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»» A New 3D Map of Interstellar Gas Within 300 Parsecs of the Sun
[Tuesday, February 9, 2010] This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics publishes new 3D maps of the interstellar gas situated in an area 300 parsecs (about 1,000 light-years) around the Sun.
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»» The New Space Race
[Tuesday, February 9, 2010] Although it is not currently popular in this country to think about national interests and the competition of nations in space, others do not labor under this restriction.
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»» Negative Ions a Positive Sign for Liquid Water in Enceladus
[Monday, February 8, 2010] In dives through the water ice plume of Enceladus, the Cassini plasma spectrometer has found unexpected populations of charged molecules and dust that strengthen arguments for the presence of liquid water and the ingredients for life inside the moon.
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»» The Last Shuttle To Leave Earth at Night
[Monday, February 8, 2010] An hour after the orange glow of Endeavour's liftoff lit the Kennedy Space Center press site on Feb. 8, NASA officials beamed at the bit of bright news illuminating an otherwise tough couple of weeks.
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»» Launch of NASA's Shuttle Endeavour Sparks Early Monday Sunrise
[Monday, February 8, 2010] Space shuttle Endeavour lit up the predawn sky on Monday with a 4:14 a.m. EST launch from NASA KSC. The shuttle's last scheduled night launch began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station and the final year of shuttle operations.
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»» NASA STS-130 Report #01 4 a.m. CST Monday, Feb. 8, 2010
[Monday, February 8, 2010] After a one day delay due to clouds, space shuttle Endeavour launched at 3:14 a.m. CST Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a new module and an attached cupola for the International Space Station.
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»» Weather satellite sets new service record
[Sunday, February 7, 2010] Europe's series of Meteosat satellites has been improving the accuracy of weather forecasts for over 30 years. Meteosat-6 has recently broken the record for the operational life of one of these robust missions.
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»» Space Station Primed for New Era of Scientific Discoveries
[Sunday, February 7, 2010] NASA and its international partners are looking forward to unprecedented scientific opportunities aboard the International Space Station, or ISS
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»» Life retreated to Antarctica during mass extinction
[Sunday, February 7, 2010] Life on Earth hit a particularly rough patch about 250 million years ago, when about 90 percent of marine species went extinct along with about 70 percent of land organisms, including the only large-scale extinction of insects.
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»» NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Better Understand Plant Growth
[Sunday, February 7, 2010] NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi. Future astronauts may be able to grow plants as part of life support systems on long-duration space missions.
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