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My Word: Remembering Astronaut Cooper's firsts
Most people have seen videos of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon after taking manual control of the landing. But who led the way with many space-mission firsts? In May 1963, I was working at NASA Mission Control at Cape Canaveral...Tags: Ceremonies, Cape Canaveral, Maitland, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Weston team wins NASA contest
Cypress Bay High School students rocketed to the top of a field of nearly 600 entries from 20 countries in this year's NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Contest. The team of Robert Gitten, Jackie Linevsky, Zared Schwartz, Jonathan Schiller, Reagan...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral
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Astronauts take Dream Chaser spacecraft for simulated spin
Astronaut Jack Fischer took the Dream Chaser winged spacecraft for a spin, rocketing down from 10,000 feet, bucking through 60 seconds of turbulence to land hard on the runway in the Mojave desert in southern California. Then he tried it again. And...
Tags: Rocketry, Technology, Dwayne Johnson, SpaceX, Satellite Technology
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Wind blasts on Neptune, Uranus may shed light on exoplanet weather
Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft -- and...
Tags: NASA Voyager Program, Science, University of Arizona, University of Oxford, Science and Technology
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Rocketry, Technology, Science, Boeing Co., SpaceX
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...
Tags: Science, Amina Khan, Science and Technology
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LHS senior awarded Steven C. Beering Scholarship
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind.When Jason "Jake" Hawes, a senior at Logansport High School, wrote the introduction to what he felt his autobiography would entail 50 years from now, he filled it with stories of his time at NASA, where he worked on manned missions to Mars, rover projects...Tags: Technology, Awards and Prizes, Financial Aid, Purdue University, Colleges and Universities
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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: Science, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, SpaceX, Politics
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Philadelphia Daily News Howard Gensler column
Philadelphia Daily NewsTOMMY CHONG made a fortune as a stoner comic, but he doesn't think marijuana is a laughing matter anymore. These days, he sees pot as the antidote for what ails America. Chong, 74, thinks that legalizing and taxing weed on a federal level would...Tags: Media Industry, Judges, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lewiston Tribune, Idaho, William L. Spence column
The Lewiston Tribune"Failure is not an option." The quote, attributed to NASA Flight Director Gene Krantz during the Apollo 13 mission, is one we can all appreciate. It epitomizes America's can-do spirit and speaks to our heroic image of ourselves, the idea that we...Tags: Ceremonies, Heroism, Arts and Culture, Interior Policy, Culture
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'Star Trek' crew meets Space Station crew in live Google Hangout
Free live streaming by Ustream "Star Trek" fans, set your alarms. And fans of the astronauts who live and work on the International Space Station, set your alarms too. At 9 a.m. Pacific time Thursday, the filmmakers behind "Star Trek Into Darkness"...
Tags: Science, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Alice Eve, Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Movies
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Nanotube factory setting up shop in Newport News
TidewaterBizA maker of heat-resistant nanotube fiber moved into a facility near Oyster Point in Newport News. BNNT, LLC is in the process of setting up equipment, including a laser, in its factory at 300 Ed Wright Lane after finalizing financing with a group of...Tags: Nanotechnology, Plant Openings, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Science and Technology
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