NASA: Mars is good habitat for Terry Pratchett dragons That’s the gist, anyway
In a development which may untwist a few knickers around the internet, NASA scientists have now explained just what their Phoenix robot lander has found in the soil of Mars - and what the implications are for possible discovery of life on the Red Planet.
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Russian push into Georgia could knock Nasa off ISS Astronauts could be benched till 2015
Russia’s invasion of Georgia is sending ripples right out into space, with NASA facing the possibility of no longer being able to hitch a ride to the International Space Station on Soyuz flights.
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NASA pushes back new space program
(CNET) CNET - NASA's plans to launch new manned missions to the International Space Station three years after the space shuttle retires in 2010 aren't panning out. YahooTechNews [..]
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Landing: Where To Watch On the Web This could be must see TV: At 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, NASA begins live coverage of the Phoenix Mars Lander, as it attempts to make the first powered landing on the red planet since Viking 2 in 1976 [..]
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Tech woes threaten NASA’s Moon plan Leaked report indicates trouble ahead
A leaked internal report shows that NASA’s ambitions to get its new moonshot spacecraft off the ground in five years may be thwarted by technical and financial issues.
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Mars We live in a truly stunning time and place. The lovely vistas in the finest of science fiction movies could never produce the simple awe I feel when I look at NASA's image of sunset on Mars:
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Google Bribes NASA, Gets Use of Land and 767 Runway For 40 Years The bummer about owning 767s and G-Fives is you need somewhere to land them, preferably close to your office so you don't have blow hours stuck in traffic with all the plebes. Thankfully, reso [..]
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April 1, 1960: First Weather Satellite Launched NASA launches its first weather satellite. It would send back the first TV images of earth from space and prove the utility of observation satellites.
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NASA invites you to travel to the Moon Well, your name at least
NASA is inviting citizens of Earth to add their name to an electronic roll-call destined to travel to the Moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) later this year.
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Clever Etsy Members Can't Become Astronauts Think you've got the Right Stuff? Then break out the crochet needles, fire up the pottery wheel, or begin burning new screen printing designs.
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NASA firms up space shuttle launch manifest 10 flights before retirement
NASA has released its final manifest for space shuttle launches before the fleet retires in 2010.
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Google's got some kind of pull over NASA. First they get to launch and land their private planes at the government's runway -- conveniently adjacent to the Googleplex -- for just $1.3 million [..]
This could be must see TV: At 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, NASA begins live coverage of the Phoenix Mars Lander, as it attempts to make the first powered landing on the red planet since Viking 2 in 1976 [..]
We live in a truly stunning time and place. The lovely vistas in the finest of science fiction movies could never produce the simple awe I feel when I look at NASA's image of sunset on Mars:
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