News tagged with national space
Forecasters: New solar flare won't cause problems
(AP) -- Forecasters say a new solar flare should provide only a glancing blow on Earth on Friday and is unlikely to cause any problems.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 07, 2011 |
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NASA's smaller programs could be at risk
The cost of NASA's two flagship programs - a new space telescope and its next rocket - is poised to devour much of the agency's shrinking budget in coming years, putting at risk everything from efforts to develop futuristic ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 05, 2011 |
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Space junk littering orbit; might need cleaning up
Space junk has made such a mess of Earth's orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Monitoring ground-level ozone from space
Satellite views of the Midwestern United States show that ozone levels above 50 parts per billion (ppb) along the ground could reduce soybean yields by at least 10 percent, costing more than $1 billion in lost crop production, ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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NASA/ISRO Image Shows Irene's Winds Before Landfall
Hurricane Irene made landfall early Saturday morning, Aug. 27, just west of Cape Lookout, NC, as a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (75 knots). It is currently over eastern North ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Researchers detail how a distant black hole devoured a star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satell ...
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Effects of solar flares arriving on Earth
(AP) -- The impact of a series of eruptions on the sun began arriving at Earth on Friday and could affect some communications for a day or so.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 06, 2011 |
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Major scientific programs could be slashed or eliminated under debt-reduction deal
The American Physical Society, the nation's leading organization of physicists, is deeply concerned that proposals to drastically reduce the nation's debt would do serious harm to major scientific projects.
Aug 05, 2011 |
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Project could help colonize space
Humans may move one step closer to colonizing space thanks to a new research project that NASA is funding at South Dakota State University, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Oglala Lakota ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Space shuttles will soon be museum pieces
The end of the US space shuttle program brings the start of a new chapter for the remaining orbiters, which will soon take up residence as museum pieces in Florida, Virginia, California and New York.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 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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NSF leads interagency collaboration to develop advanced robotics
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the lead with three other federal government agencies to support the administration's National Robotics Initiative (NRI) and released a solicitation for proposals ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Princeton researchers solve problem filling space -- without cubes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether packing oranges into a crate, fitting molecules into a human cell or getting data onto a compact disc, wasted space is usually not a good thing.
Jun 28, 2011 |
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'Dramatic' solar flare could disrupt Earth communications (Update)
An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory (video) on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Outstanding math and science teachers honored by the President
On May 20th, a group of kindergarten thru sixth-grade teachers from accross the United States topped off a visit to the nation's capital by meeting with President Barack Obama. The meeting honored teachers ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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