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ESA: Herschel space telescope blinded by heat, retires for good
Astronomers knew this day would come. The Herschel Space Observatory has run out of coolant and ceased looking into the cold, distant universe. Without liquid helium to keep the instruments chilled to minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit, the European Space...
Tags: Science and Technology
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NASA launches three smartphones into orbit
Talk about roaming charges. NASA has launched three smartphones into orbit as part of a low-budget, experimental satellite program that uses off-the-shelf components. The three Google-HTC Nexus One smartphones are circling Earth at an altitude of...
Tags: Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), Science and Technology, NASA, Radio, Satellite Technology
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JPL cancels open house because of federal budget cuts
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has canceled its popular annual open house at its La Cañada Flintridge facility because of federal spending cuts. The event, scheduled for June 8-9, typically attracts crowds of more than 15,000 each day. "Everyone here...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology, Travel, NASA, Money and Monetary Policy
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Antares rocket blasts into orbit for first time in test for NASA
In its maiden flight to space, a commercially built 13-story rocket blasted off from a launch pad off the coast of Virginia in a test mission for NASA. The Antares rocket, developed by Orbital Sciences Corp., roared into orbit after launching Sunday...
Tags: Science and Technology, Orbital Sciences Corporation, NASA, SpaceX, Satellite Technology
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Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding
This post has been updated. See below for details.Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...Tags: Barbara Boxer, Astronomy, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Live Russian spacewalk, streaming now: Watch it here
Live video by Ustream Two Russian astronauts donned spacesuits Friday morning and climbed outside of the International Space Station to conduct a little space station maintenance. NASA is streaming the spacewalk live, and you can watch it live,...
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Shuttle rocket test
FrameworkNov. 17, 1981: The main engine in the space shuttle program undergoes a test firing at the Santa Susana Mountains field laboratory site of Rockwell International.... -
Planck: Big Bang's afterglow reveals older universe, more matter
The universe has hidden its age well. The European Space Agency’s Planck space telescope has scanned the skies for the Big Bang’s fingerprint and discovered that the universe is about 100 million years older than thought, and that there’...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology, NASA, Cosmology, University of Cambridge
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines
Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Atlantic Ocean, Science and Technology, NASA
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Yvonne Brill dies at 88; developed revolutionary propulsion system
Pioneering rocket scientist Yvonne Brill often referred to herself as an "only" — as in the sole woman in the room at a time when female scientists and engineers were exceedingly few. Brill began her career in 1945 and eventually developed a...
Tags: Chemistry, Engineering, General Electric Company, Science, Science and Technology
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Shouldn't heroes last forever?
In late February, the House cast a 394-0 vote to rename NASA's cutting-edge flight research center in Southern California after the late astronaut Neil Armstrong. What could possibly be wrong with that? In their advocacy, the bill's sponsors pointed out...
Tags: Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, NASA, Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945)
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Hubble has 3 more years to make amazing discoveries, NASA says
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Scientists and space junkies got some good news from NASA on Friday: The space agency announced it would keep the Hubble Space Telescope's science operations going at least through April 30, 2016. The three-year extension will cost NASA $76 million,...Tags: Science and Technology, NASA, Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards, Orion Space Mission
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