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The Return Of Supersonic Flight Will Revolutionize Travel
Since the last flight of the Concorde, a turbo-jet powered supersonic passenger plane, in 2003, jet travel has been stubbornly stuck at the same subsonic speed. As the troubled history of the Concorde...
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The Mars Rover Curiosity Cost Each American $8
Amy Shira Teitel has a great blog post up over at Vintage Science, about how much NASA's Mars rover Curiosity actually cost us. We throw the $2.5 Billion figure around a lot, but here are a few...
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The Full Harvest Moon Is Coming
Turn your attention toward the night sky Saturday night because there's going to be a very special full moon with a special name. It's called the Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon is the name for the...
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Curiosity Rover Has Reached Her First Major Stop
On her 52nd day on Mars, the Curiosity rover has reached her first big stop: Glenelg. Matt Heverly, whose twitter profile says he's on Curiosity's rover driving team, sent out this image earlier today...
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10 Mind-Blowing Facts About Black Holes
This week I attended The Secret Science Club to hear Caleb Scharf, the director of the Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, talk about black holes. I discovered some mind-blowing facts about...
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Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change On Earth
To combat global warming, scientists in Scotland now suggest an out-of-this-world solution — a giant dust cloud in space, blasted off an asteroid, which would act like a sunshade for Earth. The world...
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New Hubble Image Shows A Beautiful And Dusty Spiral Galaxy
This galaxy, NGC 4183 is located about 55 million light-years from the sun. It's similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy — they are both spiral-shaped — but is slightly smaller. It's located in the...
View ArticleThe No. 1 Thing Experts Fear When Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Tries To Break...
On Monday, Oct. 8, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to be the first human to break the speed of sound in free fall. He will do this by jumping from an air balloon 120,000 feet above...
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A Giant Rocket Has Been Sitting Underground For 50 Years After NASA Scrapped...
In 1963, Aerojet General was given a $3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to build a manufacturing and testing site for rockets that would send astronauts to the moon. The plant was constructed...
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Newly Discovered Comet Could Be 'One Of The Brightest In History'
Two Russian astronomers have discovered a comet that may be brighter than the full moon when it becomes visible at the end of 2013. The two-mile wide comet is currently about 615 million miles from...
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Space Debris Could Trap Us On Earth
We think of space as a big empty expanse, but closer to Earth, the space just beyond the outer reaches of our atmosphere are teeming with satellites and broken bits of space debris. Based on an idea...
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Curiosity Is About To Dig Into A Martian Sand Dune
The Jet Propulsion Team has announced today that they've reached the perfect place to test out their scooping mechanisms. The area is very near Glenelg, and contains lots of nice sandy soil in which...
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Historic Flight Will Carry One Thousand Pounds Of Food, Clothes, Supplies To...
Earlier this year, SpaceX became the first private company to successfully dock a vessel with the International Space Station. That cargo delivery was just a test run and the Dragon capsule is now...
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How To Jump From 23 Miles Above Earth And Survive
Come Tuesday, weather permitting, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to be the first person to break the sound barrier in free fall. The mission will take Felix 23 miles above Earth...
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The Giant Balloon Being Used For World's Highest Skydive Is 10 Times Thinner...
If weather conditions are right on Tuesday, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will ride a space capsule attached to a balloon to an altitude of 120,000 feet. He will then jump out of the spacecraft...
View ArticleThe First Private Cargo Ship To Space Has Successfully Launched
Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral Sunday night in the first of 12 cargo deliveries under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA. The unmanned commercial cargo...
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SpaceX Cargo Ship Carries A Terrific Surprise For Astronaut Crew
SpaceX's Dragon capsule lifted off Sunday night loaded with 1,000 pounds of food, clothes and scientific gear for the crew of International Space Station. The commercial spacecraft is also carrying a...
View ArticleSlow-Mo Video Shows SpaceX Engine Explosion Last Night*
The slow motion video of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket take off, which was carrying the Dragon cargo capsule, last night seems to show a possible explosion in the engines, and a fair amount of debris...
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Incredible New Photo Of A Dying Star
The Helix Nebula is a dying star that sits 650 light years away. Two NASA telescopes recently captured the incredible image. NASA writes: In death, the star's dusty outer layers are unraveling into...
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Former Test Pilot Describes How It Feels To Fall From Space
Tomorrow Felix Baumgartner will jump from a space capsule 23 miles above Earth, set on breaking the record Joseph Kittinger, a U.S. Air Force pilot set on August 16, 1960, with a 19.5 mile jump....
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