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BLASTING OFF: After years of autism challenges, Nick Johnson lands NASA gig
tkleffman@amnews.comNicholas Johnson has never been one for crowds. When he was younger, a trip to a restaurant or retail store often would send Nick into loud shrieks and convulsive movements. Once, during a trip to the grocery store when he was about 8, he began rocking...Tags: Gaming, Science and Technology, Boy Scouts of America, Chess Playing, Technology
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From Our Files for Feb. 17
100 YEARS AGO 1913 Two ladies came to Danville this week from Indiana and had the body of the man who was recently found dead on the Cincinnati Southern Railway exhumed. One of the ladies had lost her husband and reached the conclusion that the man...
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Fiery meteor explodes over Russia; 1,100 injured
Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains region Friday and exploded with the force of an atomic bomb, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread...Tags: Science and Technology, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, News Agency
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McGuffey sixth-grader gets once-in-a-lifetime chance to talk with astronaut on International Space Station
ben@theinteriorjournal.comRICHMOND — "Out of all the skills you have obtained in training, which has assisted you the most in your adventures and how do you use these specific skills?" As those words were spoken by Lincoln County sixth-grade student Kyle Hampton on Friday,...Tags: Eastern Kentucky University, Education, Teaching and Learning, Students, Science and Technology
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Local students to attend NASA Space Station event at EKU
Students from Boyle, Casey and Lincoln counties will be among 160 seventh- and eighth-graders from across Kentucky, all identified as gifted and talented in science and/or mathematics, who will have the opportunity to participated in a NASA space program...
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Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies at 82
Associated PressCINCINNATI (AP) - Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost...Tags: The Associated Press, Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Services and Shopping, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Musgrave's story, space pics wow Danville crowd
tkleffman@amnews.comForget that bearded guy who portrays “The most interesting man in the world” in those Dos Equis beer commercials. Story Musgrave might take that title in real life. To call Musgrave simply a former astronaut is to sell his life way short,...Tags: Science and Technology, Photography, Colleges and Universities, Technology, New York City
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Net Xpress: Angry Birds Space announced ¿ from space
sclark@amnews.comGood news for all you Angry Bird lovers out there. The latest game in the popular series, Angry Birds Space, was released on Thursday. The new game will be available on Android, iOS, Mac and PC platforms. The game, which features 60 levels of gameplay,...Tags: Intel Corp., Google Inc., Science and Technology, Apple iPod, NASA
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Accent: Creative imagination -- CAC's 'Space' exhibit inspires visitors, volunteer to explore new ideas
bobbie@communityartscenter.netAlthough the weather has turned cold, and sometimes snowy, visitors to Danville Pediatrics’ “SPACE … Imagine That!” at the Community Arts Center have been keeping warm where science meets art. Using imagination “We are...Tags: Movies, Arts, Arts and Culture, Artists, Imagine That (movie)
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'SPACE' comes with a lot of goodies to Danville's Community Arts Center
bobbie@communityartscenter.netIt’s been a year in the making and it’s finally here. “SPACE … Imagine That!” opened Thursday and staff at the Community Arts Center are not surprised by the amazement many continue to express about the exhibit. Kids of all...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Imagine That (movie), Science Fiction (genre), Arts
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'Property of the U.S. Government': NASA swag arrives in style for SPACE exhibit at Arts Center
bobbie@communityartscenter.netAs the “SPACE … Imagine That!” exhibit nears Thursday’s opening day, the Community Arts Center staff found themselves in the midst of a predicament earlier this week: Where the heck were we going to put all this stuff? It’s...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists, NASA
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Obituary: Fred Boynton
Fred Richard Boynton Jr., 74, of Danville, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011.
Born Dec. 20, 1936, in Indianapolis, he was the son of the late Fred R. and Bertha Stevens Boynton. He moved to Kentucky his last year of high school,...Tags: Shriners, Huntsville, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, NASA
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