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SpaceX splashdown: Capsule returns 2,668 pounds of science samples
Less than 250 miles west of Baja California, SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully splashed down Tuesday after spending more than three weeks in outer space on a NASA mission. When the cone-shaped unmanned capsule hit the water at 9:34 a.m. PDT, it...
Tags: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Cape Canaveral, Port of Long Beach, NASA, Science
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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: Emergency Incidents, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Explosions, 2012 DA14 (asteroid), NASA
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Asian space race reflects sharpened U.S.-China rivalry
South Korea’s successful satellite launch this week served as the latest act of one-upmanship in an accelerating space race gripping Northeast Asia. Membership in the elite global space club is being pursued by wealthy countries that can afford it...
Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, Pakistan, Pyongyang (North Korea), Human Rights, Iran
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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 ...... -
Hubble spots distant galaxies near edge of universe's cosmic dawn
Squinting deep into the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope has picked out what may be the most distant galaxy yet found, observed as it looked about 380 million years after the big bang. This potential record-breaker is one of seven newly discovered...
Tags: Electronics, Astronomy, NASA, Cosmology, Science
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Pentagon successful with latest missile-defense test off Pacific
The Missile Defense Agency breathed a sigh of relief after carrying out a successful flight test of an interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara. Saturday's test was on the Boeing-designed ground-based defense...
Tags: Raytheon Company, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Missile Systems
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James Webb Space Telescope squeezing budget, NASA official says
Astronomers may have to brace for a much humbler astrophysics mission following the planned launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2018, a NASA official told a ballroom full of astronomers Tuesday. Under current budget constraints and with future...
Tags: Electronics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Astronomy, NASA, Budgets and Budgeting
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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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‘Star Wars’: Obama White House says no to Death Star petition
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comWhether you voted for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, it's good to know the president isn't a Sith Lord. After ...... -
Puny Earthlings: Watch this 'minor' solar eruption
The sun celebrated New Year's Eve with an elegant solar eruption that, thanks to NASA, served to remind us just how puny we Earthlings are. The space agency published a photo Friday morning comparing the size of Earth with this "relatively minor"...
Tags: New Year's Day, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), NASA, Science and Technology, Democratic Party
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PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer
Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...
Tags: Raytheon Company, China Earthquake (2010), Three Mile Island Accident (1979), Aerospace Manufacturing, Movies
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Monkey welcomed back to Iran, but U.S. not thrilled by space shot
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT — U.S. officials are not exactly welcoming Iran’s revelation this week that the Islamic Republic has sent a monkey into space and brought the creature back to Earth safely. The report by Iranian media recalled for many the early...Tags: Iran's Nuclear Program, United Nations, Tehran (Iran), Iran, Missile Systems
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