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    Aug 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Curiosity: Meet 'Mohawk Guy,' Mars mission's Internet sensation

    As the rover called Curiosity made its hair-raising, breathtaking descent into the Martian atmosphere Sunday night, the viewers watching NASA's live feed at home seemed to have just one question: Who’s that guy with the mohawk? 
    Los Angeles Times
    As the rover called Curiosity made its hair-raising, breathtaking descent into the Martian atmosphere Sunday night, the viewers watching NASA's live feed at home seemed to have just one question: Who’s that guy with the mohawk?  Flight director...

    Tags: Science, Politics, Elections, Ed Harris, Science and Technology

    2. Sep 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Pictures in the News | September 17, 2012

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    Pictures in the News from around the world....
    3. Jul 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Sally Ride dies at 61; first American woman in space

    In the early days of the space program, astronauts were ex-Marines, Air Force officers and hot-shot pilots. Sally Ride got there a little differently: She answered a want ad.
    In the early days of the space program, astronauts were ex-Marines, Air Force officers and hot-shot pilots. Sally Ride got there a little differently: She answered a want ad. In the late 1970s, NASA decided that, in addition to pilots, it needed some...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Science, Companies and Corporations, NASA, Colleges and Universities

    4. Aug 1, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Elon Musk of SpaceX: The goal is Mars

    As shipments go, it was routine — about half a ton of supplies — except it was delivered by the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. SpaceX partnered with NASA in this new model, the brainchild of Elon Musk, who's behind Tesla electric cars as well. He left South Africa at 17, earned two U.S. undergraduate degrees and then made serial piles of dough pioneering online payment systems, including the one that became PayPal. Musk's persona inspired aspects of Tony Stark in the"Iron Man," but Musk's aspirations seem more like Buzz Lightyear's — to infinity, and beyond.
    As shipments go, it was routine — about half a ton of supplies — except it was delivered by the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. SpaceX partnered with NASA in this new model, the brainchild of Elon Musk, who's behind...

    Tags: Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, SpaceX, Tobacco Products

    5. Aug 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Mars rover Curiosity: Anticipation grows as landing nears (Google+ Hangout)

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    Anticipation is building for Sunday night's landing of the rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars. In a Google + Hangout, Times reporters Scott Gold and Amina Kahn talked about the mission with Ashwin R. Vasavada, a deputy project scientist......
    6. Sep 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Weather could again delay space shuttle Endeavour's flight

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    Already delayed a day, space shuttle Endeavour's departure from Florida to Los Angeles could be pushed back again because of bad weather....
    7. Sep 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Space shuttle Endeavour's departure delayed another day

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    Space shuttle Endeavour's departure from Florida has been delayed another day, NASA announced Monday, and it remains uncertain whether the orbiter will reach Los Angeles on Thursday as originally planned. Endeavour was supposed to leave NASA's Kennedy...
    8. Aug 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. NASA rover Curiosity on course for Sunday night landing on Mars

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    Mars rover Curiosity. With Curiosity still on a near-perfect course for a Sunday night landing on Mars, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge said this morning that they had passed up a final opportunity to correct the...
    9. Aug 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Mars rover Curiosity must rely on aging satellite to relay messages

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    Scientists are attempting to deposit the largest and most advanced machine ever sent to another planet on Mars – but they will only know the spacecraft’s fate in “real time” if they can get an aging satellite with a missing part to...
    10. Aug 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Mars rover flight team sticks to traditions

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    For a group of people who claim that their job requires them to be the opposite of superstitious, there were a lot of traditions flying around Sunday among the engineers who were attempting to deposit the Curiosity rover on Mars....
    11. Sep 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Weather pushes space shuttle Endeavour's L.A. arrival to Friday

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    Space shuttle Endeavour will arrive in Los Angeles a day later than originally intended after the threat of thunderstorms again delayed the start of the retired orbiter's cross-country trip from Florida....
    12. Sep 18, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Shuttle Endeavour: Disneyland, Getty on tap for L.A. flyover

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    Officials have revealed some details of space shuttle Endeavour's aerial tour of California, a final flight that is to include low-level passes over the state Capitol, San Francisco and several Los Angeles landmarks....
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