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Rush fan Marian Clayton of Newport News wins free tickets to Sunday's show
"I'm literally shaking right now," said Marian Clayton, a Newport News resident who works at NASA. "I'm such a big fan. You have no idea." That was Clayton's response when she learned that she'd won the Daily Press Rush trivia contest. Clayton was among...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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SpaceX signs lease agreement at spaceport to test reusable rocket
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.SpaceX, the Hawthorne rocket maker, has found a new home for flight testing on its reusable rocket. The company has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and facilities at Spaceport America, the state-owned commercial launch site located 55...Tags: Space Programs, Virgin Group, Ltd., Satellite Technology, Technology, SpaceX
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Google's Earth Engine: A stunning time-lapse view of the planet
Much has happened to the planet since 1984, and now Google has come up with a way to have a spectacular, bird's-eye view of the changes. In partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA and Time magazine, Google has put together a website that...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Google Inc., Google+, Newspaper and Magazine, Time (magazine)
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NASA weighs spacewalk to repair ammonia leak on ISS
Astronauts on the International Space Station may take a spacewalk Saturday to repair an ammonia leak. The gas, used to cool one of the station’s solar arrays, began oozing from the left side of the station’s truss structure Thursday,...
Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology
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News-Press Cartoon: JPL budget cuts
The decision by NASA to shutter the popular open house at Jet Propulsion Laboratory has many science fans crying into their calculators. But Clark Magnet High School students in Glendale keep pushing on, recently launching a near-space balloon over...
Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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NASA head Bolden to tour Langley Research Center Friday
HAMPTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will tour NASA-Langley Research Center Friday, where he’ll get a look at ongoing work and take a turn in a cockpit simulator. Bolden will visit Langley’s Air Traffic Operations Laboratory and join...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Bill Nelson: shortened news cycle, the Internet and partisan cable "news" makes Washington dysfunctional
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is beginning his third term in the U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C., is a far different place than it was when he was a freshman member of the U.S. House back in 1979. Speaking Friday to the Realtor Association of Greater...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Chuck Hagel, Bill Nelson, Politics, Susan Collins
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Will.i.am doesn't skip a beat in pushing past musical pursuits
This week in New York will.i.am — the founder and frontman of L.A.'s Black Eyed Peas — is to receive an honorary Clio Award in recognition of "the work and talent of those who push the boundaries of creativity in advertising and beyond,"...
Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, Black Eyed Peas (music group), Music, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake
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Sharing a musical experience at school
Kids and families learned all about music at a recent event in Boca Raton. The Boca Raton Symphonia's free Meet the Orchestra program at Saint Andrew's School offered hands-on experimentation with musical instruments, tips from area experts and...Tags: Music Industry, Theater, Politics, Queens (New York City), Education
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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: Space Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Invention and Innovation, National Security, Politics
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NASA accomplishes smartphones' mission
Smartphone cameras are fine for snapping photos of your BFF, but NASA has officially taken that technology to new heights. The space agency has successfully tested smartphones as low-cost satellites, thanks to the recent launch of the Antares rocket from...Tags: Antarctica, Space Programs, Radio, Satellite Technology, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia)
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A poem for a planet: Send your haiku to Mars
The MAVEN spacecraft is leaving for Mars in November. Along with scientific gear and advanced communication technologies, it will be bringing along some poetry. It could be yours. NASA launched -- or, rather, opened -- the poetry contest on Wednesday....
Tags: NASA Mars Exploration Program, NPR, Google+, Poetry
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