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3 hrs ago | NewsOne

Re: Kiera Wilmot: NASA Engineer Awards Fla. Teen Scholarship To Space Academy

Florida teen Kiera Wilmot , 16, deserved some good news after being the target of a racist legal system, arrested and expelled for causing a small explosion during a science experiment.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Explosion, Family, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, October Sky

5 hrs ago | RedOrbit

Asteroid Exploration Field Tests Performed In The Mojave Desert

Image Caption: Pascal Lee and Sgt Andre Pearson conduct "small body" geological sampling in simulated spacesuits while anchored and tethered on a steep boulder slope at Asteroid Hill, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.

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9 hrs ago | Live Science

Why Are Google & NASA Getting a Quantum Computer?Quantum computers...

Compared with the newest quantum computer from D-Wave Systems of Burnaby, British Columbia, even the world's most powerful supercomputers are ploddingly slow, The New York Times reports.

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Related Topix: Computers, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science / Technology, Quantum, Startups, High Performance Computing, Science, Computer Science

13 hrs ago | Space.com

US Spaceflight Ambitions Must Face Budget Reality, NASA Chi...

Charles Bolden, NASA's chief and a self-described dreamer, says there is a line between dreams and reality when it comes to what the space agency can do, especially in light of current budget constraints.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

18 hrs ago | The Decatur Daily

Decatur High student accepted to NASA program

Kadie Claire Morris, a junior at Decatur High, has been accepted to NASA's Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars program.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Science Daily

Nine-year-old Mars rover passes 40-year-old record

That was the farthest total distance for any NASA vehicle driving on a world other than Earth until yesterday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Greenbelt, MD

National Geographic

NASA Announces Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded

An artist illustration of a meteor impacting the moon and resulting in an explosion that can be visible from Earth skies.

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Examiner.com

Is that a lizard on Mars - why is NASA silent?

A photo from the Mars Curiosity Rover reveals what appears to be a small animal or lizard on Mars.

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Space.com

Can NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Mission Be Saved?

There's a chance that NASA's Kepler space telescope can recover from the malfunction that has halted its wildly successful search for alien planets, mission team members say.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Astronomy, Science

Science Daily

NASA's asteroid sample return mission moves into development

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point -C. NASA officials reviewed a series of detailed project assessments and authorized the spacecraft's continuation into the development phase.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Greenbelt, MD, University of Arizona

Science, Industry and Business

NASA sees activity continue on the sun

Solar activity continued on May 14, 2013, as the sun emitted a fourth X-class flare from its upper left limb, peaking at 9:48 p.m. EDT.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Natural Disasters, Solar Flare, Space

Science, Industry and Business

NASA Sees First Eastern Pacific Tropical Depression to Open Season

The Hurricane Season of the Eastern Pacific Ocean officially begins today, May 15 and the first tropical depression of the season formed.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Watches

Science, Industry and Business

NASA Sees Heavy Rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen Made Landfall

NASA's TRMM satellite identified areas of heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall today, May 16, in southern Bangladesh.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather, Science / Technology, Bangladesh, World News, Asia,

Thu May 16, 2013

Mashable

Did 'Star Trek' Give Rise to NASA's 'Space Shuttle'?

NASA's first space shuttle, the test orbiter Enterprise, was named after the fictional starship on Star Trek in response to fans staging a write-in campaign.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space

MSNBC

Recommended: New rocket fuel aims to help NASA 'go green'

The Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket launches at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on April 21.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, US Military, US Air Force, West, TX

New Scientist

Google and NASA buy controversial quantum computer

Are quantum computers about to revolutionise our lives? You might think so now that Google, together with NASA, has bought one from the only organisation that sells them, D-Wave of Burnaby, Canada.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Computers, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, CPU, PC

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

The White House's release of nearly 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans demanding more... Democrats rallied behind President Barack Obama in the long-running, bitter dispute over the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack, ... (more)

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WTVF Nashville

NASA: New pump resolves big space station leak

To the U.S. technology industry, there's a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business.

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Canada.com

Canadian astronaut Hadfield describes feeling banged-up after return to gravity

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says his body feels confused and banged-up by the effects of gravity after a five-month stay in space.

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Fox News

Space Life Quest in Trouble

The newly discovered planets named Kepler-62e and -f. Scientists using NASA's Kepler telescope have found two distant planets that are in the right place and are the right size for potential life.

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