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Wind blasts on Neptune, Uranus may shed light on exoplanet weather
Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft -- and...
Tags: University of Oxford, Science and Technology, NASA Voyager Program, University of Arizona, Science
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: No need to leave Fido behind Vacationers traveling to Orlando don’t have to leave Fifi or Fido behind with Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ VIP ¿ Very Important Pet ¿ package...Tags: Voting, Bronze Radio Return, Walt Disney World Resort, Entertainment, Music Theater
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NASA to lease old KSC shuttle pad for commercial launches
WASHINGTON -- An old space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center soon could be home to commercial rockets under a plan announced Friday by NASA. The agency plans to lease what's known as Pad 39A to prospective tenants. Possible candidates include...Tags: Orion Space Mission, SpaceX, Kennedy Space Center
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Nanotube factory setting up shop in Newport News
TidewaterBizA maker of heat-resistant nanotube fiber moved into a facility near Oyster Point in Newport News. BNNT, LLC is in the process of setting up equipment, including a laser, in its factory at 300 Ed Wright Lane after finalizing financing with a group of...Tags: Science and Technology, Plant Openings, Nanotechnology, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...Tags: Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Science
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A planet-hunter's ode to Kepler, inspired by W.H. Auden
Though NASA’s Kepler spacecraft isn’t dead yet, a serious malfunction aboard the space telescope may mean its days of planet hunting have come to an untimely end. "I wouldn’t call Kepler down and out just yet," John Grunsfeld, the head...Tags: Hunting, Science and Technology, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science
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Astronauts take Dream Chaser spacecraft for simulated spin
Astronaut Jack Fischer took the Dream Chaser winged spacecraft for a spin, rocketing down from 10,000 feet, bucking through 60 seconds of turbulence to land hard on the runway in the Mojave desert in southern California. Then he tried it again. And...
Tags: Rocketry, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Dwayne Johnson, Satellite Technology
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Astronaut flies NASA's Dream Chaser spacecraft in flight simulator | Video
Lt. Col. Jack Fischer visits NASA-Langley to fly the Dream Chaser spacecraft on the motion-based Research Flight Deck simulator. Read the whole NASA Dream Chaser spacecraft simulator story.
Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Science
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Boeing Co., Rocketry, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology
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Weston team wins NASA contest
Cypress Bay High School students rocketed to the top of a field of nearly 600 entries from 20 countries in this year's NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Contest. The team of Robert Gitten, Jackie Linevsky, Zared Schwartz, Jonathan Schiller, Reagan...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Mining
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My Word: Remembering Astronaut Cooper's firsts
Most people have seen videos of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon after taking manual control of the landing. But who led the way with many space-mission firsts? In May 1963, I was working at NASA Mission Control at Cape Canaveral...Tags: Maitland, Space Programs, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies
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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Senate, Space Programs, Science and Technology
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