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Sep 27, 2011

NASA News, Sep 27, 2011



NASA: Satellite Debris Swimming in the Pacific
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius NASA this week released more detailed information about where a huge, defunct satellite landed when it crashed to Earth early Saturday morning, but the space agency has still not recovered any remnants. The Upper Atmosphere Research ...
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NASA's Planet Hunter Needs Money to Keep Searching for Earth's Twins
The Atlantic
By Alexis Madrigal NASA needs to extend the lifespan of a very special spacecraft: Kepler, the agency's designated planet-hunter. Kepler is the only mission that can answer an existential scientific question that humans have: how common are other ...
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The Atlantic
Piston launches OpenStack cloud OS for private clouds
ZDNet (blog)
Former NASA and Rackspace execs are leading the charge. The OS will be generally available Nov. 29. One startup led by some of the founders of OpenStack has come out of stealth mode. Piston Cloud Computing, which has developed a cloud operating system ...
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NASA's Aquarius Map Helps Detect Climate Change
International Business Times
NASA's new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, NASA reported on its website Sept. 22. This is the first map of its kind, officials said that may prove to be beneficial in terms of understanding ...
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International Business Times
NASA to Announce New Asteroid Discoveries Thursday
Space.com
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer NASA will reveal new findings about near-Earth asteroids during a press conference this Thursday (Sept. 29), agency officials announced today. Scientists will present results based on data gathered by NASA's ...
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Space.com
NASA warns of geomagnetic storm after behemoth solar flare
Network World
NASA today said a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm is in progress following a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME). CMEs are a solar phenomenon that can send solar particles into space and affect electronic systems in satellites and on ...
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NASA studies why some astronauts suffer vision problems during spaceflights
Washington Post
If NASA is ever to send astronauts to Mars, it first must solve a problem that has nothing to do with rockets or radiation. An eye condition that has eroded the vision of some astronauts who have spent months aboard the international space station has ...
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Beautiful NASA video of Southern Lights
Chicago Tribune
Gorgeous time-lapse video from NASA showing spectacular images from space of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights lighting up the sky with green curtains of light earlier this month. The videos were compiled from still images. ...
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NASA Announces California Tweetup to Tour Airborne Observatory
MarketWatch (press release)
27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA will host a Tweetup for 50 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 14 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The Tweetup includes a tour of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy ...
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NASA's Associate Administrator For Science Ed Weiler To Retire
PR Newswire (press release)
27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ed Weiler, who has worked almost 33 years as a leader in NASA's science exploration programs, will retire from the agency effective Sept. 30. Weiler most recently served as the associate administrator of NASA's ...
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NASA Study Acknowledges Astronaut Vision Loss is Significant Risk
ForexTV.com
In a publication titled: Human Research Program Utilization Plan for the International Space Station NASA discusses their findings on possible risk factors and causes of the visual impairment. Significant changes in visual refraction have been ...
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ForexTV.com
Aspiring filmmaker behind Alberta falling-satellite hoax
Vancouver Sun
By Bryce Forbes, Postmedia News September 26, 2011 Sebastian Salazar says he posted a series of Tweets falsely reporting a NASA satellite had crashed in Okotoks, Alta., as an update of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast in 1938 that fooled radio ...
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Lawmaker questions NASA's rocket decision
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
WASHINGTON — A California congressman is asking a federal watchdog agency to investigate whether NASA's plans to build a big new rocket violates government rules on competition, as the Space Launch System relies heavily on existing agreements with ...
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NASA Awards Architectural Contract for Bridge Work at Kennedy
Sacramento Bee
26, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. of Tallahassee, Fla., to provide architect engineer studies, designs and other professional services required for replacement bridges and rehabilitation of existing ...
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Beyond a Rocket and a Capsule - What NASA Needs for Deep Space Exploration
TMC Net
By Doug Mohney, Contributing Editor With the announcement of the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS), NASA has funding and clear direction to build a big rocket and the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) to carry a crew of four for 28 days. ...
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NASA lacks plan, vision in transferring human spaceflight program to private ...
Fierce Government
We're simply not living up either to the letter or to the spirit of the Space Act," said Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator and engineering professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. "To paraphrase my friend and colleague, ...
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Wearable electronics: NASA develops memory-storing e-textile material
ExtremeTech
By Sebastian Anthony on September 27, 2011 at 9:04 am Using a technique that looks strongly reminiscent of 1950s and '60s core memory, two NASA nanotechnologists from the Ames Research Center in California have devised a method of weaving non-volatile ...
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ExtremeTech
NASA helping SFO manage fog problems to reduce flight delays
San Francisco Examiner
Fewer frustrated passengers: NASA's weather-coordinating program will calculate fog dissipation probabilities and is expected to save airlines $10 million next summer. (Getty Images file photo) With a seemingly ever-present fog enveloping the hub, ...
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San Francisco Examiner
NASA Partners Uncover New Hypothesis On Crater Debris
Space Daily
by Staff Writers A team of researchers partnered with the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta-debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite impacts. ...
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NASA sees Typhoon Nesat nearing landfall in northern Philippines
EurekAlert (press release)
NASA's Terra satellite saw the western edges of Typhoon Nesat brushing the eastern Philippines yesterday as Luzon prepares for a landfall today. Warning Signals are in effect throughout the northern Philippines as the typhoon nears. ...
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NASA Marshall Small Business Alliance Space Launch Systems Industry Day
Space Ref (press release)
On September 29, 2011, NASA/MSFC will host the Marshall Small Business Alliance Meeting at the Davidson Center in Huntsville, Alabama. As a part of the meeting, MSFC will host the MSFC FY 2011 Industry and Advocates Award Ceremony to be followed by a ...
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Two more astronauts leave NASA
Your Houston News
NASA astronauts Robert Satcher and Charles Hobaugh have left the agency to pursue outside careers. Satcher's last day with NASA was Sept. 9 and Hobaugh's Sept. 23. “Bobby is an exceptionally talented individual,” said Peggy Whitson, ...
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iPhone, iPad Apps for Astronomers at Heart
eWeek
By Nathan Eddy on 2011-09-27 While the less than graceful fall to Earth of UARS, a bus-sized, 6.5-ton NASA satellite, might not be one of space exploration history's higher points, it nonetheless underscores the reality that we are a planet of rocket ...
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eWeek
NASA Solicitation: Mission Operations Mission Services - MOMS - 5 Month ...
Space Ref (press release)
NASA intends to enter into a sole-source contract extension with Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTSI) pursuant to 10 USC 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source in support of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Flight Projects Directorate. ...
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NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Meeting 31 Oct - 1 Nov 2011
Space Ref (press release)
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-462, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Science Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). ...
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BACON Earns High Honors From NASA
NBC 29 News
Some students at Charlottesville High School earned top honors from NASA Tuesday. The Science Club received an award for a science experiment, beating schools from across the country. The high school's science club was selected as NASA's "top team" for ...
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Nano Patents and Innovations: NASA To Host News Conference On ...
By Alton Parrish
NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium, located at 300 ...
Nano Patents and Innovations
NASA's Expedition ... - NASA Earth & Space Science Education News
By smdnews
NASA's Expedition Earth and Beyond (EEAB) Program promotes student-led research investigation in the classroom using NASA data and resources. It also provides opportunities to connect with NASA or University scientists. Throughout the ...
NASA Earth & Space Science Education...
NASA UARS Satellite Crash Location Revealed, Near ... - lalate news
By lalate
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) - The NASA UARS Satellite crash location has been revealed to news. The Satellite crashed near Africa in the Indian Ocean, NASA.
lalate news - America's Fastest...
Add Free Ringtones From NASA To Your Phone - Social Media News
By Seo Papa
Social Media News: Add Free Ringtones From NASA To Your Phone @Socializator.
Socializator - Social Media News
NASA: Dead satellite fell in vast south Pacific | The Associated Press ...
By The Associated Press
U.S. space officials have finally figured out where that dead NASA satellite fell back to Earth on Saturday. NASA now says satellite debris scattered over the south Pacific Ocean about as far away from large land masses as you can get.
Examiner RSS
NASA Partners Uncover New ... - Aerospace & Defence News
By newdesk
bnr-news-aldrin. MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — A team of researchers partnered with theNASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta—debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite ...
Aerospace & Defence News
NASA Launches Apps Competition
September 26, 2011 By News Staff. NASA has joined other government agencies in the push for transparency by launching its own apps competition. The International Space Apps Competition announced last week will take place next year ...
Government Technology Green Initiativ...
Sunspot 1302 unleashed towards Earth ... - Set You Free News
By Mario A.
On Monday, NASA issued a news release that updated us on a strong X1.9-category solar storm that erupted from active region (sunspot) 1302 Saturday morning that was recorded by the space administration's Solar Dynamics Observatory. ...
Set You Free News
NASA Sees Typhoon Nesat Nearing Landfall in Northern Philippines
NASA's Terra satellite saw the western edges of Typhoon Nesat brushing the eastern Philippines yesterday as Luzon prepares for a landfall today. Warning Signals are in effect throughout the northern Philippines as the typhoon nears.
ScienceNewsline - Top Science News
NASA Urges Resuming Plutonium-238 Production
By Andrea Gini
According to Space NewsNASA has begun mapping out the steps need to resume production of Plutonium-238, using money included in the 2011 NASA budget. NASAhas been pressing on the need to resume the production of Pu-238 for ...
Space Safety Magazine
Dry Ice On Mars Photographed From NASA's Mars Reconnaissance ...
By The Huffington Post
Related News On Huffington Post: NASA Satellite Crash: An Alberta Hoax, Danish Sighting And The Truth About Where It Landed Dead NASA Satellite Falls To Earth, RCMP Says Reports Of Debris In Alberta A Hoax (VIDEO) Northern Lights ...
Latest News
Video: Sunspot 1302 continues to turn toward Earth
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center: http://www.nasa.gov/goddard. Thanks toNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center for this article. This press release was posted to serve as a topic for discussion. Please comment below. We try our best to only ...
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NASA - NASA's UARS Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending a blank e-mail ...
www.nasa.gov/home/.../HQ_11-350_UARS_Re-entry.html
A Falling Satellite Catches the Popular Imagination - NYTimes.com
NASA, via Associated Press. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite as it deployed from the space shuttle in 1991. Pieces are expected to hit Earth today. ...
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/science/space/23satellite.html
NASA: Huge Defunct Satellite Will Fall to Earth This Week | Falling ...
For the latest news about NASA's UARS spacecraft fall, visit: Falling NASA Satellite: Complete Coverage of UARS Spacecraft's Fiery Demise. A dead climate ...
www.space.com/12999-dead-nasa-satellite-falling-earth-sept-2...
BBC News - Nasa refines satellite crash time
The US space agency (Nasa) says that its out-of-control climate satellite is expected to crash to Earth sometime on Friday evening (GMT).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15021323
Track NASA's Falling, 6.5-Ton Satellite In Real-Time | Fox News
Thanks to a neat widget built exclusively for FoxNews.com by satellite-tracking website N2YO.com, you can watch NASA's doomed UARS satellite as it courses ...
www.foxnews.com/.../exclusive-track-nasas-falling-65-ton-sat...
"Monster rocket" design unveiled by NASA - CBS News
Multibillion-dollar program to ferry astronauts on future odysseys, including nearby asteroid in 2025.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/14/.../main20106122.shtml
NASA Satellite Falls to Earth... But Where Did It Land? - Yahoo! News
Read 'NASA Satellite Falls to Earth... But Where Did It Land?' on Yahoo! News. This story was updated at 11:50 a.m. ET.
news.yahoo.com/nasa-satellite-falls-earth-where-did-land-134...
Track NASA's Doomed Satellite : Discovery News
The chance of spotting flaming wreckage from NASA's doomed Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) on Friday is pretty remote, but at least you can ...
news.discovery.com/space/track-a-falling-satellite-110921.html
NASA hedges satellite-crash predictions - The Washington Post
NASA is hedging predictions about Friday's fiery reentry of a doomed ... In the News ...NASA, faced with the inherent uncertainties of space-junk dynamics, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAnyzhoK_story.html
NASA Satellite Falling Faster Due to ... - National Geographic News
The six-ton UARS spacecraft is due to crash-land on Friday—sooner than anticipated, due to increased solar radiation, experts say.
news.nationalgeographic.com/.../110921-nasa-satellite-uars-sp...
Where Will NASA Satellite Crash? - ABC News
Even now, just a day or two from the end of the UARS satellite's life, NASA still cannot say where it will come down. They can send a probe to Mars and specify, ...
abcnews.go.com/blogs/.../09/where-will-nasa-satellite-crash/
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | NASA announces new rocket for ...
NASA announces new rocket for deep space missions. BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH ...
spaceflightnow.com/news/n1109/14heavylift/


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LIFESTYLE News, Sep 27, 2011

7 Vital lifestyle adjustments for diabetes
Times of India
Almost 80 percent of the condition (particularly type 2 Diabetes) can be controlled with a few basiclifestyle changes. Here are 7 vital lifestyle adjustments that every diabetic needs to make. Diet: The first factor to consider while planning ...
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