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56 min ago | Metro

Briton set for five-month mission on space station

Britain's first official astronaut Tim Peake has been selected for a five-month mission to the International Space Station.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Science / Technology

56 min ago | The Las Vegas Sun

NASA spacecraft's planet-hunting days may be over

NASA said Wednesday the Kepler spacecraft lost the second of four wheels that control the telescope's orientation in space.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

56 min ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Space not the final frontier for viewing movies

The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before _ to see the new "Star Trek" film.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, NASA

3 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Weeks Marine, hauler of space shuttles, 9/11 debris and crash-landed...

The JetStar roller coaster had become an unofficial monument to Hurricane Sandy's power before it was pulled from the ocean with a clamshell crane and dropped in pieces onto a barge.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Seaside Heights, NJ, Cranford, NJ, Absecon, NJ

8 hrs ago | Russia Taday

No swarms in space: DARPA axes $200mn 'fractionated sat' project

After spending more than $200 million, the Pentagon's advanced research branch has decided to scrap one of its key space projects, System F6, which aimed to distribute functions of a big satellite into several small ones orbiting in a tight formation.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Sat May 18, 2013

Free Republic

How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars

And electric engines could turn out to be a key element in NASA's goal of sending people to Mars, experts say.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Princeton, NJ

Digital Post Production

The Panasonic AG-HPX255 Camera and BT-LH1850 Monitor

Panasonic has a new camera, the AG-HPX255. Let's take a look at their new hand-held P2 camera offering, as well as their new monitor, the BT-LH1850. Panasonic lent a friend of mine the AG-HPX255 to test out.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

MarketWatch

Paul B. Farrell: $10 trillion in X-Prizes needed to save the world

Yes, X-Prize billionaires are failing their mission: "Making the Impossible Possible." Now they need at least $10 trillion to save the world, and a far grander vision, the new "10X-Prizes." And their leader, Dr.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Australia, World News,

Tom's Astronomy Blog

Goodbye Rhea?

A nice look at the surface of Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Sorry to see this the last targeted flyby of Rhea.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

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, NASA, Greenbelt, MD

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Music Review: VALIS - Minds Through Space and Time [Colored Vinyl Edition]

Before forming VALIS , bassist Van Conner was a founding member of Screaming Trees.

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Related Topix: Valis, Hard-Rock, Pop/Rock, Screaming Trees, Science / Technology, Music, Entertainment

Reuters

Canadian astronaut wrestles with gravity after spaceflight

Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the International Space Station, the former commander told reporters during a video webcast from Houston.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Pop/Rock, David Bowie, Science / Technology, NASA

Fri May 17, 2013

New Scientist

Astrophile: Saturn's egg moon Methone is made of fluff

Astrophile is our weekly column on curious cosmic objects, from the solar system to the far reaches of the multiverse Named Methone, this small, oval moon was seen in close-up for the first time last year by NASA's Cassini spacecraft .

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Ithaca, NY, Science / Technology

Eater

Video Interlude: Watch David Chang Make Outer Space Shrimp 'N Grits

Momofuku chef David Chang recently visited NASA's Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston, TX, where he teamed up with Tested's Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage to help figure out how to make space food a little more exciting for astronaut Chris Hadfield .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

411mania.com

The 411 Movies Top 5 03.22.13: Week 374 - Top 5 Space Movies

The 411 Movies Top 5 03.22.13: Week 374 - Top 5 Space Movies Posted by Shawn S. Lealos on 05.17.2013 From Star Wars and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan to Aliens , Starship Troopers , Armageddon and more, the 411 staff counts down the top five space movies of all time! Welcome to Week 374 of the Movie Zone Top 5. My name is Shawn S. Lealos and you ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Thriller, Starship Troopers, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Horror Movies, Short, Aliens, Movies, Entertainment

National Geographic

Q&A: The Future of the Kepler Spacecraft

NASA unexpectedly announced this week that Kepler , the planet-hunting spacecraft, has put itself in a safe mode and gone offline.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Get lost in space Saturday at Virginia Air & Space Center's first Sci-Fi Fest

The new film "Star Trek Into Darkness," represented with this movie still, prompted the Virginia Air & Space Center to hold a new event called Sci-Fi Fest.

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Related Topix: Star Trek Into Darkness, Science / Technology, Star Trek, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Entertainment

Space Ref

Counting Space Rock Impacts on Mars

Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet across.

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Related Topix: University of Arizona, Science / Technology, Texas

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, NASA

USA Today

Sally Ride's educational legacy lives on 30 years after spaceflight

Since her historic mission in 1983, 55 women, including cosmonauts, astronauts and payload specialists, have flown in space with NASA.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, UC San Diego, Wake Forest University

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