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NASA: Asteroid will skim by earth February 15
PASADENA, Ca. (NASA JPL) – Asteroid 2012 DA14 is an object about half the size of a football field in diameter. It will pass very close to the Earth on February 15, 2013, coming from the south to the north, it actually gets to within 17,200 miles of...
Tags: Science and Technology, 2012 DA14 (asteroid), NASA
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CT.com Interview: Saxophonist Branford Marsalis
An Evening with Branford Marsalis Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., $10-$39, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road Unit 3104, Storrs, (860) 486-4226, jorgensen.uconn.edu In his 52 short years on this planet, what hasn’t saxophonist...
Tags: Storrs, Herbie Hancock, Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins
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Two La Caņada Flintridge scientists honored at White House ceremony
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Gordon Brush plant owner bristles at red tape tying up expansion
Ken Rakusin is frustrated. You would be too. Since 2009, the owner of Gordon Brush Manufacturing Co. has been trying to expand his 51,000-square-foot City of Commerce factory by 20,000 square feet. That would mean a larger factory floor, more office...
Tags: Small Businesses, Aerospace Manufacturing, Computing and Information Technology Industry, NASA, Local Government
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Glendale Unified pursues federal grant to expand number of magnet schools
Glendale school officials are vying for a new federal grant to turn existing neighborhood schools into magnet sites. Under a new grant competition, the U.S. Department of Education will divvy up more than $96 million for districts to create magnet...
Tags: Thomas Edison, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, NASA, Students
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Mars rover Curiosity will use drill for first time
L.A. NOWThe NASA rover Curiosity is set to use its drill for the first time on Mars in a region where water once possibly flowed, scientists say. Boring into a rock would be one of the 1-ton rover’s most difficult tasks...... -
Editorial: Welcoming optimism with open arms
Optimism abounded this week, from President Obama in his second inaugural speech Monday, to Gov. Jerry Brown in his breathlessly delivered State of the State address Thursday morning. On Thursday evening, Mayor Bill Bogaard followed suit, forecasting a...Tags: Science and Technology, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Barack Obama
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Aging rover Opportunity still exploring new terrain on Mars
Nine years after landing on Mars for a three-month mission, the aging NASA rover Opportunity may be poised to find more evidence that water once flowed on the Red Planet. The rover's first discovery of clues that water once flowed on Mars was announced...
Tags: Google Inc., Science and Technology, Science, NASA, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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Freeze could bring record lows across Southland tonight
L.A. NOWPeople should bundle up across Southern California: Temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in some parts of the region, with Saturday night predicted to be the chilliest.... -
Firm aims to mine asteroids to refuel, build metal parts in space
Swarms of spacecraft may soon be mining asteroids for fuel and minerals and building spare parts in space, if a new private space venture has its way. Harvesting the resources available in the giant space rocks flying around the solar system could allow...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Space Programs, NASA
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Documentary captures early Mars missions' red-letter days
The car-sized rover Curiosity had a clean landing on Mars five months ago. But planetary missions didn’t always run so smoothly at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mariner 3, a probe sent to do a first-ever flyby in 1964, failed to get to...
Tags: Google Inc., Science and Technology, Movies, Space Programs, Entertainment
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NASA Curiosity rover to drill first Mars rock in strange terrain
The Curiosity rover will probably be wielding its drill for the first time on a veined rock on Mars within a couple of weeks, NASA scientists said Tuesday. Using the drill would be a milestone for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which has been...Tags: Science and Technology, Science, NASA
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