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Future space explorers tour JPL
Thirty-two students in aerospace, engineering and science programs in 11 different countries descended on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory last week as part of a Caltech competition to design a mission to one of Mars' two moons, Phobos or Deimos. "Watching...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA, NASA Voyager Program, Students, Trips and Vacations
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Wind shakes up NASA rover Curiosity's landing parachute
The supersonic parachute that helped the NASA rover Curiosity land safely on Mars eight months ago has become part of an accidental science experiment. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped photos of the 100-pound parachute between August and...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Science, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system — almost
It was welcome news to Earthlings: The Voyager 1 spacecraft had seemingly crossed a momentous threshold and become the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. "Voyager 1 has left the solar system," the American Geophysical Union declared...
Tags: NASA, Monte Morin, NASA Voyager Program, Amina Khan, Astronomy
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What not to fix when selling a home
It's so easy, once you're in the clutches of home improvement, to keep improving. The new paint makes the cabinets look bad. The new cabinets make the appliances look bad. The new appliances make the floor look bad. The new kitchen makes the bathroom...Tags: Real Estate, Home Improvement, Personal Service, Services and Shopping, Turkey
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Danger, Will Robinson: Asteroids headed to Earth?
WASHINGTON – As if you don’t have enough to worry about, consider the subject of a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday: asteroids that may be headed toward Earth. The good news: NASA is tracking most of the largest asteroids – the kind that...
Tags: U.S. Congress, NASA, Russia, Barack Obama, Emergency Incidents
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It's raining on Saturn, and the rings are responsible
Saturn's rings are not just beautiful to look at; it turns out they are also responsible for rain falling on the planet. Using data collected from the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, scientists found that the amount of "ring rain"--when water particles...Tags: Science and Technology, Science
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Phyllis Herzer December 14, 1936 - April 3, 2013
Phyllis Herzer, born Phyllis McCullough in Oak Grove, IL to Selma and Vernon McCullough on December 14, 1936, passed away unexpectedly April 3, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband Richard Kimball Herzer in 2003. Phyllis is survived by her three...
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NASA Mars Curiosity rover gets to work on 'spring break' chores
Hear that? That’s the sound of silence from NASA’s Curiosity rover -- and possibly the sound of separation anxiety at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as the intrepid Martian robot takes nearly a month-long break from exploring the Red Planet....
Tags: NASA, Separation Anxiety, Science and Technology, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Student teams ace Mars plan at Caltech
It could take several months for aerospace experts to design a manned mission to a Martian moon. Students pulled off the feat in five days. Caltech hosted a competition on its Pasadena campus this week that divided 32 students from 21 different...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Students, Stanford University, Teaching and Learning
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NASA sends fleet of small drones to inspect noxious volcano plumes
Getting information on volcanic plumes can be perilous work. The unbearable heat. The noxious gas. The jagged terrain. So NASA found a new way to carry out the mission without putting its researchers in danger: drones. PHOTOS: America's drone fleet...
Tags: NASA, Volcanoes, Air Transportation Industry, Landforms, Federal Aviation Administration
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Toll students go to Washington, D.C.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) met on March 20 in Washington D.C. with a group of 70 seventh- and eighth-grade students and their chaperons from Glendale's Toll Middle School. The students were visiting during their spring break, and Schiff took time to...
Tags: Teachers, U.S. Congress, Students, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Planck: Big Bang's afterglow reveals older universe, more matter
The universe has hidden its age well. The European Space Agency’s Planck space telescope has scanned the skies for the Big Bang’s fingerprint and discovered that the universe is about 100 million years older than thought, and that there’...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Cosmology, University of Cambridge, Science and Technology
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