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The Space Shuttle – An Uncertain Future (infographic)
With the recent decommissioning of NASA’s space shuttle fleet, what is the future of space travel for NASA and the United States? Currently, the US has no capsule to transport people and supplies to
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7 Surprising Spaced-Out Spin-Offs
If you’re a science nerd, and I bet you are, you have probably at some point in your life begged your mom to buy you a packet of freeze-dried ice cream in a museum
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The Cosmic Connection: Will we ever know if we’re alone?
An interesting idea presented by Carl Sagan when pondering the likelihood of discovering intelligent life outside of our planet: “We are like the inhabitants of an isolated valley in New Guinea who communicate with
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Breaking News: White House Formally Acknowledges: “Searching for ET, but no aliens yet”.
Ok, it’s not really breaking news. It’s kinda mundane. But, it’s interesting nonetheless. The White House has formally acknowledged that the human race is not engaging extraterrestrials and is not withholding any information from
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Seeing the Earth from space during a solar eclipse
What would the Earth look like from space during a solar eclipse? I wondered the same, and came across two incredible images. Note that the moon’s shadow darkens only a part of Earth during
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Flying Over Planet Earth: as seen from the ISS (video)
Below is a an incredible time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet Earth at night. According to the creator, on his YouTube channel, “this movie begins
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A Video of Vesta Rotating in Space
The Dawn team over at NASA has published a simulated flyby of Vesta produced from a topographic model. The model is based on imaging performed during August 2011, when Dawn was in high-altitude mapping
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The Moon Landing Hoax Debunked (again)
To The Moon! American President Barack Obama’s presented to the National Academy of Sciences on April 27th, 2009. Here is a excerpt from his speech: “When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik a little more
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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft: An Infographic
On Saturday, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived at the 330 mile wide asteroid, Vesta. It’s the first space probe to orbit a protoplanet in the asteroid belt. Dawn will conduct a year-long study of Vesta
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First iPhones in Space: Final Shuttle Astronauts to Deliver $1 App
This news item, courtesy of Mashable, got my attention because it is oh-so-very-cool. “The final, much-delayed mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis, which has a 30% chance of lifting off this Friday, will be carrying
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