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NASA Spacecraft Spots New "Moonlet" In Saturn's Rings

wired.com | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered a new object in Saturn's rings. By capitalizing on the angle of sunlight cast on the rings as the planet n...

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How I Became an Eclipse Chaser -- And Dragged My Family Along!

Suzanne Deal Booth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Nasa, Ptolemy, Heroditus, Turkey Eclipse, Uyghur, Eclipse Chasing, Cappadocia, Edmond Halley, Umbraphiles, Astronomy, Aristotle, Li Shu, Path of Totality, Solar Eclipse, Mayans, Ugarit, Living News
Suzanne Deal Booth

Eclipse chasing is a serious endeavor. The first time I chased one was with my 16 year old daughter in 2006 in Cappadocia, Turkey, not far from the first recorded total solar eclipse.

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Federal Reserve Has Lowest Job Approval Rating; CDC, NASA Top List: Poll

Gallup | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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At a time when Americans are discouraged about the direction of the country and hesitant about the scope of President Barack Obama's federal budget pl...

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Liz Cheney: Birther of Crazier Conspiracies

Warren Holstein | Posted 08.24.2009 | Comedy

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Warren Holstein

Dick's progeny didn't fall far from the gnarled, twisted tree. Liz Cheney has unfurled her writhing power-hungry roots, burrowing deep beneath the dirt filled with assorted creepy crawlies to feed her political prospects.

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Conspiracy Theorists Say NASA Faked Obama's Birth

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.22.2009 | Comedy

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Andy Borowitz

The so-called "Birther" movement gained new steam today as one of its prominent Congressional advocates claimed that NASA faked the birth of Barack Obama.

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"Media, We Have a Problem: Apollo 11 and NASA History Coverage Omits Women Astronauts"

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Mercury 13, Eileen Collins, Women Astronauts, Nasa, Mercury 7, Women's History, Sally Ride, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Judy Chicago, Geraldine Ferraro, NASA History, Apollo 11, Elizabeth A. Sackler, Time Magazine, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Bella Abzug, Brooklyn Museum, Media News
Beverly Wettenstein

My mission is to give the women's history perspective to today's news events.

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The Next Great Challenge

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Nasa, Energy Policy, Los Angeles, Green News
Antonio Villaraigosa

In L.A., we are taking the lead and working to become the center for climate change and clean technology research and innovation.

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Is NASA Spacing Out?

Bill Chameides | Posted 08.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Research, Michael Collins, Climate Change, Space, Apollo Missions, Apollo 11, Science, Astronauts, Moon, Alan Bean, Green News
Bill Chameides

Today is the 40th anniversary of the first lunar walk, and, not counting the late Michael Jackson, it's been almost that long since the last moonwalk. Is it time to do it again?

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Why Go to the Moon? It's the Space Between Our Ears

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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Kimberly Krautter

To fail to continue to send people into space to actually learn about those environments and how they relate to our own sustainability would be to become even more self-absorbed than we already are.

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NASA Celebrates Apollo 11 Anniversary With Giant Moon Pie

AP | Posted 08.20.2009 | Comedy

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the lunar surface with a giant moon pie. The concoction...

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Moon Shadows

Michael Jones | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago

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Michael Jones

I watched the first moon landing forty years ago in a motel room with three other soldiers, teary eyed and proud at what America had done. It seems that America no longer does things like that.

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Aldrin: NASA Needs To Put People On Mars

AP | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Former Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin says NASA should set its sights on a bigger target in the future: Mars. Aldrin made the commen...

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Apollo 11 Politiku

Susanna Speier | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charles J. Pellerin, Fraser Thomson, Richard Speier, Bob Fish, Rod Pyle, Tara-Gray-Burkholder, Lunar Landing, Collins, Von Braun, Neil Armstrong, Nasa, Moon, Apollo 11, Robots, 40th Anniversary, Eagle, Aldrin, Astronaut, Hornet, Sam Saltoun, Ellen Briggs Stansell, Jerome Coopersmith, Ralph Dannheisser, Karen Goldner, Irene Cullen Gravina, Randi Cecchine, Jacqueline Church Simonds, V. Alison Taylor, Michael O'Brien, Politics News
Susanna Speier

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11's moon landing, individuals with NASA affiliations that range from astronaut to intern condensed the seminal event into 17 syllable historiographies.

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Walter Cronkite: When He Wasn't 'The Most Trusted Man in America'

Dan Dubno | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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Dan Dubno

As we mourn "the most trusted man in America" we also mourn the kind of television news that no longer exists. Today, the job he perfected has largely lost its relevance.

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New Moon Footage: NASA Releases Remastered Moon Landing Footage (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

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UPDATED 7/16: The enhanced footage of the 1969 moonwalk has been released by NASA. Watch the video: As part of NASA's 40th anniversary celebratio...

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The Year of the Moon

Eric Lurio | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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Eric Lurio

Tomorrow is the anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on our Moon. In another ten years, most of the people involved with it will be dead.

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International Space Station To "De-Orbit" In 2016 Due To Lack Of Long-Term Funding

Washington Post | Joel Achenbach | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics

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A number of times in recent weeks a bright, unblinking light has appeared in the night sky of the nation's capital: a spaceship. Longer than a footbal...

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Thunderstorms Delay Endeavour Launch Again

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Thunderstorms forced NASA to call off Sunday evening's launch of shuttle Endeavour, the fourth delay for the space statio...

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Lightning Delays Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch

AP | RON WORD | Posted 08.11.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside...

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PHOTOS: Lunar Orbiter Releases First Photos Of Moon

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which launched on June 18, just released its first images of the moon's pockmarked terrain. The Orbiter c...

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Federal Contractors Got Billions In Bonuses, Despite Performance: Report

washingtonpost.com | Steve Vogel | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

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Federal agencies have awarded billions in bonuses to contractors regardless of whether the work was deemed satisfactory, according to a Government Acc...

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This Week in Magazines: An Homage to Awful State Legislators

James Warren | Posted 07.22.2009 | Media

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James Warren

Citizens across America, especially New York and Illinois, must read the July Texas Monthly so they can be reassured that their state legislators aren't the biggest idiots.

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Yesterday's Launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings Back Memories of Apollo 11

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

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Jeff Goldstein

July 20th is coming. It will be the 40th anniversary of the first human footprints on another world, and I lived it.

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Dear Media: Please Stop Reporting About Science

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

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Jacob Dickerman

There's nothing special about the moon. If it didn't exist, life on this planet would be largely the same,

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Moon Launch: NASA Sends Unmanned Rocket (VIDEO)

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 07.19.2009 | Home

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(The Associated Press) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA launched its first moon shot in a decade Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science pro...

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