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RAW VIDEO: Russia meteor injures 1,100 in atomic bomb-like explosion
MOSCOW (AP) — With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky Friday and exploded with the force of 20 atomic bombs, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows and spread panic in a city...
Tags: Astronomy, Vladimir Putin, Greenpeace, Science, NASA
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2 space rocks hours apart point up the danger
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space rock even bigger than the meteor that exploded like an atom bomb over Russia could drop out of the sky unannounced at any time and wreak havoc on a city. And Hollywood to the contrary, there isn't much the world's...
Tags: Astronomy, Emergency Incidents, Russia, World War II (1939-1945), Explosions
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Notre Dame grad astronaut making video call to Statehouse
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana native and Notre Dame graduate who's commanding the International Space Station will be making a very long distance video call to the Indiana Statehouse. Astronaut Kevin Ford is scheduled to speak from Earth orbit...
Tags: University of Notre Dame, Pancreatic Cancer, Science and Technology
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Notre Dame astronomer's team finds gas that fuels galaxies
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team led by Notre Dame researcher Nicolas Lehner has found massive supplies of fresh gas around modern galaxies. The following news release from Notre Dame was issued Friday afternoon: Galaxies have a voracious...
Tags: Astronomy, Education, University of Notre Dame, Metal, Colleges and Universities
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Notre Dame grad takes space station command
An Indiana native and Notre Dame graduate has taken command of the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Kevin Ford became the station's commander Sunday with the departure of three astronauts from the U.S., Russia and Japan who landed safely...
Tags: Science and Technology
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Notre Dame alum on crew headed to space station
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A University of Notre Dame graduate and Hoosier native is on his way to the International Space Station after blasting off in a Russian spacecraft. Kevin Ford and two Russians were aboard the Soyuz when it lifted off on schedule...
Tags: University of Notre Dame, Science and Technology
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Indiana native preparing to command space station
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An astronaut from Indiana is in Russia getting ready to become commander of the International Space Station. Kevin Ford is scheduled to launch on a Russian Soyuz capsule with two Russian cosmonauts to the space station on Oct....Tags: Russia, Science and Technology
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Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space used to be a man's world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail into orbit for U.S. women. With a pitch perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by...
Tags: Applied Physics, Science, Rocketry, Air Transportation Delays, Science and Technology
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Catch transit of Venus tonight, because it won't be seen again until 2117
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThis evening people in the Michiana area and around the globe will be able to view an extraordinary solar spectacle: the transit of Venus, as the second planet in our solar system passes directly between the Earth and the sun. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE...Tags: Astronomy, Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Arts, Science
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House candidate can note astronaut past on ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A congressional candidate in California's Central Valley can note on ballots that he used to be an astronaut. A Sacramento County judge ruled Thursday that Democrat Jose Hernandez can use the ballot designation "astronaut....Tags: Elections, Justice System, Judges, NASA, Politics
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Ex-NASA worker says fired over intelligent design
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of a computer specialist who alleges he was terminated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory because of his belief in intelligent design is winding down. Closing arguments in David Coppedge's wrongful termination case...Tags: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology
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NASA starts off new year with mission to the moon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cruise to the moon took 3½ months and covered 2½ million miles — far longer than the direct three-day flight by Apollo astronauts.
Over the New Year's weekend, a pair of NASA spacecraft arrived back-to-back at their...Tags: Astronomy, Science, NASA, New Year's Day, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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