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- 18 Jun 2013
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09:00 UTC
AmericaSpace
Retro Space Images: Ride, Sally Ride
Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images Flight Suit Attitude — Thirty years ago today, astronaut Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space. Ride was launched aboard Space ...
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08:43 UTC
Astromick
IC1318 - The Gamma Cygni Nebula, Crescent Nebula - Starle...
IC1318 - The Gamma Cygni Nebula, Crescent Nebula - Starless, a photo by Mick Hyde on Flickr.
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08:30 UTC
Astroblog
The Sky This Week - Thursday June 20 to Thursday June 27
Earth is at solstice on Friday June 21. The Full Moon is Sunday June 23. At this time it will be closer to Earth than any other time this year ...
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07:10 UTC
SALT Astronomy
Night Log 2013-06-17
SA: Brent SO: Siphelo Others: Michael, Keith for a bit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A long productive night with somewhat worse seeing than last night. Data taken for the following programs: ...
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06:07 UTC
astropixie
frequency and vibration visualized
nikola tesla said "if you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration." the video below shows the "chladni plate experiment" which ...
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04:53 UTC
Phil's Astronomy Bl...
Been Busy
I've given the astrophotography and astronomy a little bit of a break for a while. Work and family commitments have kept me away from the dark skies for quite some ...
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04:42 UTC
wanderingspace
Planetfall
Having followed the activities of a small army of freelance space imagers that lurk in various places on the internet for about 10 years now — it is truly unusual ...
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04:38 UTC
Universe Today
NASA Names First Astronaut Class for Deep Space Explorati...
On Monday, NASA introduced eight new astronaut candidates – four women and four men – who will “help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations ...
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04:27 UTC
Space Safety Magazi...
Sally Ride and Valentina Tereshkova: Changing the Course ...
Source: NASA This week marks the anniversary of two significant events in the history of space exploration–the flight of Valentina Tereshkova 50 years ago on June 16 and of Sally ...
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04:06 UTC
Space Safety Magazi...
Mystery of Yuri Gagarin’s Death Solved
Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space on April 12, 1961 when he road Vostok 1 into history. Gagarin became an instant celebrity, and is still hailed ...
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04:00 UTC
The Original Rocket...
Big dose of retro
I have been preoccupied with my Flickr archive but have accumulated a few interesting retro photos. Most came from the H.A.M.B. and I don't remember the rest.First, a couple of ...
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04:00 UTC
SpacePolicyOnline.c...
George Levin, Former ASEB Director and Former NASA Offici...
George M. Levin, who spent 35 years at NASA before joining the National Research Council (NRC) as Director of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB), died yesterday after a ...
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04:00 UTC
NASA: Earth Observa...
Water Storage Maps Show Improvement
At the surface, moisture is more abundant than in 2012. But time will tell if it seeps down to restore aquifers parched by drought.
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03:58 UTC
The Planetary Socie...
Favorite space images: "Many Worlds"
For this evening's Planetary Radio Live event, Mat Kaplan asked me to do a presentation of some favorite space images. I told him that picking favorite space images is like ...
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03:49 UTC
Astroblog
The "Super Moon" of June 23, 2013
The Full Moon is Sunday June 23 in Australia. At this time the Moon will be at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth. This is the closest perigee ...
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03:41 UTC
Lunar Update
Who Owns The Future?
I have been off the air of recent with typing still a problem for the right hand/arm but saw this title mentioned in a PBS Newshour TV interview with Jaron ...
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03:37 UTC
To the Moon, Mars a...
Who Owns The Future
I have been off the air of recent with typing still a problem for the right hand/arm but saw this title mentioned in a PBS Newshour TV interview with Jaron ...
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03:15 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Planetary Resources Launches Arkyd T-shirt Design Contest...
SYDNEY, June 17th 2013 (Freelancer.com PR) – High value contests on Freelancer.com continue to achieve out of this world results for businesses. Planetary Resources, a company dedicated to space exploration ...
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03:12 UTC
Lights in the Dark
What Happens Around a Hungry Black Hole?
While what exactly goes on within the event horizon of a black hole is still well within the realm of theoretical physics (and it’s said that at the very heart ...
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03:01 UTC
Dear Astronomer
The Cosmic Ray Show: Episode 10 – With Phil Plait, Geoff ...
Our first season of The Cosmic Ray Show ends with a bang! The hour-long season finale features guests Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy Blog) and Geoff Notkin (Meteorite Men), and music ...
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02:57 UTC
Universe Today
Final Construction Starts for Europe’s 2016 Methane Sniff...
Has life ever existed on Mars? Or anywhere beyond Earth? Answering that question is one of the most profound scientific inquiries of our time. Europe and Russia have teamed up ...
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02:53 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Aerojet President: NK-33 Engines Can Be Put Back into Pro...
Space News is quoting Aerojet Rocketdyne President Warren Boley as saying the engine that powers Orbital Sciences Corporation’s new Antares rocket can be put back into production at a reasonable ...
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02:41 UTC
Universe Today
What Happens Around a Hungry Black Hole?
While what exactly goes on within the event horizon of a black hole is still well within the realm of theoretical physics (and it’s said that at the very heart ...
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02:38 UTC
Tychogirl
She progressed to rockets
A page of the 1893 book “Women wealth-winners, or, How women can earn money,” by Edna C. Jackson redacted into a poem. I chose to redact using lipstick (Studio Gear’s ...
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02:32 UTC
ABC
Herschel deep-space telescope shuts down
END OF AN ERA: The deep-space telescope Herschel has taken its final bow, climaxing a successful four-year mission to observe the birth of stars and galaxies.
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01:26 UTC
Astronaut for Hire
NASA Selects 2013 Astronaut Candidates
NASA announced the 2013 Class of Astronaut Candidates (ASCAN's) today. I want to extend a hearty congratulations to them all and wish them well in the intensive training that lies ...
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01:10 UTC
Aviation Week: On S...
ESA's Orion Service Module On A Diet
The European Space Agency (ESA) and its industrial partners need to reduce the weight of a service module they are developing to fly on NASA's Orion multipurpose crew exploration vehicle ...
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01:03 UTC
astrobites
Recap of the IAU Planet Formation Symposium
Highlights from the International Astronomical Union Symposium on "Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems". From June 2nd to 7th, I attended the International Astronomical Union (IAU) symposium in ...
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00:45 UTC
Spaceports
NASA Names Eight New Astronaut Candidates
NASA has eight new astronauts -- its first new batch in four years. Monday's announcement came on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first American ...
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00:30 UTC
Starts With A Bang!
Messier Monday: Messier’s First Globular Cluster, M2
“God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.” -Bill Watterson Welcome back to ...
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00:08 UTC
Discovery News - Sp...
Pew! Pew! Curiosity Laser-Blasts Mars Rock
Continuing its campaign of Mars domination, Curiosity is blasting holes into Mars rocks with its laser -- for SCIENCE! Continue reading →
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00:00 UTC
Astronomy.com News
Shining a light on cool pools of gas in the galaxy
Astronomy Magazine News Article - Released:6/18/2013
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00:00 UTC
Astronomy.com News
NASA prepares for launch of next solar satellite
Astronomy Magazine News Article - Released:6/18/2013
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00:00 UTC
MessageToEagle.com
Mount Shasta's Lemuria And Telos: Origins - Part 2
Today in Mount Shasta there is less sensationalism surrounding Lemuria than there has been in previous decades, but much is made of the subterranean city of 'Telos', a kind of ...
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00:00 UTC
MessageToEagle.com
Is This What Humans Will Look Like in 100,000 Years From ...
Our species of humans first began to evolve nearly 200,000 years ago and underwent many significant changes like behavior and appearance, during this long and dramatic period of time...
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00:00 UTC
MessageToEagle.com
Warm Ocean Is Melting Antarctica From The Bottom Up
A year ago, we informed that very rapid climate changes take place on Antarctica and Antarctic ice shelves are breaking up fast. In another article we informed that the huge ...
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00:00 UTC
MessageToEagle.com
Huge NuSTAR X-Ray Telescope Makes High-Quality Observatio...
NuSTAR studies the most energetic phenomena in the universe making high-quality observations of a gamma-ray burst in high-energy X-rays. Recently, a few high-energy events have sprung up, akin to "things ...
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00:00 UTC
MessageToEagle.com
Supercomputer Simulation Helped To Explain Decades Of Bla...
Now, a new study conducted by astronomers at NASA, Johns Hopkins University and the Rochester Institute of Technology confirms long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.
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00:00 UTC
Secure World Founda...
SWF Actively Participates in the 56th Session of the UN C...
The fifty sixth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was held from 12-21 June 2013 at the United Nation Office in Vienna. As every year ...
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09:00 UTC
AmericaSpace
- 17 Jun 2013
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23:59 UTC
The Planetary Socie...
SOLD OUT: Cosmic Concert Webcast Tonight!
We've got a full house for this evening's Planetary Radio Live, but you can watch the live webcast with singer/songwriter Peter Mayer and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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23:58 UTC
NASA Watch
Women in Space (Part One)
Women in Space Part One, Female Firsts in Flight for Space Exploration and Research, NASA Blog - A Lab Aloft (International Space Station Research) "In today's A Lab Aloft, guest ...
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23:30 UTC
Sydney Observatory
Harry spies activity in the Sun’s polar crown
The ejection of a filament near the south pole of the Sun on the morning of Sunday 16 June 2013 (Australian time). Sketch and copyright Harry Roberts ©, all rights ...
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23:10 UTC
Space Safety Magazi...
ExoMars Enters Final Phase of Construction
ESA’s ExoMars program has entered the final stage of construction by signing a hardware contract with Thales Alenia Space at the Paris Air and Space show, on June 17th. “The ...
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23:00 UTC
Spudis Lunar Resour...
China in Space: A Threat or Not?
Readers would be hard pressed to find a more blasé attitude towards China’s space program than the current “nothing-to-be-alarmed-about-here-folks” op-ed column by John Kelly recently published in Florida Today. In ...
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22:56 UTC
Parabolic Arc
NASA Selects 8 New Astronaut Candidates
HOUSTON (NASA PR) – After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to ...
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22:42 UTC
The Original Rocket...
Boeing X-51A WaveRider photo
Boeing X-51A WaveRider sets record with successful 4th flight, a photo by The Boeing Company on Flickr.
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22:35 UTC
The Mars Society
French Mars Society Donates $6000 to MA365, Names Generat...
Association Planète Mars, the French chapter of the Mars Society, has donated $6,000 to help fund the Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) mission. Accordingly, the chapter was given the right to ...
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22:31 UTC
Parabolic Arc
Virgin Galactic Announces 600th Ticketholder for SpaceShi...
LONDON (VIRGIN GALACTIC PR) – Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group and Virgin Galactic, announced Monday, June 17, that the company’s 600th Future Astronaut is Marsha Waters, the ...
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22:22 UTC
moonandback
Swiss Space Systems and Thales Alenia Form New Partnershi...
Plan for Suborbital Space Passenger System LE BOURGET, Switzerland — Swiss Space Systems (S3), the read more » Plan for Suborbital Space Passenger System LE BOURGET, Switzerland — Swiss Space ...
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21:59 UTC
The Original Rocket...
Video of the Waverider scramjet's last flight
"The fourth and final flight of the Boeing X-51A Waverider test program has accomplished a breakthrough in the development of flight reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean May 1. ...
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23:59 UTC
The Planetary Socie...



