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Yesterday | The Straits Times

Nasa puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease

The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back at launch pad 39A at the Nasa Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in this picture taken on July 7, 2011.

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Related Topix: Cape Canaveral, FL, Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space

Mon May 20, 2013

The Stranger

Double Depressing

Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability - Highlight on Page 191 In 2006, a researcher at the University of Montana, in a study based on satellite data collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, determined that the nation's largest irrigated crop is cultivated grass , ... (more)

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space

Thu May 16, 2013

Daily Yomiuri

ISS crew got sneak peek at 'Star Trek' filmMay 17, 2013 WASHINGTON...

The International Space Station crew is boldly going where no one has gone before--to see the new "Star Trek" film.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space

Wed May 01, 2013

Bloomberg

Chinese NASA Spy Suspect to Plead to Computer Rule Charge

A Chinese research scientist suspected of spying on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration --- and pulled from a plane in March as he was about to depart for China -- is set to plead to a misdemeanor charge of violating agency computer rules.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Frank Wolf, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Tue Apr 30, 2013

The Daily Times

Launches can fuel economy

It's where the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions roared into the sky. It's where the space shuttle zoomed up through the atmosphere for countless orbits and visits to the International Space Station.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space, Wallops Island, VA

Mon Apr 29, 2013

The Daily Free Press

Kepler mission finds three potentially life-sustaining planets

PHOTO COURTESY OF NASA/AMES/JP-CALTECH The Kepler mission-which was launched in 2009-has discovered a system of planets, three of which may be life-sustaining. Researchers involved in the mission now believe there are many more habitable planets in space, some of which may support other life forms.

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Related Topix: NASA, Space, UFO and Alien, Aerospace-Defense, Astronomy

The American Spectator

Lassoing An Asteroid

When Florida's U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson announced in early April that he wanted to "lasso" an asteroid, he wasn't joking.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Nelson, Science / Technology, Space, Aerospace-Defense, Robots

Fri Apr 26, 2013

CiteULike

Technology readiness and the smart grid

In Innovative Smart Grid Technologies , 2013 IEEE PES , pp. 1-6, doi:10.1109/isgt.2013.6497804 Technology Readiness Levels originated as a way for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to monitor the development of systems being readied for space.

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Related Topix: Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space

The Daily Times

Launches can fuel economy

It's where the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions into orbit and to the moon launched from.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Aerospace-Defense, Wallops Island, VA

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