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NASA Aerospace Advisory Panel Meeting 23 July 2009 - Space Ref (press release)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:12:24 GMT

NASA Aerospace Advisory Panel Meeting 23 July 2009
Space Ref (press release)
ADDRESSES: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Von Karman Auditorium, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kathy ...

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Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil ... - Science Magazine (subscription)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:10:19 GMT

Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil ...
Science Magazine (subscription)
1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. 2 Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, ...
H 2 O at the Phoenix Landing SiteScience Magazine (subscription)

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Roadside assistance for Mars Rover - Los Angeles Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Roadside assistance for Mars Rover
Los Angeles Times
Mars rover project manager John Callas with the sandbox and ?Earth Rover? that engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will use to try out techniques to ...
Free Spirit: Rock Under the BellyJet Propulsion Laboratory
Test-Bed Rover is Now Stuck ? Which is a Good Thing!Universe Today
Composite View of Phoenix TrenchesNASA
Gearlog -Valley Sun -Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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IN&M sells 7.3pc stake in Indian publishing firm JPL to raise ?22m - Irish Independent

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:52:42 GMT

IN&M sells 7.3pc stake in Indian publishing firm JPL to raise ?22m
Irish Independent
IN&M, the publisher of this newspaper, said it intended to remain a long-term investor in JPL and would not be selling any more of its stake. ...
Independent News And Media Sells 7.3% In Jagran Prakashan; No ...Reuters India
INM sells a third of its stake in Indian publisher for ?22mIrish Times
INM reduces Jagran Prakashan stakeholdingRTE.ie
Asia Media Journal -AsiansinMedia.org -Myiris.com
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Night visions

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:06:53 GMT

They've come on a pilgrimage to a special place where dark is good and light is evil.

Ulysses probe ends 18-year study of heliosphere - guardian.co.uk

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:31:45 GMT

Space Ref (press release)

Ulysses probe ends 18-year study of heliosphere
guardian.co.uk
A statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena says Ulysses followed programmed commands Tuesday afternoon that ceased its operations. ...
Ulysses Spacecraft Ends Historic Mission of DiscoverySpace Ref (press release)
Ulysses Provides 12 Extra Months Of Valuable ScienceSpace Daily

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Keeping watch on the planet from the bottom up - Globe and Mail

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:20:12 GMT

Globe and Mail

Keeping watch on the planet from the bottom up
Globe and Mail
Mr. Phibbs's search for potential contractors for one component, a voltage converter, led him to an arm of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ...

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Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:40:11 GMT

Seven Enterprise crew members go on a shuttle mission with Spock in command that goes incredibly wrong (The Galileo Seven)

Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:16:46 GMT

Seven Enterprise crew members go on a shuttle mission with Spock in command that goes incredibly wrong (The Galileo Seven)

Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:37:37 GMT

Seven Enterprise crew members go on a shuttle mission with Spock in command that goes incredibly wrong (The Galileo Seven) ... kirk spock bones space enterprise cool science

Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:21:28 GMT

Seven Enterprise crew members go on a shuttle mission with Spock in command that goes incredibly wrong (The Galileo Seven)

Not Waiting For The Asteroid

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:27:52 GMT

"...chiefly ita s a comic drama playing to an increasingly empty theater." Posted by Kate at July 4, 2009 10:24 AM Comments I thank God, he said at one point, that my children were not born in this country.

Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:21:28 GMT

Seven Enterprise crew members go on a shuttle mission with Spock in command that goes incredibly wrong (The Galileo Seven)

Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:49 GMT

Star Trek - Shuttle Mission Gone Wrong

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:49 GMT

No leaks in Endeavour's fuel tank: NASA - Times of India

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:49:00 GMT

WASHINGTON: The US space shuttle Endeavour has cleared a test for potentially harmful hydrogen gas leaks that twice delayed its high-profile launch, NASA has said. Engineers from the US space agency seemed to have successfully repaired the external ...

NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set - Chippewa Herald

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:39:00 GMT

In this image provided by NASA the afternoon sun creates shadows on space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank as workers remove the seal from the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate on the tank Wednesday June 24, 2009. A hydrogen leak at the location ...

NASA Astronaut Starts Agency's First Bilingual Twitter - PR Newswire

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:00 GMT

HOUSTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez, set to fly aboard space shuttle Discovery in August, is providing insights about his training on Twitter in both English and Spanish. It will be the agency's first bilingual ...

Southern Cross Stargazer

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:01:00 GMT

SATURDAY In evening dusk, silver Saturn escorts Leo the Lion lower in the west and sets before midnight.

NASA Updates Shuttle Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details - PR Newswire

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:00 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., have been updated for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle's STS-127 mission ...

NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set - Chippewa Herald

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:44:00 GMT

NASA: ?Risk is the price of progress? - Spiked

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:52:00 GMT

In many respects the Apollo 13 mission of 1970 is to the American narrative what the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 is to the British one: it is an incident in which a potential disaster was averted and subsequently transformed into a symbolic triumph ...

NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set - The Guardian

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:00 GMT

AP Aerospace Writer= CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ??? To NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission. Last ...

EURONEAR - Data Mining of Asteroids and Near Earth Asteroids - Space Ref (press release)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:02:05 GMT

EURONEAR - Data Mining of Asteroids and Near Earth Asteroids
Space Ref (press release)
This data mining could be eased using a server to search and classify findings based on the asteroid class and the discovery date as "precoveries" or ...

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Tiger Beat: The Michael Jackson edition - Los Angeles Times

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:07:39 GMT

Tiger Beat: The Michael Jackson edition
Los Angeles Times
... which has over the years produced such classics as "Headless Body in Topless Bar," "Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye" (upon a narrow miss between Earth and a ...

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Exclusive: Scenes From Universal's Asteroids Movie - Wired News

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:37:51 GMT

Wired News

Exclusive: Scenes From Universal's Asteroids Movie
Wired News
From? asteroids. Are they hurtling towards the earth? What if they only took out France? Would that really be a big deal? Actually, sir, they're floating ...

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Worst of the summer movie blockbusters

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:45 GMT

In the film world, box office gross and critical applause are often at odds with each other.

"Asteroids" lands at Universal - Reuters

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:41:05 GMT

New York Times

"Asteroids" lands at Universal
Reuters
In "Asteroids," originally released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular spaceship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and ...
An 'Asteroids' movie? Haven't I seen this already?Entertainment Weekly
How Will Hollywood Ruin the 'Asteroids' Movie?New York Times
'Asteroids' the movie?USA Today
TheTechLounge -Examiner.com -Wired News
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Entertainment briefs - Wilton Villager

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:16:40 GMT

Entertainment briefs
Wilton Villager
In "Asteroids," initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and ...

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80s Arcade Game 'Asteriods' Headed To The Big Screen - BallerStatus.com

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:44:28 GMT

BallerStatus.com

80s Arcade Game 'Asteriods' Headed To The Big Screen
BallerStatus.com
"Asteroids," the video game, was originally released as an arcade game by Atari in 1979. A player controlled a triangular spaceship is emerse in an asteroid ...

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Michael the maestro versus Michael the muddled - Globe and Mail

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:01:34 GMT

New York Daily News

Michael the maestro versus Michael the muddled
Globe and Mail
Armageddon (1998) starred Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck as squabbling deep-core drillers who become astronauts so they can blow up an asteroid that threatens ...
Worst of the summer movie blockbustersCanada.com

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astronomy space cosmology hubble telescopes universe

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:37:54 GMT

In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this ...

sciencestage.com

Bad Astronomy: Hubble's Hotties

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:01:16 GMT

Highlights from the early days of Hubble, from Bad Astronomer Phil Plait.

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Wheeling Central Grad Working With .....

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:22:50 GMT

Daniel Dunst never imagined he would be protecting the lives of astronauts on NASA's International Space Station when he graduated in 1997 from Wheeling Central Catholic High School.

Hubble Space Telescope

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:00:07 GMT

Glimpsing the Birth of the Universe The University of Washington Astronomy Department and the Second Century Lecture Series of the American ...

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The Ends of the Universe: Hubble's Final Chapter: Costa ...

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Part of the mission will install the cosmic origins spectrograph, a tool to examine the structure of the universe. Costar, which corrected the ...

science.discovery.com

Video Podcast Episode 5: Hubble discovers ring of dark matter

Tue, 12 May 2009 22:30:34 GMT

An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during ...

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The making of a Hubble image

Thu, 14 May 2009 06:59:18 GMT

To mark the International Year of Astronomy, the public was asked to vote on where Hubble should aim next. They chose an interacting pair of ...

www.guardian.co.uk

NASA - Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:29:58 GMT

Image Feature disk. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) > View animation In , the coronagraph in the High Resolution Camera

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One Medium Black Hole, To Go?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:27:44 GMT

So, here's the thing about black holes. They tend to be either super-massive vortexes in the center of galaxies that are, as Carl would put it, millyuns or billyuns times the mass of our Sunn - or a remnant stellar black hole of between 3-20 solar masses.

New Details About History Of Water On Mars

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:10:14 GMT

Scientists offer new details about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission that was operated from The University of Arizona Four papers on the topic have been published in the journal Science on June 3, 2009.

Space shuttle fleet grounded

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:54:07 GMT

Archived coverage of the Columbia disaster and NASA's decision to temporarily put future flights on hold.

Pocket Universe ups the astronomy app ante

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GMT

When the fireworks stop and the smoke clears , it would be a great weekend to look at our beautiful summer skies.

The Star That Ate a Mars: Astronomers study white dwarf pollution for ...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:39:59 GMT

An artist's conception shows how a superdense white dwarf star might pull apart a passing planet and incorporate its matter into Saturn-like rings.

News photos

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:10:58 GMT

A gift from France, the Statue of Liberty has stood over New York Harbor since 1886.

Government As Early Adopter

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:40:10 GMT

Emerging tech that's being put to real-world tests. InformationWeek July 4, 2009 12:01 AM 3-D PHOTO MONTAGE NASA is using Microsoft's Photosynth technology to stitch multiple images of the International Space Station, Hubble telescope, and Mars rover vehicle into 3-D photo composites.

White Paper: Good Housekeeping: The Art Of Contamination Controls

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:37:33 GMT

It took Dr. Joseph Lister a while to convince physicians that something invisible had to be protected against, but since the concept took hold, cleanliness has been a major concern in life sciences.

NZ dairy farmer spots supernova

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:59:29 GMT

ELIZABETH JACKSON: A dairy farmer in New Zealand is over the moon after discovering his first supernova.