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    Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. Tracking the long-distance travels of dust

    Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality.
    Spring stirs pollen, and also dust — high-flying dust that's blown thousands of miles to reach North America in greater amounts than scientists have known before, with potential impact on the climate and air quality. Mineral dust rises from dry...

    Tags: Travel, Education, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Pacific Ocean, Air Pollution

  2. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. Cardin pledges to press for sequestration alternative in town hall meetings

    Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/federal-workplace/">federal workers</a> and small-business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October.
    Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small-business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October. But he acknowledged that achieving a...

    Tags: Small Businesses, White House, National Institutes of Health, Politics, Ken Ulman

  4. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Pasadena Sun
  5. Space budget takes a hit

    President Obama's budget proposal, unveiled on Wednesday, would cut funding for planetary exploration at NASA by roughly $200 million, although it still funds several high profile missions being planned out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Ca&ntilde;ada Flintridge.
    President Obama's budget proposal, unveiled on Wednesday, would cut funding for planetary exploration at NASA by roughly $200 million, although it still funds several high profile missions being planned out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada...

    Tags: Adam B. Schiff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Barack Obama, NASA, Budgets and Budgeting

  6. Apr 10, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  7. Twitter photos from space as astronaut tweets from International Space Station

    <span style="font-size: small;">Many Twitter users share with their followers their daily routines and perhaps photos from on their way to work. Thomas Marshburn also shares the views from his officer window. But that window is really something.</span>
    Orlando Sentinel
    Many Twitter users share with their followers their daily routines and perhaps photos from on their way to work. Thomas Marshburn also shares the views from his officer window. But that window is really something. Marshburn is an astronaut who has...

    Tags: The Huffington Post, Social Media, Science and Technology

  8. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Space telescope astrophysicist probes space, spreads the word

    Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them &mdash; and encourages others to do so, as well.
    Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them — and encourages others to do so, as well. For two years, Kalirai, an award-winning astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, worked...

    Tags: Applied Physics, NASA, Research, Ellicott City, Astronomy

  10. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic goes supersonic in rocket test

    British billionaire Richard Branson’s commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space when a test pilot cracked the sound barrier over the Mojave Desert. For the first time, the company's SpaceShipTwo...

    Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson, Boeing Co., Explosions, Science and Technology

  12. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Supersonic flight brings Virgin Galactic closer to space tourism

    With a sonic boom that resounded above the Mojave Desert, a rocket plane belonging to British billionaire Richard Branson's commercial space venture Virgin Galactic got one step closer to carrying tourists into space. On Monday the company's...

    Tags: Travel, Transportation, Virgin Group, Ltd., Tourism and Leisure, Air Transportation

  14. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  15. Virgin's passenger spaceship completes first rocket test flight

    Reuters
    * Company selling tickets to ride for $200,000 * Fleet of five spaceships planned By Irene Klotz April 30 (Reuters) - A six-passenger spaceship owned by an offshoot of Virgin Group fired its rocket engine in flight for the first time on Monday, a key...

    Tags: Marketing, Rocketry, Paul Allen, Virgin Group, Ltd., NASA

  16. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7
  17. NASA gets view of Saturn's extreme "hurricane"

    PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole.
    PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists see the hurricane's eye is...

    Tags: Hampton University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Science and Technology, Hurricanes

  18. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. ESA: Herschel space telescope blinded by heat, retires for good

    Astronomers knew this day would come. The Herschel Space Observatory has run out of coolant and ceased looking into the cold, distant universe. Without liquid helium to keep the instruments chilled to minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit, the European Space Agency telescope began to run a fever and went blind, leading scientists on Monday to shutter this floating window into space.
    Astronomers knew this day would come. The Herschel Space Observatory has run out of coolant and ceased looking into the cold, distant universe. Without liquid helium to keep the instruments chilled to minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit, the European Space...

    Tags: Science and Technology

  20. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
  21. Posey: Space Coast needs new, diversified jobs

    WASHINGTON &mdash; It's been a rocky few years for the Space Coast district represented by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge &mdash; starting with NASA's decision to retire the space shuttle in 2011.
    The Orlando Sentinel, Washington Bureau
    WASHINGTON — It's been a rocky few years for the Space Coast district represented by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge — starting with NASA's decision to retire the space shuttle in 2011. The end of the 30-year program led to thousands of...

    Tags: SpaceX, Port Canaveral, Melbourne, Brevard County, Cruise Line Ports

  22. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. Ellicott City astrophysicist works on Hubble's succesor

    Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them &#8212; and encourages others to do so as well.
    Jason Kalirai doesn't just reach for the stars. He pulls them close and studies them — and encourages others to do so as well. Kalirai, 35, is an award-winning astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. For two years,...

    Tags: Applied Physics, NASA, Ellicott City, Science and Technology, Astronomy

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