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If you care about the future of American space exploration, your urgent help is necessary. The only hope for the average citizen to one day travel to space is in danger due to the actions of certain members of Congress.
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Lockheed Martin Commends Bi-Partisan Support for NASA FY 2011 Budget
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Spirit Remains Silent at Troy
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IFPTE/AFGE Letter on NASA Authorization Act
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Due to Odyssey's safing event none of the planned Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) downlink passes for this period occurred.
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NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, July 30, 2010
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NASA Awards Electrical Systems Engineering Services Contract
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NASA Selects Orbital for Major Sounding Rocket Program Prime Contract
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NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction.
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Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 July 2010
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Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 30 July 2010
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NASA Expendable Launch Vehicle Status Report 30 July 2010
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Update on the NASA Authorization Bill (from Planetary News)
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One possible explanation for the irregular pattern is the remains of an exploded supernova, such as the nearby supernova remnant Vela, whose location corresponds to one of the cosmic-ray hotspots.
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On the Planetary Society web site: Planetary Society Urges Debate on NASA Authorization Bill
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WR 22, a member of a double star system in the Carina Nebula, is shedding its atmosphere at a rate many millions times faster than our Sun.
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The test gauges how the mirrors change temperature and shape over a range of operational temperatures in space.
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The map was constructed using almost 21,000 images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System, a multiband infrared camera.
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Prometheus' gravitational pull sloshes ring material around, creating wake channels that trigger the formation of objects as large as 12 miles in diameter.
