Now Qualified for All Atlas V Missions Lockheed Martin announced today that it has completed the test program of the RD-180 engine for the company’s new Atlas V rockets. Completion […]
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Planetary Society Protests Stop to Near-Earth Object Observations
The Planetary Society strongly condemns NASA’s decision, announced today, to terminate radar observations of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Arecibo is the most powerful […]
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Lockheed Martin team delivers proposal for Landsat Data Continuity Mission
A team headed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Missiles & Space Operations, has delivered a proposal to formulate and implement the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to the NASA Goddard […]
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AIP FYI 150: Senate Confirmation Hearing for NASA Administrator Position
Sean O’Keefe’s Senate confirmation hearing on December 7 to be the new NASA Administrator went fairly well. Commerce Committee Democrats and Republicans announced their support for the nominee, called for […]
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Primitive microbe offers model for evolution of animals
A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In […]
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The First Sulfur Eaters
By Leslie Mullen Some of the oldest rocks on Earth can be found amid the spiky grass and orange-red dust of Northwestern Australia. While most rocks have been altered over […]
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December’s Sky Features Saturn At Its Best
by Carol Ryback Saturn is December’s showpiece for observing. Nothing quite matches the feeling of beholding it in a telescope for the first time — yet it holds a certain […]
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A Small Spherical Universe after All?
What is the shape of space? Is it finite or infinite? Is it connected, has it "edges", "holes" or "handles"? This cosmic mystery, which has puzzled cosmologists for more than […]
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NASA and American Library Association Bring Space to the Bookshelf
NASA and the American Library Association (ALA), Chicago, have launched a three-year program aimed at educating and exposing both children and adults to the wonders of space travel and the […]
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New NASA/SGI Super computer Brings “Early Spring” to Climate Models
As winter arrives across the country, a new supercomputer that will create the best-ever models of how the Earth’s climate works is being “fired up” as part of NASA’s efforts […]
