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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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

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   ... track their first neutrino which has travelled 185 miles (295 km) under Japan. ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

5. KSC Workers Rally to Continue Constellation and Extend Shuttle

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   ... Coast, space travel — that's Florida. That's what we're known for. This is not a small matter. This is a huge fight that we're going to have to buckle down to win. It's ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

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

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   Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2010 - A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of ... Friday, 26 February 2010

7. 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

8. 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

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

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   ... “trackmobiles” to push the rocket about 1800 ft along railroad tracks. This afternoon I traveled directly inside the highly restricted security zone which surrounds Launch Complex 41 for a photo shoot ... Tuesday, 09 February 2010

10. Mars, Messier 44 and the Ecliptic Plane…

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    ... to travel out of our earthly hemisphere, the vision would be incredible – but all wrong for what we know. Why? Because we're simply accustomed to certain things being in a certain place in ... Saturday, 06 February 2010

11. 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

12. Video, Images of Ireland Fireball?

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    ... sea, as many witnesses who saw it along the coast said it was traveling inland. "This is a huge event," Moore said, "There's a good chance we may end up finding this one." (...) ... Friday, 05 February 2010

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

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    ... "The historic traveler's stunning discoveries and images have revolutionized our knowledge of Saturn and its moons." This is the second mission extension for Cassini, and the new "Solstice ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

14. 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

15. 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

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

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    ... thought. - By analyzing telescopic measurements of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), or asteroids that come within 30 million miles of Earth, Binzel has determined that if an NEA travels within a certain ... Friday, 22 January 2010

17. Galaxy Cluster Has Two 'Tails' to Tell

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    ... as it travels towards the center of the galaxy cluster Abell 3627. What astronomers observe with Chandra is essentially the evaporation of the cold gas, which glows at a temperature of about 10 million ... Thursday, 21 January 2010

18. Meteorite Smashes Through Roof of Doctor's Office (Video)

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    ... the meteorite weighs just over a half pound and was probably traveling about 220 mph when it struck the building. (...) Read the rest of Meteorite Smashes Through Roof of Doctor's Office (Video) ... Thursday, 21 January 2010

19. Asteroids Zipping Too Close to Earth Can Experience Seismic Activity

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    Artist concept of an NEA. An asteroid's orbit can be altered if it travels in the vicinity of Earth. But astronomers are finding the effects Earth has on space rocks go far beyond just orbital ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

20. China's Compass Finds Route To Rival GPS

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    Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 19, 2010 - When Pan Qing and his friends traveled to the prairies in the Inner Mongolia, they navigated their way over the unfamiliar and boundless grasslands with no problems ... Monday, 18 January 2010