Saturday, August 30, 2014

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Suit Up! Final Frontier Design Launches Space Suit Experience in NYC
Swing a golf club, fly a flight simulator and bounce around like an astronaut in a real, pressurized spacesuit as part of a new experience offered by Final Frontier Design.
 
US Air Force's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Passes 600 Days in Orbit

The U.S. Air Force's mysterious robotic X-37B space plane has winged beyond 600 days in orbit on a secret military mission. When will the high-tech space drone land?

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Film Students Play Starring Role in Stratospheric Balloon Launch (Video)

Film students with the New York Film Academy – Los Angeles launched a high-altitude balloon 17 miles above Earth to capture views of our planet. See how the flight went.

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Smash! Aftermath of Colossal Impact Spotted Around Sunlike Star

Astronomers have spotted the wreckage of a mammoth collision around a distant young star, a landmark find that could shed light on how our own solar system's rocky planets took shape long ago.

 
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First Quarter Moon, September 2014

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 7:11 a.m. EDT. The First Quarter Moon rises around 2:30 p.m. and sets around 12:30 a.m. Get more details now.

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How Far, the Stars? Quasars Solve 'Seven Sisters' Star Cluster Mystery

Super-bright galaxies powered by black holes have helped astronomers come up with the most accurate distance yet to the iconic Pleiades star cluster.

 

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Cosmic Quest: Who Really Discovered Neptune?

Neptune will appear opposite the sun in the sky tomorrow (Aug. 29), but who truly discovered the planet? Read about the complicated cosmic history.

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Curiosity Rover Packs Up Drill, Hits the Martian Road Again
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has passed up a potential drilling target and instead resumed the long trek to a huge Red Planet mountain.
On to Pluto! NASA Spacecraft Now Beyond Neptune's Orbit (Photos)
A speedy NASA probe has crossed the orbit of Neptune, notching one more spaceflight milestone on its way toward a historic flyby of Pluto next summer.
XCOR Aerospace's Private Lynx Space Plane to Get New Texas Home
XCOR Aerospace's Lynx space plan will get a new home in a renovated hangar in Texas in 2015.
 
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