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We can’t get enough of Mars apparently. Over the next few years at least 3 more Mars probes will be landing on the red planet. The Phoenix Lander is on its way to Mars right now, and should arrive at Mars on May 25. After this will come NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory, a large rover […]

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Every once in a while we hear about the Space Station that is floating around out there. The last few days I have been seeing reports about this new robotic handyman (VIDEO). This thing has 11 foot long freak arms that will be tested. They will also continue outfitting the station’s new Japanese room and […]

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NASA has released a significant amount of data this week that portrays how our early universe may have developed, as well as what it is made up of. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) collected data that measured the earliest light of the universe. The early universe is imprinted on this light, and can be […]

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A lake that might once have been habitable may have filled a crater for a long time on early Mars, new spacecraft images reveal.
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured the images that suggest the debris-strewn Holden Crater once held a calm body of water that could have harbored life. There is so far no convincing […]

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So…40 years after we win the race to the moon we start all over again. This time instead of democratic countries trying to beat communist countries to the moon YOU are competing against anyone that wants to go to the moon for a $30 Million prize from Google and XPRIZE in the great Moon Race. […]

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Just a few days away. Wednesday in fact. A total lunar eclipse will be visible for nearly a billion people in the Western Hemisphere, more than 1.5 billion in Europe and Africa, and perhaps another half-billion in western Asia will be able to watch — weather permitting — as the brilliant mid-winter full moon becomes […]

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Two planetary discoveries have scientists believing that solar systems like ours are going to become much more common. The two planets have great similarities to Our Jupiter and Saturn. The newfound worlds both appear to be gaseous and are about 80 percent the sizes of Jupiter and Saturn, the astronomers said today. They orbit a […]

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Future thrill-seekers will ride a sleek spacecraft berthed under a massive, twin-boom mothership to the fringe of space in a design unveiled Wednesday by Virgin Galactic.
For people who have been everywhere on Earth, it may be soon that they can go beyond it. Dreaming of space flight while sipping on the ports from their wine […]

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The global market for satellite navigation hardware continued its scorching pace in 2007, resulting in big profits for the major hardware manufacturers, and analysts predict sales will grow more than $20 billion by early next decade.
Finding your way to your Condo Hotels has never been easier. Satellite Navigation has become less of a luxury and […]

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Researchers at Oklahoma State University are working with DARPA to deliver a sophisticated, unmanned aircraft small enough to fit into a soldier’s pocket, reports the Daily O’Collegian.
A state-of-the-art propulsion system, one that uses plasma thrusters with no moving parts, could provide power for micro and nano unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV.)This class of airplane can measure […]

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