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Shuttle Atlantis in Orbit: Make It a Teachable Moment

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology

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Jeff Goldstein

After Atlantis returns to Earth, a space shuttle will clear the tower only five more times before the fleet -- Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis -- is retired in 2010.

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Latest Space Shuttle's Mission: Trash the Urine Recycler

Alex Pasternack | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Recycling, Poop, Water, Shit, Space Shuttle, Space, Toilets, Technology News
Alex Pasternack

When the space shuttle launched on Monday, it wasn't carrying a new satellite or even burrito ingredients. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts f...

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Meteor Shower November 2009: WATCH Leonid Meteor Shower Preview (VIDEO)

Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

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The Leonid Meteor Shower will hit its peak early in the morning Tuesday, Nov. 17. For those far enough from city lights and fortunate enough to hav...

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Telescope Captures Close-Up Of Sun's 'Bubbling' Surface (VIDEO)

Posted 11.15.2009 | Technology

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*See video below* Last Wednesday, Germany's Max Plank Institute for Solar System Research released amazing, detailed video footage of the sun's surfa...

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Wild Solar System Spotted Around Distant Star

space.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

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A young star observed by the Spitzer Space Telescope appears to be home to a wild -- and young -- planetary system that shares some of the frenetic dy...

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Planets 'Spotted' Outside Our Own Galaxy For First Time

Telegraph | Tom Chivers | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

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Astronomers have discovered evidence of alien planets outside our own galaxy for the first time. ...

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Nigeria Aims To Put Africans In Space

globalpost.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Nigeria, Space Travel, Space Tourism, Space Exploration, Space, Nigeria Space Agency, World News

LONDON, U.K. - Recently I received an email labeled "Strictly Confidential" from Dr. Bakare Tunde, who said he was astronautics project manager at Nig...

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Horse Races with Rocket Engines

William Pomerantz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: X Prize, Nasa, Space, Lunar Landing, Scaled Composites, TrueZer0, Unreasonable Rocket, Friends of Amateur Rocketry, John Carmack, Spaceshiptwo, Rocket Competitions, Masten Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, David Masten, Xombie, Armadillo Aerospace, Technology News
William Pomerantz

We're clearly coming into an era where commercial competition will have a major impact on the aerospace community -- and on the financial community as well.

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Mr. President, Will You Lead Us to Greatness in Space?

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

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Buzz Aldrin

It is time we sailed the sea of space once more in a bold, expansive space vision. To achieve such a goal we need strong leaders, for to sustain a growing and momentous effort in space requires that we reject a defeatist mentality.

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The Illusion of Past, Present, Future

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

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Deepak Chopra

We are connected not only by intertwined consciousness, but by a pattern that is a template for the universe itself.

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Dozens Of "Earth-Like" Planets Discovered Outside Solar System

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

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WASHINGTON — European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many p...

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Space Rock Crashes Through Retiree's Roof

Mail Online | Posted 10.17.2009 | Technology

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Pensioner Peter Welton was amazed when a piece of red-hot debris crashed through his roof in July. Now experts have confirmed the object had travelled...

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Save Space: Letter-Writing Campaign To Save The Space Program

Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact

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The national space program is scheduled to end soon, and a vocal group of enthusiasts, businesses and cities have banded together to promote Save Spac...

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Life Of Pi Author Broadcast From Space

TheStar.com | Vit Wagner | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

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Seven years after winning the Booker Prize for Life of Pi, Yann Martel is only now putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to his international...

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Oh No! NASA's LCROSS Is Going to Hit the Moon! Run!

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology

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Jeff Goldstein

NASA's slamming a satellite into the Moon?! Hasn't anybody thought this through? The Moon's going to be forced from its orbit! Giant tides will wash around the Earth! The Man in the Moon will be mad at us!

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Moon Water: Probes Find H20 Traces In Dirt

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

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The moon isn't the dry dull place it seems. Traces of water lurk in the dirt unseen.

Three different space probes found the chemical signature of water all over the moon's surface, surprising the scientists who at first doubted the unexpected measurement until it was confirmed independently and repeatedly.

It's not enough moisture to foster homegrown life on the moon. But if processed in mass quantities, it might provide resources – drinking water and rocket fuel – for future moon-dwellers, scientists say. The water comes and goes during the lunar day.

It's not a lot of water. If you took a two-liter soda bottle of lunar dirt, there would probably be a medicine dropperful of water in it, said University of Maryland astronomer Jessica Sunshine, one of the scientists who discovered the water. Another way to think of it is if you want a drink of water, it would take a baseball diamond's worth of dirt, said team leader Carle Pieters of Brown University.

"It's sort of just sticking on the surface," Sunshine said. "We always think of the moon as dead and this is sort of a dynamic process that's going on."

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Words: Words Parents Use Can Make a Difference for Life. Words Can Send You into Space or Tear You to Pieces

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

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Ramon Resa, MD

Say positive things about your children. Tell them you believe in them. If you let them know that they can accomplish anything if they put their minds to it, they will.

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'Moon Rock' Displayed In Dutch Museum Is Really Petrified Wood

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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AMSTERDAM — It's not green cheese, but it might as well be. The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock ...

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WASP-17, Newfound Planet, Orbits Backward

Space | Jeanna Bryner and Robert Roy Britt | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

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Planets orbit stars in the same direction that the stars rotate. They all do. Except one. A newfound planet orbits the wrong way, backward compared t...

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NASA Spacecraft Reveals Mysterious Object Punching Through One Of Saturn's Rings

Huffington Post | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green

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What is going on with Saturn's rings? It appears that recent images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal what seems to be a small object that has rip...

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Report: NASA Can't Keep Up With Killer Asteroids

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — NASA is charged with spotting most of the asteroids that pose a threat to Earth but doesn't have the money to complete the job, a f...

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Neighborhood Watch on Planet Earth

Michael Winship | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

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Michael Winship

One of the most valuable contributions of our exploration of the skies has been the knowledge gained from being able to examine our own earthly neighborhood from the distance of space.

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James May Takes Takes An "Emotional" Ride To The Edge Of Space In A U2 Spyplane (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila SHapiro | Posted 09.06.2009 | Home

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British Journalist James May takes a trip in a U2 spyplane to the edge of space. He narrates the journey, waxes philosophical, and eats lunch (he has...

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James May Takes Takes An "Emotional" Ride To The Edge Of Space In A U2 Spyplane (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila SHapiro | Posted 09.06.2009 | Home

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British Journalist James May takes a trip in U2s spyplane to the edge of space. He narrates the journey, waxes philosophical, and eats lunch (he has ...

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely, Mission Successful

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 08.31.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful constructi...

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