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Jet Propulsion Laboratory cancels open house, citing budget cuts
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced this week that it has canceled its popular annual open house at its La Cañada Flintridge facility because of federal spending cuts. The event, scheduled for June 8 and 9, typically attracts crowds of more than 15,...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Tourism and Leisure, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff
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NASA wants to lasso an asteroid. Here's how it could work
How do you capture an asteroid that is zipping through space, move it into a stable orbit around the Earth-moon system stable enough that an astronaut can visit it? NASA has some ideas. In a new video released Wednesday, the space agency illustrates how...
Tags: NASA, Science, Orion Space Mission, Science and Technology
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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.... -
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: NASA, Adam Schiff, Satellite Technology, 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,...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology
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Watch: Astronaut wrings out washcloth in space, and it's stunning
What happens when you wring a sopping wet washcloth out in space? Well, here's a hint: It's much more interesting than what happens here on Earth. This week, commander Chris Hadfield, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, demonstrated...
Tags: Science and Technology
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Rocket launch scrubbed with 12 minutes to spare in NASA test flight
Orbital Sciences Corp.'s launch of its new Antares rocket has been put on hold due to a technical issue that popped up when countdown was about 12 minutes away. The 13-story rocket was expected to blast off from NASA’s little-known Wallops...
Tags: SpaceX, NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Satellite Technology, Science and Technology
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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: Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering, General Electric Company, Aerospace Manufacturing, Human Interest
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Russian 'meteor' was actually a tiny asteroid, NASA says
This post has been updated, as indicated below.At a news conference Friday, NASA scientists said the object that exploded over Russia was a “tiny asteroid” that measured roughly 45 feet across, weighed about 10,000 tons and traveled about 40,000 mph. The object vaporized roughly 15 miles...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Emergency Incidents, Science, 2012 DA14 (asteroid)
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Pluto: Two moons need names, and you can help
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesTwo of Pluto's moons need naming, and scientists are asking for your help. The moons are fairly recent discoveries, which ...... -
30 Seconds to Mars launches song with gravity-free spin on ISS
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesRock band 30 Seconds to Mars has launched its new single, “Up in the Air,” in a memorable way — ...... -
NASA probe collects stunning lunar images before its demise
Just three days before NASA deliberately destroyed its twin probes Ebb and Flow, scientists had Ebb complete one final task: collecting the breathtaking images of the moon's surface, seen above. Ebb was flying just 6 miles above the northern...
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