• Historic First Use of Drill on Mars Set for Jan. 31 – Curiosity’s Sol 174

    Updated: 2013-01-31 04:58:54
    Image caption: Curiosity will conduct Historic 1st drilling into Martian rock at this spot where the robotic arm is pressing down onto the Red Planet’s surface at the John Klein outcrop of veined hydrated minerals. This panoramic photo mosaic of Navcam camera images was snapped on Jan. 25 & 26, 2013 or Sols 168 & [...]

  • Next Generation TDRS Satellite Launches to Orbit

    Updated: 2013-01-31 04:29:47
    NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System will get an upgrade as the first of a new generation of communications satellites was launched to orbit on Wednesday, January 30 at 8:48 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral. See the launch video below. The TDRS system provides a critical communications link to Earth for the International Space [...]

  • The Cost of Exploring Space: Film vs. Reality

    Updated: 2013-01-30 23:33:02
    We all know that space exploration, while certainly not the largest expenditure of most countries, doesn’t come cheap. But neither do big-budget science fiction films, either. Special effects, sets, special effects, popular acting talent… special effects… those all come with hefty price tags that make sci-fi and fantasy films costly ventures — although bigger definitely [...]

  • Satellite Image Shows Eastern U.S. Severe Weather System

    Updated: 2013-01-30 22:45:53
    . Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Satellite Image Shows Eastern U.S . Severe Weather System By Keith Cowing Posted January 30, 2013 5:45 PM View Comments NOAA NOAA GOES-13 Image Taken on 30 Jan 2013 at 1825 UTC A powerful cold front moving from the central United States to the East Coast is wiping out spring-like temperatures and replacing them with winter-time temperatures with powerful storms in between . An image released from NASA using data from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite provides a stunning look at the powerful system that

  • Stars Can Be Late Parents

    Updated: 2013-01-30 20:10:10
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Stars Can Be Late Parents By Keith Cowing Posted January 30, 2013 3:10 PM View Comments ESA Protoplanetary Disk Using the unique capabilities of ESA's Herschel space observatory , astronomers have accurately weighed' a star's disc , finding it still has enough mass to spawn 50 Jupiter-sized planets , several million years after most other stars have already given . birth Proto-planetary discs contain all the raw ingredients for building planets . They are composed mainly of cold molecular hydrogen gas

  • Elderly Star Giving Birth to Planets

    Updated: 2013-01-30 20:09:39
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  • Kepler Spacecraft Back in Action After Reaction Wheel Problem

    Updated: 2013-01-30 17:16:45
    There has been some concern about the Kepler spacecraft after one of the devices that provide the ability for super-precise pointing began misbehaving. Reaction wheels are devices which aim a spacecraft in different directions without firing rockets or jets, which reduces the amount of fuel a spacecraft needs; Kepler has four of them. Earlier this [...]

  • Could Nearby Star Host a Baby Solar System?

    Updated: 2013-01-30 13:20:34
    A scientific gamble helped astronomers estimate the mass of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the famous star TW Hydrae. ->

  • South Korea Launches Satellite into Orbit

    Updated: 2013-01-30 11:42:40
    Spurred by rival North Korea's launch in December, South Korea on Wednesday appeared to have successful placed a small science satellite into orbit. ->

  • Lighting Up Andromeda’s Coldest Rings

    Updated: 2013-01-30 06:37:23
    Cold rings of dust are illuminated in this image taken by Herschel’s Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) instrument. Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/B. Schulz (NHSC) Looking wispy and delicate from 2.5 million light-years away, cold rings of dust are seen swirling around the Andromeda galaxy in this new image from the Herschel Space Observatory, giving us yet another [...]

  • Rocket Launch Colors the Sky Red With Lithium

    Updated: 2013-01-30 04:01:59
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Rocket Launch Colors the Sky Red With Lithium By Keith Cowing Posted January 29, 2013 11:01 PM View Comments NASA WFF Lithium Trails NASA successfully launched a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket at 5:50 p.m . EST this evening from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia . During the flight , two red-colored lithium vapor trails were produced . Reports from those viewing the launch or vapor trails came from as far away as the Outer Banks , N.C . eastern Pennsylvania and New . Jersey Two

  • CSExtra – Wednesday, January 30, 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-30 00:48:26
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest space related reporting and commentary from around the world. NASA’s Kepler space telescope resumes it search for alien planets, following a [...]

  • Mars Underground: Niche for Past Life?

    Updated: 2013-01-29 20:29:58
    Yet more data about the Red Planet boosts the idea that the subsurface environment on Mars once had an active hydrology and could be a good place to search for evidence of past life. Using high-resolution images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, networks of narrow ridges found in impact craters on Mars appear to be [...]

  • Andromeda's Colorful Rings

    Updated: 2013-01-29 19:35:23
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Andromeda's Colorful Rings By Keith Cowing Posted January 29, 2013 2:35 PM View Comments ESA Andromeda The ring-like swirls of dust filling the Andromeda galaxy stand out colorfully in this new image from the Herschel Space Observatory , a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation . The glow seen here comes from the longer-wavelength , or far , end of the infrared spectrum , giving astronomers the chance to identify the very coldest dust in our galactic neighbor . These light

  • When a Planet Behaves Like a Comet

    Updated: 2013-01-29 19:30:33
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology When a Planet Behaves Like a Comet By Keith Cowing Posted January 29, 2013 2:30 PM View Comments ESA Venus' Ionosphere ESA's Venus Express has made unique observations of Venus during a period of reduced solar wind pressure , discovering that the planet's ionosphere balloons out like a comet's tail on its . nightside The ionosphere is a region of weakly electrically charged gas high above the main body of a planet's atmosphere . Its shape and density are partly controlled by the internal magnetic

  • Ridges on Mars Suggest Ancient Flowing Water

    Updated: 2013-01-29 18:53:03
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Ridges on Mars Suggest Ancient Flowing Water By Keith Cowing Posted January 29, 2013 1:53 PM View Comments NASA JPL MRO Image Networks of narrow ridges found in impact craters on Mars appear to be the fossilized remnants of underground cracks through which water once flowed , according to a new analysis by researchers from Brown . University The study , in press in the journal Geophysical Research Letters , bolsters the idea that the subsurface environment on Mars once had an active hydrology and

  • NSS Executive Committee Chair Quoted on Fox News

    Updated: 2013-01-29 15:30:48
    In an online article about Deep Space Industries, the newly announced asteroid mining company, Fox News quoted NSS Executive Committee Chair Mark Hopkins as follows: “They have the potential to make an enormous amount of money,” Mark Hopkins, a founding member of the Space Development Steering Committee and the Chair of the Exec. Committee [...]

  • Why Venus Behaves Like a Comet

    Updated: 2013-01-29 14:10:33
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  • CSExtra – Tuesday, January 29, 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-29 13:03:53
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In Iran, officials offered a surprise announcement on Monday: the [...]

  • Watch Live from Israel: 8th Annual International Ilan Ramon Space Conference

    Updated: 2013-01-29 05:16:41
    Beginning on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, the Eighth Annual Ilan Ramon International Space Conference will be held in Israel, but you can watch it live here on Universe Today. The conference runs from Jan. 29-31, starting at 06:30 GMT (1:30 am EST, 10:30 pm PST on starting on January 28.) The conference honors the memory [...]

  • Stellar Effervescence on Display

    Updated: 2013-01-29 01:19:39
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Stellar Effervescence on Display By Keith Cowing Posted January 28, 2013 8:19 PM View Comments NASA superbubble DEM L50 This composite image shows the superbubble DEM L50 a.k.a . N186 located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years from . Earth Superbubbles are found in regions where massive stars have formed in the last few million years . The massive stars produce intense radiation , expel matter at high speeds , and race through their evolution to explode as supernovas . The winds

  • Iran Sends a Monkey into Space

    Updated: 2013-01-28 21:30:28
    According to Iran state media, Iran launched a suborbital rocket last week with a monkey onboard and recovered the capsule a short time later with the monkey still alive. The space capsule was code-named Pishgam (Pioneer).

  • NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet

    Updated: 2013-01-28 16:52:42
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  • New View of the Andromeda Galaxy Taken by Herschel

    Updated: 2013-01-28 13:23:51
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  • CSExtra – Monday, January 28, 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-28 00:50:39
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world, plus a recap from the weekend. This week, the nation’s [...]

  • The Search for Life on Mars

    Updated: 2013-01-27 16:57:19
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  • Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1 Astronauts Honored with NASA’s Annual Day of Remembrance

    Updated: 2013-01-27 14:53:05
          NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 1,  will pay tribute to astronauts from three U.  S. missions who lost their lives while pursuing the exploration of space. A wreath laying ceremony led by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver is scheduled for the Arlington National [...]

  • NASA celebrates its fallen astronauts

    Updated: 2013-01-27 09:06:04
    This should be the saddest week of the year for NASA — hich is marking the anniversaries of three fatal tragedies, including the 10th anniversary of the shuttle Columbia's catastrophic breakup. But the way NASA Administrator Charles Bolden sees it, this week is not ju hellip;

  • Video Explores Overview Effect – Astronaut Perspectives of Earth and Space

    Updated: 2013-01-26 16:18:13
    The “Overview Effect” was first described by author Frank White in 1987 – an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and humankind’s place upon it. A recently released short film — ‘Overview’ explores this phenomenon through interviews with five astronauts who have experienced the Overview Effect. A world premier of the 19-minute film [...]

  • Changes to Martian Surface Caused by Seasonal CO2 Ice Thaws

    Updated: 2013-01-25 19:15:30
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Changes to Martian Surface Caused by Seasonal CO2 Ice Thaws By Keith Cowing Posted January 25, 2013 2:15 PM View Comments NASA Seasonal Thaw on Mars Spring is a dynamic season on the dunes surrounding Mars' north pole . When frozen carbon dioxide , or dry ice , deposited as a winter ice cap on Mars sublimates changes directly from a solid to a gas in the spring it causes a variety of geologic changes to the Martian surface , research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Candice Hansen

  • NASA Super-Tiger Balloon Shatters Flight Record

    Updated: 2013-01-25 17:00:33
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology NASA Super-Tiger Balloon Shatters Flight Record By Keith Cowing Posted January 25, 2013 12:00 PM View Comments NASA Super-Tiger Flying high over Antarctica , a NASA long duration balloon has broken the record for longest flight by a balloon of its size . The record-breaking balloon , carrying the Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder Super-TIGER experiment , has been afloat for 46 days and is on its third orbit around the South . Pole This is an outstanding achievement for NASA's Astrophysics

  • Lost in Space: The Need for a Definitive U.S. Space Policy?

    Updated: 2013-01-25 15:29:50
    In a special program sponsored by the Baker Institute, noted space policy experts reviewed the present status and future of NASA and the U.S. civil space program, as well as the need for a definitive national civil space policy. This event was held Jan 24, 2013 and can now be viewed at: http://youtu.be/o0YDx2AY9ck When the [...]

  • Scout out the George Observatory on February 2: Cub Scouts earn Astronomy Belt Loop and Pins in one day!

    Updated: 2013-01-25 02:33:38
    What are your Scouts doing next weekend? We have an idea! Bring your Cub Scouts out to The George Observatory on Saturday, February 2 to earn their Astronomy Belt Loop and Pins in a single day. Hands-on activities taught by … Continue reading →

  • CSExtra – Friday, January 25, 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-25 00:54:34
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Remembering Apollo 1. NASA joins a European dark energy missions. [...]

  • CuriousMars: Opportunity's First Project Manager Hails Longevity

    Updated: 2013-01-24 22:04:41
    : Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology CuriousMars : Opportunity's First Project Manager Hails Longevity By Craig Covault Posted January 24, 2013 5:04 PM View Comments Opportunity imaged Santa Maria crater and part of itself at foreground on its Sol 2454 enroute to Endeavour crater where it now is operating . Credit : NASA JPL Cornell Marco Di Lorenzo Ken Kremer.com The NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is beginning its 10th year roving Mars , completing nine years of shocking performance and historic discoveries that began with a

  • CSExtra – Thursday, January 24, 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-24 00:39:30
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related reporting and commentary from around the world. Intense magnetic fields may explain a long standing [...]

  • Solving The Solar Corona Puzzle

    Updated: 2013-01-23 18:18:44
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Solving The Solar Corona Puzzle By Keith Cowing Posted January 23, 2013 1:18 PM View Comments HSCfA Solar Corona The Sun's visible surface , or photosphere , is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit . As you move outward from it , you pass through a tenuous layer of hot , ionized gas or plasma called the corona . The corona is familiar to anyone who has seen a total solar eclipse , since it glimmers ghostly white around the hidden . Sun But how can the solar atmosphere get hotter , rather than colder , the

  • Deep Space Industries Promotional Video

    Updated: 2013-01-23 03:22:46
    Deep Space Industries believes the human race is ready to begin harvesting the resources of space both for their use in space and to increase the wealth and prosperity of the people of planet Earth. See also the Deep Space Industries full press release and full press conference on the NSS Blog below.

  • Deep Space Industries' lofty asteroid ambitions face high financial hurdles

    Updated: 2013-01-23 01:01:54
    Deep Space Industries' backers say that their newly revealed plan to seek out and dig into near-Earth asteroids has already attracted interest and investors — but they also admit they're looking for much more. "We have some investors on board," the company's CEO, David Gump hellip;

  • CSExtra – Wednesday, January 23, 2013

    Updated: 2013-01-23 00:38:29
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. President Obama pledges second term action on climate change in [...]

  • Deep Space Industries full press conference

    Updated: 2013-01-22 21:22:22
    Note: Starts at 2.5 minutes. Moderator is “Meteorite Man” Geoff Notkin.

  • Betelgeuse Braces for a Collision

    Updated: 2013-01-22 17:54:20
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Betelgeuse Braces for a Collision By Keith Cowing Posted January 22, 2013 12:54 PM View Comments ESA Betelgeuse Multiple arcs are revealed around Betelgeuse , the nearest red supergiant star to Earth , in this new image from ESA's Herschel space observatory . The star and its arc-shaped shields could collide with an intriguing dusty wall' in 5000 . years Betelgeuse rides on the shoulder of the constellation Orion the Hunter . It can easily be seen with the naked eye in the northern hemisphere winter

  • Deep Space Industries offers competition for Planetary Resources in mining asteroids

    Updated: 2013-01-22 14:43:03
    Deep Space Industries announced January 22 that it will send a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft out into the solar system to hunt for resources to accelerate space development to benefit Earth. These “FireFly” spacecraft utilize low-cost cubesat components and get discounted delivery to space by ride-sharing on the launch of larger communications satellites. “This is [...]

  • Did An 8th-Century Gamma-Ray Burst Irradiate Earth?

    Updated: 2013-01-21 17:34:19
    Home About SpaceRef SpaceRef Business SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia SpaceRef Canada NASA Watch Get Our Daily Newsletter Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Astrobiology Did An 8th-Century Gamma-Ray Burst Irradiate Earth By Keith Cowing Posted January 21, 2013 12:34 PM View Comments RAS Artist's Impression of Neutron Star Collision A nearby short-duration gamma-ray burst may be the cause of an intense blast of high-energy radiation that hit the Earth in the 8th century , according to new research led by astronomers Valeri Hambaryan and Ralph . Neuhauser The two scientists , based at the Astrophysics Institute of the University of Jena in Germany , publish their

  • Planetary Resources Releases Asteroid Mining Update

    Updated: 2013-01-21 16:34:36
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  • Astronomy Ignorance About Our Solar System!

    Updated: 2013-01-21 16:19:24
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  • Asteroid mining update from Planetary Resources

    Updated: 2013-01-21 15:48:47

  • Travel One Orbit With Venus Express

    Updated: 2013-01-21 15:24:49
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  • McLaughlin Crater on Mars May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake

    Updated: 2013-01-21 00:27:43
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  • Could Comet ISON Be the Comet of the Century?

    Updated: 2013-01-19 20:25:59
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  • One to beam up: NASA uses a laser to send Mona Lisa to the moon

    Updated: 2013-01-18 01:07:27
    NASA has turned the Mona Lisa into the first digital image to be transmitted via laser beam from Earth to a spacecraft in lunar orbit, nearly 240,000 miles away, thanks to a technology that may soon become routine. The experiment took advantage of the laser-tracking system that's hellip;

  • Knight Seminar Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

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  • NASA to Test Bigelow Expandable Module on Space Station

    Updated: 2013-01-17 00:55:30
    NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced January 16 a newly planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test expandable space habitat technology. NASA has awarded a $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace to provide a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which is scheduled to [...]

  • Space Coast NSS Chapter Changes Name to Florida Space Development Council

    Updated: 2013-01-17 00:45:36
    The Florida Space Coast Chapter of the National Space Society (NSS) has changed its name to the Florida Space Development Council (FSDC) to better reflect the group’s focus on assisting the development of a robust space-related economy in the state. FSDC will remain an active chapter of NSS, working with other Florida chapters to support [...]

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  • Knight Seminar Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

    Updated: 2013-01-16 18:58:38
    Skip to Content Contact Us Register Log In About Faculty Staff Address Directions Contributors Fellowships Eligibility How to Apply Being a Fellow FAQs Boot Camps Fellows Alumni Fellows Boot Camp Fellows Fellows Search Seminars News Past Seminars News Archive Media Gallery Video Photos Print Slideshows Audio Tracker Seminars News Past Seminars News Archive Knight Seminar Feb 7, 2013 Presenter Name : nbsp Felice Frankel Position Job : nbsp Science photographer and Research Scientist Website : nbsp http : www.felicefrankel.com Knight Science Journalism at MIT Street Address : MIT E19-623, 400 Main Street , Cambridge MA 02142-1324 USA Mailing Address : MIT E19-623, 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , MA 02142-1324 USA knight-info mit.edu 2010 Knight Science Journalism at MIT . All Rights .

  • Knight Seminar Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT

    Updated: 2013-01-16 18:58:37
    Skip to Content Contact Us Register Log In About Faculty Staff Address Directions Contributors Fellowships Eligibility How to Apply Being a Fellow FAQs Boot Camps Fellows Alumni Fellows Boot Camp Fellows Fellows Search Seminars News Past Seminars News Archive Media Gallery Video Photos Print Slideshows Audio Tracker Seminars News Past Seminars News Archive Knight Seminar Feb 14, 2013 Presenter Name : nbsp Robert Langer Position Job : nbsp David H . Koch Institute Professor Website : nbsp http : web.mit.edu langerlab langer.html Knight Science Journalism at MIT Street Address : MIT E19-623, 400 Main Street , Cambridge MA 02142-1324 USA Mailing Address : MIT E19-623, 77 Massachusetts Avenue , Cambridge , MA 02142-1324 USA knight-info mit.edu 2010 Knight Science Journalism at MIT . All Rights

  • NASA's chief revisits a make-believe space shuttle in its new locale

    Updated: 2013-01-16 03:23:45
    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden took a crawl through Memory Lane in Seattle on Tuesday during a tour of the Museum of Flight's shuttle training mockup, which he and hundreds of other astronauts used to practice their moves in preparation for their missions. "This thing saw astr hellip;

  • ESA Appealing for Research Ideas for Asteroid Deflection Mission

    Updated: 2013-01-15 15:28:30
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  • In The Market For A Very Large Garage? Call NASA.

    Updated: 2013-01-07 20:00:00
    NASA is facing a conundrum of large proportions; shuttle-sized, in fact. Now that the shuttle program has ended, NASA is no longer using shuttle facilities and equipment. That includes everything from a launch pad to space in the building where rockets were assembled. So NASA is conducting a secret auction. Orlando Sentinel staff writer Scott Powers explains what NASA is selling, why, and who the buyers might be.

  • NSS Executive Director Paul Damphousse appears on The Space Show

    Updated: 2013-01-03 15:57:59
    Paul Damphousse, Executive Director of the National Space Society, was interviewed on The Space Show on January 6, 2013. The program is archived here — click on “Listen to the Show” or download it for later listening. Lt. Col. Damphouse will also give a presentation for the Florida Space Institute Distinguished Lecture Series on February 12. [...]

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