Constellation and Extend Shuttle

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Supporters at a rally want to continue the Constellation program and extend the shuttle program. Image credit: Alan Walters, awaltersphoto.com. Used by permission. About 2,000 people turned out for ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

4. 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake in Chile; Tsunamis Predicted for Pacific Region

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... killing over 100 people and setting off a tsunami that threatens every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe. Experts warned that a tsunami could strike anywhere in the ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

5. 'Avatars' can make us better people: study

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   San Francisco (AFP) Feb 25, 2010 - Fascination with the blockbuster 3-D film "Avatar" has fans tuning into real-world research indicating that virtual selves can inspire people to lead better lives. ... Friday, 26 February 2010

6. End of an Era: "Lasts" for Shuttle Program

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... up," said space shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach at Endeavour's landing earlier this week, who talked about the "majesty of this ship" and "people who have fallen in love ... Friday, 26 February 2010

7. New Citizen Science Opportunity: Solar Storm Watch

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ...  Your "clicks" and input will help solar scientists better understand these potentially dangerous storms and help to forecast their arrival time at Earth. "The more people looking at our ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

8. Shedding Light On Science Of Warming World

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... global warming? NASA has launched a new Web page to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate. ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

9. NASA to Invest $75 Million for Suborbital Science Flights

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... of payloads and people flying to space.” (...) Read the rest of NASA to Invest $75 Million for Suborbital Science Flights (185 words) © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

10. Spitzer, the Wallpaper Factory, Does it Again

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... human welfare and planetary ecosystem health. But such missions also leave more immediate legacies, in terms of the pleasure they bring millions of people, via the beauty of their images (not to mention ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

11. Five billion people to use mobile phones in 2010: UN

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Feb 15, 2010 - The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor ... Monday, 15 February 2010

12. Tranquility attached to Space Station

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... the primary task for the combined STS 130 and resident ISS crew of 11 people during the planned 13 day flight of Endeavour. (...) Read the rest of Tranquility attached to Space Station (667 words) © ... Friday, 12 February 2010

13. Possible Meteorite Impact Near Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... The article includes reports of a bridge collapsing and a 30-meter crater causing "tension among people." (...) Read the rest of Possible Meteorite Impact Near Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico (59 ... Thursday, 11 February 2010

14. SDO Launch Scrub; Try Again Tomorrow

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... kept most people indoors until the launch team gave the go-ahead. Winds were predicted to decrease later in the day, so the launch team pushed back the countdown as far into the launch window as possible. ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

15. Bolden: Heavy Lift Will Be International Effort and Not Until 2020-2030

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... questions that focused mainly on the new 2011 NASA budget and the cancellation of the Constellation program. The big question in many people's minds is, with no Ares rockets, how will NASA do the ... Saturday, 06 February 2010

16. R2 the Space Robot Does Detroit

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... to build a new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people. Robonaut 2, or R2, is a faster, more dexterous and more technologically advanced robot than its predecessor, and this next generation ... Thursday, 04 February 2010

17. Remembering Challenger

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... Christa McAuliffe's lost lesson plans have been given new life by a caring NASA engineer. Read a poem written by Stuart Atkinson's about the Challenger accident. On Twitter, people are writing ... Thursday, 28 January 2010

18. First Quasi-Zenith Satellite Named "MICHIBIKI"

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2010 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) between to familiarize people with the satellite. ... Monday, 25 January 2010

19. Best Description Ever of How to Go to the Bathroom in Space

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Astronauts say it is the most-asked question they get from people. There have been books written about it. Maybe because we all have to do it, everyone wants to know how it works in zero-gravity. This ... Monday, 25 January 2010

20. Universe Today Guide to the Messier Objects

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... the guides on your own site. Whatever you like. All I ask is that you link back to Universe Today and the specific page, so people can find out where it came from. © Fraser for Universe Today, ... Thursday, 21 January 2010