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by Stephen Withers
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The Soyuz capsule ferrying Charles Simonyi, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin back from the International Space Station landed safely in the steppes Kazakhstan at the weekend.
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by William Atkins
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At 11 a.m. EDT, April 23, 2007, NASA presents the STEREO 3-D Press Conference, at the Goddard Space Flight Center, to show off new (first time ever) three-dimensional images of the Sun that were made by the twin STEREO spacecraft.
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by William Atkins
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower (LYR), or Lyrids, will be seen between April 15 and 28, 2007, but is expected to peak on Saturday or Sunday, April 21-22. People in the northern hemisphere will get the best view, but folks in the southern hemisphere will see it, too.
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by William Atkins
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With an official undocking time of 4:10 a.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT), April 21, 2007, Expedition 14 crew members are backing off from the International Space Station.
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by William Atkins
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Expedition 14 U.S. commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Russian flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin, and wealthy U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyl are getting ready to return to the Earth early on Saturday morning, April 21, 2007.
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by William Atkins
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On April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, over 20 million people participated in about 2,000 colleges and universities, 10,000 primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of cities across the United States. Now in 2007, over 500 million people are expected to participate and observe in about 175 countries.
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by William Atkins
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The 91st annual Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, April 16, 2007. A special citation will be presented to Ray Douglas Bradbury at the awards luncheon on May 21st at Columbia University, N.Y.C.
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by William Atkins
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Space weather concerns various environmental conditions that occur in outer space. But, does it affect us on the Earth?
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by William Atkins
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For thirteen days, from April 5-18, 2007, Australian marine biologist Lloyd Godson lived in the world’s first self-sufficient, self-sustaining underwater habitat using a plant-based life support system.
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by William Atkins
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British scientists have discovered a 385 myo fossil that contains a fern-like frond that shows the tree was about eight meters (26 feet) tall. It is the oldest known tree based on fossil records.
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by William Atkins
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Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, is trying his darnnest to keep Americans interested in space exploration and science. He’s dreamed up a contest to send an average U.S. citizen to orbit about the Earth. Are you ready for an adventure to outer space?
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by William Atkins
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With the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, here is general background on the university and the city it is located in.
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by William Atkins
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Chao Ma, associated with the Center for Intelligent Materials and Systems (Department of Mechanical Engineering) at the University of Washington (Seattle), states that lenses in sunglasses have been made that can change color at a flip of a switch.
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by William Atkins
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Asteroid 2007 HA, which was just discovered this year, is flying past the Earth today (April 17, 2007) at about 2.5 million kilometers (1.6 million miles).
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