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

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   I missed posting the latest "This Week in Space" with Miles O'Brien, but it is a special edition that takes a look at the 35th anniversary of Apollo-Soyuz project with exclusive interviews, ... 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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   A Russian spacewalker works outside the Pirs docking compartment after beginning the first Expedition 24 spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV Two Expedition 24 cosmonauts conducted a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

4. Carnival of Space #164

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   This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang over at Next Big Future. Click here to read the Carnival of Space #164. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

5. Wild 2: If You Were There

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   On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA's Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt-2"). Among the equipment the spacecraft carried on board was a navigation camera.that Comet Wild 2 is about ... Monday, 26 July 2010

6. Michael Laine Will Answer Your Questions on Space Elevators

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   Artists concept of a space elevator. Credit: Caltech After our recent article featuring the concept of a lunar elevator, many of you posted questions about both lunar elevators and space elevators in ... Monday, 26 July 2010

7. Prometheus: the Michelangelo of Saturn

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   Saturn's moon Prometheus creates streamer channels in the planet's rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute I've frequently said the Cassini spacecraft is an artist, so when Carolyn Porco, ... Monday, 26 July 2010

8. Dreamy, Young Stars

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   The Orion Nebula is a 'happening' place where stars are born and this colony of hot, young stars is stirring up the cosmic scene in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The young stars dip and ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

9. Astronauts in the Oval Office

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   President Barack Obama greets the STS-132 Atlantis crew and International Space Station astronaut T.J. Creamer in the Oval Office, July 26, 2010. From left, STS-132 Commander Ken Ham; Expedition 22/23 ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

10. Most Massive Star Discovered: Over 300 Suns at Birth!

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    ... the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope to tip the stellar scales at 265 times the mass of our Sun. What's even more impressive is that R 136a1 ... Thursday, 22 July 2010

11. Comet Whacked Neptune 230 Years Ago

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    ... they discover a way to travel back in time to witness a long-ago event? To make the discovery, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research actually used the Herschel Space Telescope's ... Wednesday, 21 July 2010

12. Comet Whacked Neptune 200 Years Ago

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    ... they discover a way to travel back in time to witness a long-ago event? To make the discovery, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research actually used the Herschel Space Telescope's ... Wednesday, 21 July 2010

13. 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

14. WISE Mission Completes All-sky Infrared Survey

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    ... a lot of digital pictures, you're probably familiar with the frustration of keeping track of dozens of files, and always running out of hard drive space to store them. Well, the scientists and engineers ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

15. 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

16. Best Reality TV Ever: Camera Will Take Video of Next Mars Rover Landing

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    This graphic portrays the sequence of key events in August 2012 from the time the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, with its rover Curiosity, enters the Martian atmosphere to a moment after it ... Monday, 19 July 2010

17. Carnival of Space #163, Greatest Show on Earth Edition

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    Cutest Carnival of Space ever? Credit: Emily Lakdawalla This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by the amazing Emily Lakdawalla at The Planetary Society Blog, who posted the most adorable CoS image ... Monday, 19 July 2010

18. 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

19. Developers Say Lunar Elevator Could be Built Within a Decade

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    Concept for a lunar elevator. Credit: Liftport, courtesy Michael Laine The idea of a space elevator has been around since the late 1800's, but despite big dreams and years of research, the low-cost, ... Monday, 19 July 2010

20. Answer Now Posted to Where In The Universe #112

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    It's the blob from space, but what exactly is it? Find the answer to this week's WITU challenge back on the original post. And check back next for another test of your visual knowledge of the ... Friday, 16 July 2010