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Students will have a unique opportunity to speak with International Space Station resident and NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra during an in-flight hookup from 10:20 to 10:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday.
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NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, who was born in Portland, Ind., and considers Montpelier, Ind., his hometown, will serve as the pilot on space shuttle Discovery’s next mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, who was born in El Paso, Texas, will make his third journey into orbit on space shuttle Discovery’s next mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA’s next space shuttle mission will carry two California- born astronauts into orbit.
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NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that is providing researchers more details about the Red Planet’s environmental history.
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NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-134 to the International Space Station.
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NASA astronaut Danny Olivas, born and raised in El Paso, Texas, will conduct three spacewalks during the upcoming space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. This is the first shuttle flight to feature two Latino astronauts, Olivas and Jose Hernandez who are both of Mexican descent.
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Nicole Stott, a native of Clearwater, Fla., will make her first journey into orbit on space shuttle Discovery’s upcoming mission to the International Space Station. She will live and work aboard the station for three months.
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NASA astronaut Patrick Forrester, whose hometown is Springfield, Va., will make his third journey into orbit on space shuttle Discovery’s next mission to the International Space Station.
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Using NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as one foot per year over the past decade.
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An image of the Victoria Crater on Mars was captured by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA scientists explain future missions, the requirements of future explorers and the scientific and economic implications. Credit: NASA.
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A stripped down version of NASA’s future spaceship could be
ready as soon as 2013, according to Bigelow Aerospace, which proposed to build
it.
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Project managers for the British Beagle lander program are
seeking redemption – on the moon – nearly six years after their spacecraft
disappeared on Mars.
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NASA ordered last-minute tests on the shuttle Discovery’s giant fuel tank to see if its safe to launch Aug. 24.
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Astronomers identify planetary nebulas of massive dead stars.
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Intelligent life beyond Earth might not be as dim a hope as many scientists think.
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A new program offers people a chance to “adopt” one of the stars in a catalogue of targets where scientists hope to find Earth-like extrasolar planets.
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NASA’s scientists discuss the Orion in low-Earth Orbit and its missions to the ISS. Credit: NASA
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NASA needs more funding in order to track potentially dangerous space rocks.
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