- 3 Nov 2010
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18:51 UTC
Astronomy.com Blog
California dreaming (about equipment)
For the third time in about 6 weeks, I’m headed to California. The first two trips involved me attending the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show in Pasadena and the Advanced ...
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18:45 UTC
Parabolic Arc
NASA Set for Comet Flyby on Thursday
NASA PRESS RELEASES NASA’s EPOXI mission continues to close in on its target, comet Hartley 2. On Nov. 4 at about 10:02 a.m. EDT, the spacecraft will make its closest ...
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18:42 UTC
Space Politics
Oberstar loses
Of interest to NewSpace advocates: longtime Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) lost to Republican newcomer Chip Cravaack in the early morning hours today. Oberstar was going for a 19th term in ...
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18:42 UTC
Universe Today
Discovery’s Final Mission Delayed Again
A power controller on space shuttle Discovery’s main engine number three failed to start during routine checks this morning causing shuttle managers to push the final launch of Discovery back ...
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18:34 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Mars500 Video Diary 8: Romain Gets a Haircut
Romain is the first victim of Diego’s astronaut-style cut using a vacuum cleaner.© Douglas for Parabolic Arc, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: ESA, ...
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18:23 UTC
Coalition for Space...
Calculator Estimates Calamity from Comet/Asteroid Impact ...
If you’re concerned about incoming asteroids smacking into the Earth, now you can calculate ahead of time the calamity a comet or space rock would cause if it hit our ...
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18:16 UTC
The Planetary Socie...
Engine Glitch Delays Discovery Launch
by Ken Kremer The planned launch of shuttle Discovery on Wednesday, November 3 has been delayed by at least 24 hours due to electrical problems with the backup main engine ...
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18:14 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Republican Takeover of House Throws NASA’s Future into Do...
The mid-term Congressional elections will bring some major changes to Washington come January. The Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives while the Democrats will have a smaller ...
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18:04 UTC
Universe Today
What Hanny’s Voorwerp Reveals About Quasar Deaths
Hanny’s Voorwerp is a popular topic of conversation due to its novel discovery by Hanny Van Arkel perusing images from the Galaxy Zoo project. The tale has become so well ...
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17:55 UTC
NASA NES Teacher's ...
EPOXI Spacecraft Preps for Comet Flyby
Spacecraft has refined its orbit, in preparation of a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4.
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17:44 UTC
Physics World Blog
Steven Chu talks energy politics in Scotland
1997's Nobel Prize winner on why he changed professions By James Dacey "I was getting increasingly concerned that the climate was changing and that it was being caused by humans." ...
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17:43 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Russo-Chinese Space Meeting Wraps Up in Beijing
ROSCOSMOS PRESS RELEASE The 11th meeting of the Russian–Chinese Space Cooperation Subcommittee finalized in Beijing today, on Nov. 2. The meeting is attended by the delegation of Federal Space Agency ...
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17:35 UTC
HobbySpace Blog
Space movies in the making: "Iron Sky","The Cosmonaut", a...
Here's an update on the Iron Sky "science fiction comedy" film about a Nazis hideaway on the Moon and their plans for invading the Earth: Halloween: Nazis on the Moon ...
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17:09 UTC
The Launch Pad
WOW! STEM Education Partners Come Together at NASA STS 13...
When I first found out that NASA would be holding their Innovation Summit Conference in support of the STS 133 Launch, I could not register fast enough. I have never ...
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17:00 UTC
NASA NES Teacher's ...
NASA Now -- Path of an Astronaut
Watch this NASA Now episode featuring astronaut and veteran spacewalker Mike Foreman beginning on Nov. 3.
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16:41 UTC
The Daily Galaxy
NASA's Fermi Finds Giant, Previously Unseen Structure In ...
WASHINGTON -- NASA will announce a new discovery by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light. The soon-to-be published findings include the discovery of ...
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16:39 UTC
The Write Stuff
Looks as if NASA will go for a Thursday launch of Discove...
If they do make the call to go, and it’s looking that way, the start of the countdown for the launch of Discovery on STS-133 will begin today at 3:29 ...
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16:32 UTC
collectSPACE.com: T...
They shaped Apollo
Two men who helped define the shape of the Apollo moon landing program -- literally and figuratively -- passed away Sunday. Theodore Sorensen, 82, was top aide and speechwriter to ...
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16:28 UTC
NASA NES Teacher's ...
Follow STS-133 Launch and Mission
Learn about the STS-133 shuttle mission and crew by visiting the mission Web page.
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16:10 UTC
NASA: Earth Observa...
Volcanic Activity at Kilauea
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
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15:53 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
Space policy and the election
Some items regarding the space policy implications of yesterday's election results: /-- Election Brings New Leadership to NASA Oversight Committees - SpaceNews.com /-- Election Results for Key Space-Related Congressional Seats ...
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15:40 UTC
NASA NES Teacher's ...
STS-133 Prelaunch Webcast for Students (date & time updat...
The date and time for the STS-133 pre-launch webcast for students is adjusted based on the launch schedule.
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15:11 UTC
Pillow Astronaut
Final Two Shuttle Missions
Throughout the year, as I've been following Shuttle launches, I have continually moved my "Final Five Shuttle Missions" post up to the blog front page. Now, however, I'm going to ...
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15:00 UTC
TheSpaceWriter's Ra...
Is Spirit Sleeping?
Will She Wake Up? The Mars Spirit Rover continues to snooze away at the location where she has been stuck since last year. The little rover has been silent since ...
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15:00 UTC
Alien Life
When Earth almost became lifeless and building a scientif...
Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation.
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14:45 UTC
Pillow Astronaut
New NASA Shirts
Okay, I admit it, I'm just killing time now until Shuttle Discovery launches. Postponed for the third time now, but who's counting?"This is part of the business, you fly when ...
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14:34 UTC
HobbySpace RLV Spac...
The Spaceship Company opens new facility in Mojave
The Spaceship Company is the joint company formed by Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites to produce the WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo vehicles. The plan has been for Scaled to develop and build the ...
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14:26 UTC
The Daily Planet
A Piece of Lafayette Escadrille History
On November 15, 2010, Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco will auction this dark grey-green canvas fuselage insignia panel from a Spad VII flown by the Lafayette Escadrille, featuring the ...
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14:25 UTC
NASA Michoud Assemb...
Letters from Leadership
Michoud participation in Deep Water Horizon Mishap Investigation demonstrated how teams focused on safety, working together, sharing ideas and clearly communicating expectations can be successful.
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14:22 UTC
John's Space / Astr...
How Do Astronauts Use the Restroom in Space?
I had it all planned. Space shuttle Discovery was scheduled to lift off a few days ago, and I was preparing to blog about the final historic lift-off of the ...
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14:16 UTC
How I Am Becoming A...
STS-133 Shuttle Discovery Launch Delayed to 11/4
The shuttle Discovery's launch on a space station resupply mission Wednesday was delayed at least 24 hours, to no earlier than 3:29:43 p.m. EDT Thursday, to give engineers more time ...
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14:00 UTC
Centauri Dreams
Closing on Hartley 2
With NASA’s EPOXI mission closing on comet Hartley 2 at 12.5 kilometers per second, be aware that live coverage of the close encounter will begin at 1330 UTC (0930 EDT) ...
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14:00 UTC
Astro Bob
Kiss of moon Thursday morning
If you’d like to see a very thin morning crescent moon only a day and a half before it transitions to new moon, set your alarm for 7 tomorrow morning. ...
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13:58 UTC
The Space Advocate
The Value of the ISS
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/science-research-international-space-station-101101.htmlI only have one statement regarding this article:The moment we try to justify science and human progress with dollar signs is the moment we regress.
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13:08 UTC
Astronomy Weather B...
Another Delay For Discovery
Hello, astro-nuts! Unfortunately, it looks like the Discovery launch is delayed yet again. This time the problem is an electrical glitch in the circuitry associated with a backup main engine ...
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13:03 UTC
Bad Astronomy
Gettin’ high on the Moon
I live less than an hour from some spectacular Rocky Mountain peaks. The view from up there is always magnificent, and when we hike we’re always curious about just how ...
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12:47 UTC
Evadot
What ‘Back to the Future’ Can Teach Us About Exploring Sp...
WHERE WE’RE GOING, WE DON’T NEED ROADS On the face of it, a film a bout a time-traveling DeLorean is utterly ridiculous. Yet twenty-five years on, Back to the Future...
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12:25 UTC
NASA Watch
Making The ISS Into A National Laboratory
NASA Solicitation: Public Day for a Future Cooperative Agreement Notice "NASA/HQ is holding a Public Day for potential Proposers on the planned acquisition of an entity to develop and manage ...
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12:20 UTC
SciBuff
Astronews Daily (2455504)
Top Stories Best of Earth from the ISS – The International Space Station has been orbiting the Earth every day for over 10 years, and the astronauts all say their ...
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12:17 UTC
Coalition for Space...
CSExtra – Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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12:00 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Video: Think Outside the Circle
The Coalition for Space Exploration’s latest PSA. © Douglas for Parabolic Arc, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Coalition for Space Exploration, human spaceflight ...
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12:00 UTC
13.7
Our Many-Layered Reality: How Far Can We Go?
How far can our scientific description of the world go? Are there limits to the very small and the very large? Can reality be understood from the bottom up? by ...
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12:00 UTC
13.7
Our Many-Layered Reality: How Far Can We Go?
How far can our scientific description of the world go? Are there limits to the very small and the very large? Can reality be understood from the bottom up? by ...
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11:40 UTC
Comets and asteroid...
Comet 103P/Hartley
Tomorrow November 04, at 13:50 UTC the Deep Impact spacecraft (renamed EPOXI for this extended mission) will have a close encounter with the comet 103P/Hartley. At closest approach (roughly 700 ...
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11:22 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Aerojet Completes Acceptance Tests on Second Orion Engine
AEROJET PRESS RELEASE Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY – News) company, in conjunction with Lockheed Martin and NASA, successfully completed acceptance testing on the second R-4D development engine. The R-4D is ...
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10:58 UTC
Space Fellowship
Great View of a Crescent Saturn
A crescent Saturn appears nestled within encircling rings in this Cassini spacecraft image. Clouds swirl through the atmosphere of the planet. Prometheus (86 kilometers, or 53 miles across) orbits between ...
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10:46 UTC
Urban Astronomer
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
When Ronald E. Moore, executive producer of Battlestar Galactica, started work on re-imagining the 70's cult classic sci-fi series, he wanted to avoid one of the biggest cliches of modern ...
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10:44 UTC
Coalition for Space...
Comet Flyby: Stand By for Strangeness
NASA’s EPOXI mission is closing in on its target – comet Hartley2. The spacecraft is to fly within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of the comet’s nucleus on Thursday, November 4. ...
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10:43 UTC
Space Fellowship
Last ‘tango’ in Space
Adding to their unique information from previous tandem missions, ESA’s ERS-2 and Envisat satellites have been paired up again – for the last time. Data from this final duet are ...
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10:32 UTC
Space Politics
Brooks wins, Giffords with a narrow lead
Republican Mo Brooks won the race for Alabama’s 5th district, which includes NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, defeating Democrat Steve Raby 58-42 percent. Brooks, during a debate with Raby last ...