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Hubble has 3 more years to make amazing discoveries, NASA says
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Scientists and space junkies got some good news from NASA on Friday: The space agency announced it would keep the Hubble Space Telescope's science operations going at least through April 30, 2016. The three-year extension will cost NASA $76 million,...Tags: NASA, Orion Space Mission, Science and Technology, Adam Riess, Entertainment Events
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Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days. Caltech hosted a competition on its Pasadena campus this week that divided 32 students from 21 different...
Tags: NASA, Students, Colleges and Universities, Manufacturing and Engineering, Stanford University
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Dark matter hints spied in antimatter particles? [NASA video]
Has an instrument aboard the International Space Station detected a sign of dark matter? Scientists have been on pins and needles since Samuel Ting, an MIT physicist and Nobel laureate who leads the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment, coyly...Tags: NASA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Science
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Bright Minds: Danielle Hilliard, air and missile defense
“The combat system is the brain that helps you fire ‘the bullet,’ which is actually an extremely complex missile,” Danielle Hilliard says of her highly technical job in air and missile defense. She uses simple visual images to...
Tags: NASA, Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Tuskegee University
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Four Board of Education members leaning toward the purchase of former Allegheny Energy
julieg@herald-mail.comRecalling his first tour of the former Allegheny Energy headquarters on Downsville Pike, Washington County Board of Education member Wayne D. Ridenour said he thought of the possibility the office building could house the school system’s...Tags: Renovation, Allegheny Energy Inc., House Building, Energy, Health Treatments
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NASA wants poets to send haikus on Mars MAVEN mission
NASA wants to send haikus to Mars, and you — yes, you! — might be just the poet for the job. The space agency plans to launch a spacecraft to study the upper layers of the Red Planet’s atmosphere in November. But before the Mars...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, NASA Mars Exploration Program, NASA Voyager Program, Media Industry
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Commentary: Mission Hospital seeks flexibility for ICU space
Meeting the evolving healthcare needs of our community requires both flexibility and investment. In the tradition of our founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, Mission Hospital - Laguna Beach is committed to ensuring everyone in our communities...Tags: Science and Technology, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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Third-grader names asteroid that is focus of NASA mission
Asteroid (101955)1999 RQ36 doesn't really roll off the tongue, but asteroid Bennu? That's an asteroid that a person, a country and the world can get excited about. This week, NASA announced that 9-year-old Michael Toler Puzio of North Carolina had won...
Tags: NASA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Barack Obama
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May night sky happenings
May is a great month to see a lovely collection of constellations with your own eyes and view objects studied by NASA spacecraft and telecopes. Use the moon to help locate the constellations this month. - On May 13 the crescent moon is between the...
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Space telescope astrophysicist probes space, spreads the word
Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them — and encourages others to do so, as well. For two years, Kalirai, an award-winning astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, worked...
Tags: NASA, Applied Physics, Science and Technology, Research, Science
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Space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic goes supersonic in rocket test
British billionaire Richard Branson’s commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space when a test pilot cracked the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. For the first time, the company's SpaceShipTwo...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Science and Technology, Boeing Co., Explosions, Richard Branson
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Supersonic flight brings Virgin Galactic closer to space tourism
With a sonic boom that resounded above the Mojave Desert, a rocket plane belonging to British billionaire Richard Branson's commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space. On Monday the company's...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Science and Technology, Travel, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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