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1 hr ago | Freshnews

NASA's Fermi Telescope Peers Deep Into a Microquasar

NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object -- either a neutron star or a black hole -- that blasts twin radio-emitting jets of matter into space at more than half the speed of ...

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7 hrs ago | Hindustan Times

Shuttle crew prepares for return to Earth

Favourable weather conditions awaited the shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew on their expected return to Earth on Friday, after a successful 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

Times-Picayune

China to launch second moon mission next October

China is set to launch its second lunar probe next October in preparation for an unmanned moon landing by the end of 2012, space program officials said Friday.

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Fort Mill Times

Haise to receive NASA award

Former astronaut Fred Haise Jr. will receive NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony Dec.

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WBT-AM Charlotte

News Story: Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space

Troops belonging to the Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry Squadron stand in line at the mess hall to get their Thanksgiving dinner at the Joint Combat Operations Post in the town of Baraki-Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan Thursday Nov.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Science / Technology, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

NewsChannel 8

Students Send Signatures to Space

Students at a northern Virginia school have made a trip to space - at least by name, that is.

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Sun-Bulletin

Russia: no space for space tourists

A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Freshnews

Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew Set to Land in Florida Friday

Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Friday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Weather, US Military, Edwards Air Force Base, US Air Force

KGW-TV Portland

LA suburb's rebirth rides on electric car plant

This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Science / Technology, Tesla Motors, Startups, NASA, Tesla Roadster

SPACE.com

Solar Tsunamis Are Real, NASA Says

A solar tsunami seen by the twin STEREO spacecraft. Movies like this have helped convince scientists that this phenomenon is real, and not a visual illusion.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Greenbelt, MD

MSNBC

Is case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery?

In the chronicles of UFO oddness, there's been a long-standing oddity a ' some say folklore, others deem it reality.

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UPI

More fire alarms sound aboard the ISS

NASA said there was another false fire alarm Tuesday morning aboard the International Space Station -- the third such false alarm during the STS-129 mission.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

RedOrbit

NASA Honors Fred Haise With Moon Rock

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will present astronaut Fred Haise, Jr., with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec.

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TownHall.com

Astronaut says Mexico needs its own space program

Columns, funnies & more in your inbox! Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news.

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The Victoria Star

Canadian astronaut Thirsk looking forward to seeing family back on Earth

Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk admits, to his surprise, that living on board the International Space Station for the past six months hasn't been all that stressful.

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Science Daily

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Brown dwarfs are misfits because they fall somewhere between planets and stars in terms of their temperature and mass.

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WLBT-TV Jackson

Astronauts rest up after 3 spacewalks

The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex are resting after their three successful spacewalks.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

NewsBlaze

SBIR Program: A Highly Competitive, Three-Phase Award System

NASA has selected for development 368 small business innovation projects that include research to minimize aging of aircraft, new techniques for suppressing fires on spacecraft and advanced transmitters for deep space communications.

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ClipSyndicate

Astronaut Dad

An Astronaut currently in space became a new dad.

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KBSL 10

Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

A pair of astronauts zipped through the third and final spacewalk of their mission Monday, installing an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station and accomplishing everything else on their list.

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