News tagged with hubble
Whither astronauts? Corps shrinks as shuttles stop
(AP) -- NASA's mighty astronaut corps has become a shadow of what it once was. And it's only going to get smaller.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Web abuzz with claims that Hubble sought to censor Lemaitre's paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- In one of those odd scientific debates where people who ought to know better, speak up, and in this case, print articles on arXiv, making claims about personal issues rather than science, buzz h ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Hubble's Neptune anniversary pictures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Why shuttles are being retired, what's next
Thirty years of flight by NASA's space shuttles will end once Atlantis returns home from this last mission. The space agency will be looking to deeper space exploration, but the future is still somewhat unclear.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2011 |
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From astronauts to the boss, thoughts on shuttle
(AP) -- One thing about the end of space shuttle flight: Everyone has an opinion. A look at some of the views from those close to the space program:
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Jul 08, 2011 |
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One reporter's look back at the space shuttle era
(AP) -- A space shuttle commander once confided that countdowns were invented merely to make astronauts nervous, and he was - every time. But when the count reached zero and the booster rockets ignited, he ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Does Asteroid Vesta have a moon?
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft is closing in on Vesta, and from now until the ion-powered spacecraft goes into orbit in mid-July, every picture of the giant asteroid will be the best one ever taken. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2011 |
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US lawmakers vote to kill Hubble successor
In a fresh blow to NASA's post-shuttle aspirations, key US lawmakers voted Thursday to kill off funding for the successor to the vastly successful space-gazing Hubble telescope.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Hubble telescope makes one millionth science observation
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Space shuttle veterans were a different breed of astronaut
As a teenager in Costa Rica, Franklin Chang-Diaz had an improbable goal: becoming an American astronaut. Ultimately, he would fly a record seven shuttle missions and today wants to fly to Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Milestones in 30-year shuttle program
NASA's space shuttle flights began three decades ago with Columbia and will end this month with the final voyage of Atlantis and the retirement of the fleet. Between, there were triumphs and tragedies.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2011 |
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Clocking Neptune's spin
(PhysOrg.com) -- By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a UA planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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X-ray illumination of supernova ejecta
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supernovae are the explosive deaths of massive stars, cataclysms that disburse into space the chemical elements produced by nuclear reactions inside the progenitor stars. Understanding chemical ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Dawn nears start of year-long stay at giant asteroid
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16 and begin gathering science data in early ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Duo of big telescopes probes the depths of binary star formation
A team of researchers from four Japanese universities (Kobe, Saitama, Osaka, and Tokyo) has been able to delineate the intricate structure of the circumbinary disk that surrounds a young binary star system ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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