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Discovery inside the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 following the completion of mission STS-114. When a shuttle mission is completed, the orbiter is towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility to its assigned OPF
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 WPXI 
Astronauts 'Ready To Rock 'N' Roll' On Spacewalk 2
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two of the astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex rested up Saturday for a second spacewalk involving hefty storage tanks, while their colleagues unloaded much ... (photo: NASA / NASA)
Astronaut Ron Garan during an ISS assembly spacewalk during STS-124.
Astronauts   Feed   Photos   Science   Spacewalk  
 The New York Times 
Astronauts 'Ready to Rock 'N' Roll' on Spacewalk 2
| Filed at 7:37 a.m. ET RSS Feed | Get Science News From The New York Times » | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Two of the astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex rested up Saturday ... (photo: Public Domain / File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske))
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second of three planned sessions of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction resumes on the International Space Station. Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, also participated in the spacewalk  Syracuse 
Astronauts hoist cargo carrier onto space station
| (AP) - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The International Space Station has a new walk-in closet. | Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts lifted the 13-ton cargo carrier from the payload bay late Wednesday and... (photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Astronauts   Cape   Cargo   Photos   Space  
A plane prepares to land at the Memphis International Airport in Memphis, Tenn., in a Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, after a phone outage at the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Memphis kept air traffic from landing and taking off at the airport. Members of Congress want to know if the Memphis failure was an isolated breakdown or evidence of a design flaw in a multimillion-dollar FAA project to upgrade telecommunications at air-control centers across the country.  The Examiner 
FAA removes Bigelow UFO directive issued to air traffic controllers, pilots from website
| A recent directive issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to the FAA Air Traffic Organization setting out how pilots and all individuals should report sightings of unidentified flying objects... (photo: AP / Greg Campbell, File)
FAA   Photos   Real   Traffic   Website  
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MILSTAR: A communication satellite. Anti-Satellite weapons/"Killer Satellites" are satellites that are armed, designed to take out enemy warheads, satellites, other space assets. They may have particle weapons, energy weapons, kinetic weapons, nuclear and/or conventional missiles and/or a combination of these weapons. ABC News
European Satellite to Watch Ice for Climate Change
The Associated Press | BERLIN April 7, 2010 (AP) | Scientists' hope of pinning down more precisely the effects of global warming on the globe's ice packs are riding with ... (photo: Creative Commons / Shizhao)
Climate   Europe   Photos   Satellite   Scientists  
Sea leval-Climate change-India PhysOrg
In hot water: lakes speed up climate change
| Lakes that warm up due to climate change give off large amounts of CO2, says Dutch PhD researcher Sarian Kosten in Global Biochemical Cycles. And those emissions speed ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Climate   Environment   Photos   Water   Weather  
Cow dung pats - Biogas - used as a fuel - renewable energy resource The Siasat Daily
Scientist harnesses urine to save water
| New Delhi, April 06: First it was gobar gas ( biogas generated from cow dung) that revolutionised renewable energy in rural India. Now it is the turn to harness urine. ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Biogas   Fuel   Photos   Scientist   Water  
From the left are astronauts Michael J. Massimino, Michael T. Good, both mission specialists; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot; Scott D. Altman, commander; K. Megan McArthur, John M. Grunsfeld and Andrew J. Feustel, all mission specialists The Boston Globe
Shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts have predawn liftoff
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery and seven astronauts headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a predawn liftoff yesterday on one of the last ... (photo: Public Domain / TheDJ)
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Climate change - Clouds Fast Company
NASA Getting $2.4 Billion For Climate Change Research
NASA Getting $2.4 Billion For Climate Change Research | BY Ariel SchwartzToday | The race to save our planet from climate change has often been compared to the space race... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Climate   Environment   Nasa   Photos   Science  
Obesity - Obese Woman - Health The News & Observer
1 hour daily exercise fights 'fatso' gene in teens
| CHICAGO -- One hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day can help teens beat the effects of a common obesity-related gene with the nickname "fatso," according to a ne... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Chicago   Exercise   Genes   Photos   Teens  
Tourists view Space Shuttle Discovery after the Rotating Service Structure had moved away from the shuttle during final preparations, Sunday, April 4, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Breitbart
Space shuttle crew arrives for pre-dawn launch
| Space shuttle Discovery stands ready at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space... | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Discovery's astronauts waved and gave thumbs-up as they hea... (photo: AP / Wilfredo Lee)
Astronauts   Nasa   Photos   Science   Space  
Solar System Galaxies
- Heavens above: The wonders of the solar system
- Jetty lights from solar-powered system using rechargeable ba
- Uni-Solar Laminates Installed in Italian PV System
- Niagara Bottling to install solar system
Central portion of the Tarantula Nebula. "This mosaic of the Tarantula Nebula consists of images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and was created by 23 year old amateur astronomer Danny LaCrue. ... Additional image processing was done by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Center
Astronomers discover new planet that would be at home in our own Solar System
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- Buddle continues his scoring binge for Galaxy
- Buddle leads Galaxy past Dynamo, 2-0
- Ricketts earns third straight shutout in Galaxy's win ov
- Buddle leads Galaxy past Dynamo, 2-0
Super Mario  WII
Amazon offers free $20 credit with Super Mario Galaxy 2 preorder
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Eclipse SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
- Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star
- Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star
- Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star
- Scientists capture 'terrifying' Tolkien-like eclipse
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- UFO caught performing crazy maneuvers on night vision cam, A
- Jimmy Cliff and the Aliens
- Is Anybody Out There?
- A Cyborg Space Race
A latter day religion
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Universe Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids
- Cairo's revered Al Azhar University now overshadowed by
- You could limbo through the universe forever
- You could limbo through the universe forever
- DeVry University to host Career Skills Workshop - Free for t
To commemorate the one month anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th and to mourn the loss of over 230,000 people, three days of mourning commences with prayer services throughout Port-au-Prince.  In the IDP camp that has over 50,000 people living in makeshift tents on what was the Petionville Club golf course, a crowd of people pray and sing led by a band and a local pastor.
Prayer when disaster threatens
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- Small asteroid flies safely by Earth
- Asteroid 2010 GA6 Zips Near Earth, NASA Reports
- Comet "Shower" Killed Ice Age Mammals?
- Embracing coffee with Lowells Observatory & Lyrids meteor sh
Team members, from left, Ed Weiler, Charles Elachi, Peter Smith and project manager Barry Goldstein conduct a news conference at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. as they discuss NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander after it landed safely on Mars near its north pole, Sunday, May 25, 2008.
Collin College students discover asteroid, earn nod from NASA
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