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NASA Plans? Set Foot on Mars, Capture an Asteroid!

John McKay — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:06 +0000

After initially cutting budgets deeply, the White House is freeing up a little more money for NASA.

Watch NASA's Moon Buggy Competition LIVE!

Guadalupe Angeles — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:15:54 +0000

Today is the 20th Annual Lunar Buggy Race! Every year, hundreds of colleges and high schools submit to NASA PowerPoint presentations, designs, and blueprints for their human-po

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Columbia Basin College SpaceHawks Flying to NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race!

Weston Hettinger — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:40:39 +0000

Columbia Basin College is home to the first high school team in Washington to be awarded the prestige of being part of the 20th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race. The "SpaceHawks" were admitted after building a prototype with PVC pipes and bicycle parts and submitting it as an entry.

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Terrified Callers Flood NASA Switchboard About the End of the World!

John McKay — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:55:13 +0000

Apparently, many people are taking this Mayan calendar thing seriously!

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NASA Space Lander Crashes, Blows Up During Test Flight [VIDEO]

John McKay — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:00:26 +0000

Part of the process of exploration and learning is trial and error.

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Watch Huge Asteroid Fly By Earth Thursday Night – Tonight

John McKay — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:34:56 +0000

Near misses are better than getting hit by an asteroid, but tonight you might be able to see it!

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Supersecret Air Force 'Space Plane' To Return After Year In Orbit

John McKay — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:30:24 +0000

It's been quietly buzzing over our heads, round and round the earth for a year, and it's coming back down soon.

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Vacationing On The Moon? NASA Says Don't Mess With Landing Sites!

John McKay — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:00:30 +0000

While we firmly believe in the US Space Program, and support NASA-as do many Americans-this story makes us think they've inhaled too much space dust...

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See Amazing Photos of the Space Shuttle Enterprise Over New York City

TheFW Staff — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:06 +0000

New Yorkers who looked up into the sky on Friday were treated to something simply amazing. The Space Shuttle Enterprise rocketed past such iconic New York City landmarks as the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center before coming in for a landing at JFK airport. Luckily, photographers caught the close encounter.

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Want to Test Out Some Space Food? NASA Is Looking for Volunteers

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:00:21 +0000

Imagine being an astronaut on a mission who’s stuck with the same old food for weeks or months (it’s not like you can call out for pizza).

Like most people who are faced with similar dining choices day after day, you’d likely eat less — and that’s a concern for scientists. So they’re recruiting volunteers to help them test out edible fare in preparation for a future mission.

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To Infinity, And Beyond In Question For NASA

John McKay — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:00:24 +0000

As part of his 2012 fiscal budget that was unveiled monday, the Obama Administration plans to cut deeply from the military, Justice Department, Homeland Security, and NASA.

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NASA Wants to Hire You — No, Seriously

Shauna Wright — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:52 +0000

Lots of little kids dream about becoming astronauts — and for some lucky grown-ups, those dreams could become a reality. NASA recently concluded an open call for civilians to apply for a spot in the next astronaut class.

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NASA Releases Amazing Hi-Res Photo of Earth [PHOTO]

Don Deane — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:00:14 +0000

Photos of the Earth taken from space are nothing new, but you’ve never seen the planet like this before, guaranteed. Dubbed “Blue Marble,” this NASA photo is a staggering 64-megapixels with an 8000 x 8000 resolution.

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Forget That Vacation in Hawaii — Why Not Book a Trip to Space? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:00:08 +0000

If you’ve ever dreamed of going to outer space, your wish may soon come true — and you won’t have to join NASA to make it happen.

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Paul Allen Wants To Shoot You Into Outerspace

John McKay — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:44 +0000

Apparently not satisfied with dominating the world's computer markets, Paul Allen is looking...up.

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Dead Satellite Now 'Could' Hit N. America, U.S.

John McKay — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:23:50 +0000

Heads up! Despite earlier forecasts that it would probably miss North America, experts are now saying that dead satellite that is returning to the earth's atmosphere could come down over North America, possibly the US, tonight or saturday.

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Final Flight Of Space Shuttle Program Launched Today (with video)

John McKay — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:08:07 +0000

With much anticipation, and some sadness, NASA blasted off the Atlantis Space Shuttle, marking the final flight for the decades-old shuttle program that revolutionized space exploration. A perfect launch under partly sunny skies this morning saw Atlantis rocket to space for the final time.

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