items tagged with NASA
Congress can't find their asteroids, no money for NASA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-13 08:23:09
According to a report from the National Research Council, the U.S. Congress never gave NASA the money necessary to hunt down and identify potentially threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Consequently, the U.S. space agency has only been able to chart a fraction it was supposed to find.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-13 08:23:09
According to a report from the National Research Council, the U.S. Congress never gave NASA the money necessary to hunt down and identify potentially threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Consequently, the U.S. space agency has only been able to chart a fraction it was supposed to find.
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Students tweeting telescope takeover
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-11 20:44:08
Twitter’s reach seemingly knows no bounds, with the popular social networking site taking its millions of devotees around the world into space today as a group of Australian school students take over the famous Parkes telescope to explore for pulsars and post their results to Twitter.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-11 20:44:08
Twitter’s reach seemingly knows no bounds, with the popular social networking site taking its millions of devotees around the world into space today as a group of Australian school students take over the famous Parkes telescope to explore for pulsars and post their results to Twitter.
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Perseid meteor shower: Double your pleasure for one hour
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-05 08:00:14
According to NASA, the number of meteors seen shooting across the sky as part of the 2009 Perseid meteor shower is expected to be double the normal amount for one hour on August 11-12, 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-05 08:00:14
According to NASA, the number of meteors seen shooting across the sky as part of the 2009 Perseid meteor shower is expected to be double the normal amount for one hour on August 11-12, 2009.
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Endeavour lands after successful STS-127 mission
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-31 09:50:28
The space shuttle Endeavour made touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, July 31, 2009, at approximately 10:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-31 09:50:28
The space shuttle Endeavour made touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, July 31, 2009, at approximately 10:50 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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Hubble takes rare Jupiter impact images
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-25 07:49:30
The Hubble Space Telescope was detoured in its recalibration, after being refurbished by the NASA STS-125 astronauts in May 2009, to take images of the recent impact spot on Jupiter, which was discovered by an Australian amateur astronomer on July 19, 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-07-25 07:49:30
The Hubble Space Telescope was detoured in its recalibration, after being refurbished by the NASA STS-125 astronauts in May 2009, to take images of the recent impact spot on Jupiter, which was discovered by an Australian amateur astronomer on July 19, 2009.
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