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22 min ago | WTOP-FM Washington

NASA picks Md. native for astronaut training

A Baltimore native is one of nine candidates to begin astronaut training this summer.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, US Military, US Navy, US News

4 hrs ago | FOX News

Drink Beer, Win a Trip to Space

An artist's rendition of SpaceShipTwo as it journeys in suborbital space above Earth.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Beer, Drink

9 hrs ago | El Sentinel

Alabama senator's NASA diversion could hurt Cape

For months, a powerful Republican senator from Alabama has fought the Obama administration to block $150 million that the White House wanted to spend to help private companies build rockets capable of reaching the international space station.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Richard Shelby, Science / Technology, NASA

13 hrs ago | WisInfo

Review: 'Moon' is out of this world

The outer-space indie "Moon" puts the alien in alienation. Ever-interesting Sam Rockwell stars as Sam Bell, a contractor running a one-man mining operation.

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Related Topix: Moon, Science / Technology, Gerty, Indie

18 hrs ago | Omaha World-Herald

Getting innovation under way

Inventors, researchers and small business owners hoping to receive a portion of $2.3 billion in federal grants attended the National Institutes of Health's 11th annual Small Business Innovation Research conference.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Inventions, Science / Technology, Omaha, NE, Nebraska

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Scientific American

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps its first images of the moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which reached its destination just last week , is already showing its stuff.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

MSNBC

Astronaut taking Twitter to space en Espanol

See moonshadows on Saturn's rings, volcanoes on Earth and Mars and other out-of-this-world imagery from June 2009.

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Related Topix: Twitter, Science / Technology, NASA

Freshnews

Nasa's Fermi Telescope Probes Dozens of Pulsars

In two studies published in the edition of Science Express, international teams have analyzed gamma-rays from two dozen pulsars, including 16 discovered by Fermi.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Astronomy, Science, UC Santa Cruz, California

New Mexico Business Weekly

Boeing to develop spacecraft power system

An industry team led by The Boeing Co. has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new, ultra-lightweight power generation system for spacecraft.

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Related Topix: Boeing, Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology

GISUser.com

ITT Provides Main Sensors for GOES-O Weather Satellite

Written by ITT Sensors to help meteorologists improve short-term forecasts ROCHESTER, N.Y.---ITT Corporation announced today that its latest weather sensors have successfully launched into space.

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Related Topix: ITT Industries, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Science / Technology, US Military, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, US Air Force, Weather, NASA

Floridatoday.com

Knob is thorn in shuttle's side

A knob wedged against a cockpit window in shuttle Atlantis was freed, NASA said Tuesday, giving engineers a chance to look more closely at any damage it caused.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Boston.com

2 Space Camp grads named astronauts

NASA has chosen two Space Camp graduates as part of the nine 2009 inductees into the astronaut corps.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Cambridge, MA

PhillyBurbs.com

NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set

To NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

Canada.com

Space station no five-star hotel: Canadian astronaut

The first Canadian crew member of the International Space Station says his new home is big, but he's learning his way around.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Science Blog

Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed

An international team of researchers led by a UC Riverside astronomer has completed the largest ever survey designed to find very distant clusters of galaxies.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, UC Riverside, Science / Technology, California Institute of Technology, Chicago Metro

Alabama Live

Human space flight review panel updates Web site with Huntsville information

The Review Panel on U.S. Human Space Flight has placed photos and information collected in Huntsville on its Web site.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Huntsville Metro, Decatur, AL

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Post Chronicle

NASA, Japan Produce Topographic Earth Map

The U.S. and Japanese space agencies have produced a digital topographic map of Earth that covers more of our planet than ever.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA

WABC 7

NASA manager pitches return to moon

An Atlas V rocket blasts off the launch pad headed to the moon, carrying a pair of science probes that will scout out potential landing spots for astronauts, Thursday afternoon, June 18, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Cape Canaveral, FL

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Dr. Sky

Summer is the perfect time to see Saturday, the Hubble Space Telescope and even the space station -- all with the naked eye.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Video

The Japan Times

Japan a low-key player in space race

Japan has launched Earth observation, communications and weather satellites as well as other space vehicles since it began its space program in the late 1960s.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

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