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NASA needs new 'breakthrough,' says Obama

NASA needs new technology breakthroughs to revitalize its mission to explore the universe, President Barack Obama said Wednesday as the shuttle Atlantis was preparing for its final mission.

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created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 30

Surprise NASA move may force shutdown of Constellation program

In a surprise move, NASA has told the major contractors working on its troubled Constellation moon rocket program that they are in violation of federal spending rules -- and must immediately cut back work by almost $1 billion ...

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created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 23

NASA official works to save rocket, despite White House wishes

The day after President Barack Obama visited Kennedy Space Center last week to unveil his new vision for NASA, the manager of the moon program that Obama wants to kill told his team to draw up plans in case Obama fails to ...

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created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

More Money, and a New Path to the Stars

The Obama Administration plans to cancel NASA’s Constellation program that was to take American astronauts back to the Moon. Instead, NASA will oversee a competition among commercial space developers to come ...

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created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3




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Dusty stellar nurseries from the dark side of a galaxy

(Phys.org) -- A new multi-million pound camera is producing its first detailed pictures of our neighboring galaxies, revealing vast, dusty stellar nurseries where the next generation of stars is being created. ...

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

A spiral galaxy in Hydra

(Phys.org) -- This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 4980, a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra. The shape of NGC 4980 appears slightly deformed, something which is ...

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

World scientists define united approach to tackling food insecurity

Nearly one billion people in the world are undernourished, while millions suffer from chronic disease due to excess food consumption. Global demand is growing for agricultural products and food prices are rising, yet roughly ...

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created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Astronomers get rare peek at early stage of star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in star formation. The new observations promise to help scientists understand ...

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GPM microwave imager instrument for NASA and JAXA mission arrives at Goddard

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument has arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for integration into NASA's upcoming Earth science ...

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created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

THEMIS celebrates 5 years of watching aurora and space weather

People still talk about the launch. It was the first – and so far, only – time NASA has launched five satellites at one time. Carefully balanced inside a Delta II rocket, the five THEMIS (short for ...

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rockot to launch two Sentinel satellites

ESA and Eurockot today signed contracts for launching two ESA satellites: Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-3A will fly in 2013 on Rockot vehicles from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia for Europe’s GMES ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA hopes to test new spaceship in 2014

There's no firm date yet, but sometime in early 2014 NASA intends to take its first major step toward rebuilding its human spaceflight program.

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 15

Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon (Update)

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet.

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Twin probes to circle moon to study gravity field

The moon has come a long way since Galileo first peered at it through a telescope. Unmanned probes have circled around it and landed on its surface. Twelve American astronauts have walked on it. And lunar ...

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created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 25


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