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1. US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program

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   Washington (AFP) March 11, 2010 - A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space ... Sunday, 14 March 2010

2. Obama to Unveil "Ambitous" Plan for NASA

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   President Obama will travel to Florida to unveil an "ambitious plan for NASA that sets the agency on a reinvigorated path of space exploration," according to a press release from the White ... Monday, 08 March 2010

3. Traffic Congestion Returns As Economy Shows Signs Of Recovery

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   Kirkland WA (SPX) Mar 01, 2010 - INRIX has released its 3rd Annual INRIX National Traffic Scorecard revealing that traffic congestion and commute travel times in 2009 are back on the rise as the economy ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

4. Why Was the February 27, 2010 Tsunami Smaller than Expected?

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   Chart of the Chile tsunami's travel time, released by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images While a huge earthquake off the coast of Chile triggered a tsunami ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

5. First Observation Of T2K Neutrino Event At Super-Kamiokande

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   Kamiokande, Japan (SPX) Mar 01, 2010 - UK particle physicists working on the multinational T2K project, which is designed to detect some of the least understood particles in the universe, have helped ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

6. KSC Workers Rally to Continue Constellation and Extend Shuttle

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   ... a "Save Our Space Exploration" jobs rally in Titusville, Florida on Saturday. Organized by union leaders, the event focused on preserving jobs at Kennedy Space Center, vital to the economy on ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

7. CORRECTED: Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars

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   ... the US space agency. ... Friday, 26 February 2010

8. Are TGFs Hazardous To Air Travellers

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   Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 - Instruments scanning outer space for cataclysmic explosions called gamma-ray bursts are detecting intense flashes of gamma-ray energy right here in the friendly skies ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010

9. Nanosats Expected To Benefit from Advanced Propulsion Tech

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   Arlington AFB VA (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010 - A University of Michigan professor is developing an electric rocket thruster, NanoFET, that uses nanoparticle electric propulsion and enables spacecraft to travel ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

10. NASA Sun Probe rolled to Pad; 10 hours to Blast off

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    ... Atlas V rocket at Launch Complex 41. Umbilical lines at right carry cryogenic propellants, electrical power and purge gases. Credit: Ken Kremer At the Kennedy Space Center, I was thrilled to watch the ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

11. Mars, Messier 44 and the Ecliptic Plane…

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    Have you been watching the sweet movements of Mars as it cruises across the starry nights? Perhaps, like many of us, you're snowed in right now and could use a little mental and visual inspiration. ... Saturday, 06 February 2010

12. Video, Images of Ireland Fireball

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    ... space rocks in Ireland, and David Moore of Astronomy Ireland is quoted as saying that meteorites likely landed on Irish soil and not at sea, as many witnesses who saw it along the coast said it was traveling ... Friday, 05 February 2010

13. Video, Images of Ireland Fireball?

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    ...  They write that meteorite hunters are on the look-out for fallen space rocks in Ireland, and David Moore of Astronomy Ireland is quoted as saying that meteorites likely landed on Irish soil and not at ... Friday, 05 February 2010

14. More Stunning Images and Discoveries Ahead: Cassini Mission Extended to 2017

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    Saturn from Cassini. Image credit: NASA/JPL/SSI With the new 2011 NASA budget allowing for more space science activities, the space agency has extended the Cassini mission to explore Saturn and its moons ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

15. Google launches Chinese holiday travel map amid row

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    Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 - Google has launched a map search service in China for travellers taking trips during the Lunar New Year holiday season, despite a row over cyberattacks and censorship. Tuesday, 02 February 2010

16. US still has space ambitions: NASA chief

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    Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2010 - A US decision to scrap plans to return to the moon does not mean it is abandoning its space ambitions, NASA's chief told Congress Tuesday. ... Tuesday, 02 February 2010

17. Obama cuts moon travel, links NASA to private firms

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    Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 - President Barack Obama Monday ditched US plans to return to the moon and hitched NASA's future to private industry in a budget calling for the space agency to stay close ... Monday, 01 February 2010

18. India plans manned space mission in 2016

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    Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 27, 2010 - India will launch its first manned space mission in 2016 in a bid to match space pioneers such as Russia and the United States, a top official said Wednesday. ... Wednesday, 27 January 2010

19. When Passing Rocks And Planetry Forces Go Head To Head

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    Astronomers have worried about the impact that asteroids could have on Earth ever since a theory was proposed in the 1980s that a giant asteroid likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million ... Friday, 22 January 2010

20. Galaxy Cluster Has Two 'Tails' to Tell

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    ... degrees. Evidence of gas with temperatures between 100 and 1,000 degrees Kelvin in the tail was also found with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Galaxy clusters are collections of hundreds or even thousands ... Thursday, 21 January 2010