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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 21: (L-R) Courtney OConnor, Stephanie L. Smith and Veronica McGregor of NASA's Mars Curiousity Twitter team pose with their award at the 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2013 in New York City.
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NASA is being asked to do too much with too little
NASA's early investment and partnership with creative scientists, engineers and citizen inventors from across the nation holds the potential to pay huge technological dividends and help maintain America's leadership in the global technology economy.
The weight and peak power consumption of our DMS are each less than one tenth of a conventional system and the cost is considerably lower. These advantages will help reduce the cost of future exoplanet missions ... We are pleased that NASA continues to support our mirror technology and its role as one of the key technologies for future flight hardware that supports exoplanet direct detection.More quotes »
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Passengers vs. pilots on electronic devices
tests have shown some devices broadcast radio waves powerful enough to interfere with airline equipment, according to NASA , aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. and the U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority.Even Delta Air Lines Inc., which argued for relaxed rules, Read more »
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Aldrin buzzes about missions to Mars
have been landed, about 20 years from now, but no actual plan is in place. According to the president's "National Space Policy," NASA shall "by the mid-2030s, send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth ."Andrew Parton, the museum's executive Read more »
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NASA: Space station leak in power system serious, but not life threatening
the station's power system. NASA said the leak is increasing from one previously leaking loop that can be bypassed if needed. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said engineers are working on rerouting electronics just in case the loop shuts down. The Earth -orbiting Read more »
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Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
U.S. companies are working on rockets and spacecraft to launch Americans from U.S. soil. But that's still a few years away.NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says if Congress had approved the space agency's request for more funding for its commercial space Read more »
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The Moon has it all: Explosions, Water, and Clues to the Grand Tack
the disk of debris around the Earth following the collision. Splat, crunch, you name it, this was a violent event (Credit: NASA) It’s possible that the energy of this collision might cause the loss of whatever water was around at that time – literally boiling 3 m ago from Scientific American Read more »
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NASA Helps Pinpoint Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise
Calif. - A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise. The new research found glaciers outside of the Greenland 15 m ago from Space Ref Read more »
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NASA Extends Environmental Testing and Integration Services Contract at Goddard
and operations of space flight and ground system hardware. The contractor also will support software and operations of facilities that help develop spaceflight hardware at Goddard. For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov 15 m ago from Space Ref Read more »
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Herschel Space Observatory Finds Mega Merger Of Galaxies
galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. Follow-up studies by several telescopes on the ground and in space, including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and 22 m ago from PR Newswire Read more »
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Collaborate.org launches new platform to map the world
to contribute data or modify the code. "World Wind is Google Earth, but you can do what you want with it," said Patrick Hogan, NASA World Wind project manager. "It's an interface for that spatial data and puts it in the native context of the real world. It's 37 m ago from CNET Read more »
