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Mars or bust, Buzz Aldrin says
Dancer, rapper, and, oh yeah, Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin is talking, but are the right people listening? One of the original moonwalkers (“Michael Jackson always did it backwards!” Aldrin complained) challenged the United States to pick...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Apollo Moon Mission (1961-1975), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Buzz Aldrin
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How I Made It: SpaceX exec Gwynne Shotwell
The gig: Gwynne Shotwell, 49, is president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, the Hawthorne company that builds rockets and space capsules to resupply the International Space Station for NASA. Shotwell is No. 2 at the pioneering company behind founder...
Tags: Satellite Technology, Chrysler, NASA, Science and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology
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The moon's mysteriously uneven gravity is explained at last
A lunar mystery that has lingered for decades has finally been solved, thanks to data collected by NASA's GRAIL mission and some science detectives here on Earth. Back in 1968, JPL scientists made an irritating discovery while preparing for the Apollo...
Tags: Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology
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Mars-bound astronauts would face huge radiation exposure
Astronauts heading to Mars would face exposure to a deluge of radiation, in some cases as much as NASA policy permits, according to new data from the Curiosity rover. The space agency limits astronauts to a 3% increased risk of fatal cancer. This...
Tags: Science, Aerospace Manufacturing, Research, Manufacturing and Engineering, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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New ISS crew will blast off for space Tuesday, watch it live
Two astronauts and one cosmonaut will blast off into space on Tuesday afternoon, arriving at the International Space Station about six hours later. You can watch both the launch and the docking of the spacecraft live right here, thanks to streaming...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology
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Is Kepler dead? NASA to give update on planet-hunting telescope
Is NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting telescope dead? That was the rumor circulating Wednesday, nearly a week after the space telescope went into safe mode. NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. Pacific time “to discuss the status of the...
Tags: Science, NASA, Science and Technology
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Ground control to Major Tom: ISS commander sings David Bowie
This post has been corrected, as noted below.International Space Station Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield returns to Earth, and eventually Canada, on Monday. So, what better way to end the mission than doing a personalized rendition of David Bowie's classic "A Space Oddity," in the first music...Tags: Science, Awards and Prizes, Science and Technology, NASA
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Space odyssey ends better for Chris Hadfield than for Major Tom
A Soyuz capsule has landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan, bringing to a safe end the space odyssey of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, whose video of David Bowie's "A Space Oddity" has gone viral. The capsule containing Hadfield, along with...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Apple iPad, Entertainment, NASA
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Chris Hadfield first in-space viral music video star with 'Space Oddity'
The cover of "A Space Oddity" by Chris Hadfield, International Space Station commander, is going galactically viral Monday. But it was a decidedly terrestrial affair. And it centered on a Silver Lake producer and a Canadian singer who once did vocals...
Tags: Social Media, Music Industry, Music, Apple iPad, Entertainment
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Astronauts end spacewalk after fixing coolant leak
Astronauts replaced a leaking component on the International Space Station after a 5-hour, 30-minute spacewalk, NASA reported. Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn completed their spacewalk at 11:14 a.m. PDT Saturday, after gingerly gliding out...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology
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Spacewalk underway at International Space Station to fix leak
This post has been corrected. See note below.In a spacewalk, Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump component that has been gushing ammonia coolant, NASA reported Saturday. The spacewalk got underway at 5:44 a.m. PDT and was expected to last more than six hours, according to...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology
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Space walk from ISS slated for Saturday, NASA says
Astronauts from the International Space Station will start their space walk Saturday about 5:45 a.m. Pacific time, in an effort to locate and fix an ammonia leak in a coolant system, NASA officials said Friday. The unscheduled emergency walk was...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology
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