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SPACE, Astronomy News, Jul 09, 2011

Atlantis Space Shuttle
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If you're at all enthusiastic about astronomy then you'll already know the excitement caused today by the launch of the last ever US space shuttle mission. Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a 12-day mission to the International ...
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Campus reacts to final space shuttle launch
University Daily Kansan
Because of budget cuts from the government and technological advancements, NASA is saying goodbye to its long space shuttle run. This will create many changes for students studyingastronomy and aerospace engineering. Steve Hawley, professor of physics ...
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For the utimate tax cut, privatize the poor
NorthJersey.com
So broke the House Appropriations Committee proposed lat week to kill the James Webb Space Telescope, considered the "crown jewel" of NASA's future astronomyplans for the next few decades. Lining up for food in Times Square on Dec. 8, 1930. ...
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NorthJersey.com
Was the big bang
Astronomy Now Online
Illinois, Urbana), and the Space Telescope Science Institute. “If the galaxies tend to spin in a certain direction it means that the overall Universe has a (large) net angular momentum,” Longo tells Astronomy Now. “Since angular momentum is conserved, ...
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Astronomy Now Online
With shuttles shelved, science education faces new challenge
Post-Tribune
“Astronomy is the vehicle because that's what we know. It's an exciting science and it's very visually stimulating.” Challenger Learning Center won't have to make big adjustments to its simulated spacemissions for school groups and summer camps, ...
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The Science Of Lady Gaga (and 10 Other Rejected Headlines)
Science 2.0
Read more about the strange modern world of a day laborer in astronomy, plus extra spacescience-y goodness.... Life is hard when you're cutting edge. Coming up with a good topic and title for a Science 2.0 article is not easy. ...
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All systems go for space shuttle toilet replica
The Columbian
“When I was teaching astronomy at high school, one of my students said, 'How do you go to the bathroom in space?' I looked it up that night, and at the same time, they had posted that educators could become astronauts,” according to Columbian files. ...
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After Shuttle, America's Space Future in Hands of Private Entrepreneurs
Sunshine State News
Phil Plait, who worked on the Hubble telescope and writes Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomyblog, shares Zubrin's enthusiasm. "SpaceX went from an idea to launching their first Falcon-9 orbital rocket in less than a decade," Plait wrote recently. ...
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What the James Webb Space Telescope means
ScienceBlogs (blog)
Here on Earth, we've been building telescopes and using them for astronomy for just over 400 years now. Initially used to hunt for comets and for exciting features on the planets (such as moons, rings, and atmospheres), it wasn't long before we ...
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Noncelestial bodies turn out for stargazing party at Abilene State Park
ReporterNews.com
By Thomas Metthe Joseph Srader, 13, from Amarillo, looks at Saturn through a telescope during the Big Country Astronomy Club's star gazing party at Abilene State Park on Saturday, July 2, 2011, inBuffalo Gap. Star gazers check out the cosmos during ...
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Summer Triangle treasures revealed
TheChronicleHerald.ca
19 to celebrate the park's dark sky designation. If you're interested in attending, book your campsite or local accommodations now as spots are rapidly filling up. Astronomy enthusiast John McPhee is a reporter for The Chronicle Herald.
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NASA Talk Has Out of This World Weather Forecast
Sacramento Bee
... patterns and share insights on designers' ideas for future space travel. Carroll's art has appeared in several hundred magazines, including National Geographic, Time, Scientific American, Smithsonian, Astronomy, Sky and Telescope, and others. ...
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Brooks says he will probably vote against budget cutting NASA $1.6 billion
The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
The cuts would eliminate the James Webb Space Telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. It has been plagued by cost overruns and delays but is scheduled to be the centerpiece of American astronomy for decades. "That is a subcommittee vote," Brooks said. ...
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The Huntsville Times - al.com (blog)
Campers launch models in Cape Coral
The News-Press
Cape Coral resident Danny Rodriguez, 36, a member of the 5-year-old FLASH club, wondered if the model launch would spark students' interest in astronomy. "I lit my first rocket in fourth or fifth grade and I was a science geek from then on," he said. ...
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Making Environmental Issues Easier To Understand
Business Insider
Space - Our space section details several explorations into space and it explains more aboutastronomy including the atmosphere. Science of course continues to play an important role in our environment and the learnings from our solar system can ...
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The cells that are immune to Aids
Financial Times
Regulations from the International Telecommunications Union reserve the L-band exclusively for space science and radio astronomy. All other transmissions are banned. But the SMOS data quickly revealed serious interference from illegal transmissions, ...
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Financial Times
Community Calendar - Saturday
The State
Featuring a variety of classes including yoga, potpourri, an overview of government, astronomy and more. Pre-registration recommended. Registration: $15. (803) 779-4449;www.shepherdscenterofcolumbia.com PRE-DIABETES NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ...
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Professor Adam Frank: The Inspiration Gap And The Shuttle's Last Launch
University of Rochester Newsroom
... to Discover Magazine, Astronomy Magazine, and NPR. Back in 1972 the library in my hometown wasn't very big. But its size didn't matter much to my 10-year-old sensibilities. That was the year I discovered their collection on the US space program....
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University of Rochester Newsroom
Same Ole, Same Ole Music Festivals?
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Astrophotography, space-art exhibitions, documentaries, star parties, talks and conferences are some the endless activities that will delight music fans and astronomy aficionados alike. A stellar cast of musicians, including the band Tangerine Dream ...
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Muse: We want to record a song in space
Gear4music.com
This all stems from a recently acquired interest in astronomy. After a gig in Moscow, which he described as the most intense ever, a fan presented Bellamy with a big telescope. He set it up and was amazed by the clarity and was astonished to find that ...
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Earth from Space – Italy at night : Space and Astronomy news daily ...
By Jonathan Nally
The International Space Station (ISS) was located over an area of Romania, close to the capital city of Bucharest (approximately 945 kilometres to the northeast) at the time this image was taken. Part of a solar panel array on a docked ...
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NASA's final space shuttle mission begins with Atlantis' launch ...
Astronomy.com is for anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, ... Home » News& Observing » Astronomy News » NASA's final space shuttle ...
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Space Tweets: 23 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Astronomy Lovers ...
Let's face it — we all wanted to go to space camp when we were little. Here's a list of people who probably did, and then forg…
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Astronomy News - Topix
News on Astronomy continually updated from thousands of sources around the net. 3 hrs ago |Space.com · Space Shuttle's Greatest Feat: Redefining the 'Right ...
www.topix.com/science/.../astronomer-is-master-of-his-univers...
Today's Astronomical News (July 2011) - Astronomy Forums ...
Today's Astronomical News (July 2011) General Astronomy Forum. ... The countdown for the finalspace shuttle launch began today at 1 p.m. EDT, beginning at ...
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