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News From Saturday, December 26, 2009
11:54:29 PM 'Storms of My Grandchildren' by James Hansen
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

He was invited to the White House; he has testified before Congress; he is the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. ... [more]

10:03:50 PM Star- hunter Ray beams at universe
Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka

Using telescopes in Chile and Hawaii, the young astronomer also began studying another phenomenon — brown dwarfs. You probably never heard of them in your ... [more]

9:38:55 PM Ocean-watching satellite facing delays in Argentina
Spaceflight Now - Orlando,FL,USA

BY STEPHEN CLARK The launch of a joint mission between NASA and Argentina to measure salt in Earth's oceans could be delayed nearly one year due to trouble ... [more]

8:37:58 PM Ground control to NASA TV: liven up
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

NASA TV Executive Producer Fred Brown says the network is far from where it could be. (Tyrone Turner / For The Times) By David Ferrell If they can put a man ... [more]

8:25:41 PM The Year in Space 2009
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

After the Columbia disaster there seemed to be a reluctance to send another space shuttle mission to any place besides the International Space Station, .... [more]

8:04:58 PM Blue stragglers are the timeworn Hollywood starlets of the cosmos
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA

For almost 50 years, astronomers have puzzled over the youthful appearance of stars known as blue stragglers. Blue stragglers are the timeworn Hollywood ... [more]

7:41:49 PM Huntsville scientist happy sun is spotty again
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

Not to fear, the sunspot is not spewing out charged solar particles, which wreak havoc on satellites like the Hubble Space Telescope and scare astronauts ... [more]

7:25:52 PM NASA JSC Advanced Planning Office Blog - 2010: Gotta Wear Shades!
Space Ref - USA

Even though this partnership in space could cause some to be concerned, I am reminded of how NASA's presence in space has created friends out of old enemies ... [more]

6:27:22 PM NASA Solicitation: Advanced Vehicle Concepts System Studies for Subsonic ...
Space Ref - USA

PHASE 2 NRA - NNH08ZEA001N-SSFW1 NASA/Glenn Research Center is conducting a progressive competition to conduct Advanced Vehicle Concepts System Studies for ... [more]

4:20:04 PM Travel and Tourism All systems go at Space Shuttle Max
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines

A smoother ride is expected of Enchanted Kingdom's Space Shuttle Max because of the way it is attached to the track with better-controlled movements. ... [more]

3:16:08 PM Beyond the iPod: Technology advances abounded in past decade
Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA

For example, in January 2008, a group of astronomers using NASA's Swift X-ray satellite to study data from a month-old supernova remnant in a distant galaxy ... [more]

11:42:20 AM PowerSafe's Amplification Technologies Subsidary Awarded Two SBIR Phase
PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA

PR.com (press release) The study will help NASA on the development of Lidar systems for wind direction measurement, surface topography as well as atmospheric sensing, .... [more]

10:58:28 AM Transition phase means a full plate
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Shelby G. Spires As a new decade begins, Marshall Space Flight Center workers will begin the final countdown for the four-decade-old space shuttle ... [more]

10:04:42 AM Saviour's `star' not really a star
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

The astronomers are wasting their time looking for this particular "star." As any serious Bible student knows, the "star" was obviously an angel. ... [more]

9:58:05 AM And lo, a star appeared
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,ON,Canada

In a paper published Thursday in the journal Nature, an international team, including McMaster University astronomer Alison Sills, offers proof that there ... [more]

9:50:39 AM NASA crashes helicopter to test new shield for cars
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Washington: NASA has intentionally crashed a 3000-pound MD-500 helicopter loaded with dummies to test a new safety shield, which could someday be used to ... [more]

8:38:50 AM Astrobiology Top 10: Glycine in the Grid
Astrobiology Magazine - USA

... “Our discovery supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts. ... [more]

6:49:33 AM India's coming-out party
Times of India - India

Chandrayaan-1 carried 11 instruments - six from abroad (three from the European Space Agency, two of NASA and one from Bulgaria) and five from India. ... [more]

6:20:07 AM THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Long Beach Press-Telegram

Ten years ago: The crew of space shuttle Discovery packed up its tools and prepared to return home after an eight-day mission of repairs to the Hubble Space ... [more]

5:59:13 AM NASA's Kepler mission looks for new planets
KABC - Los Angeles,CA,USA

NASA-Ames is following the stars too, looking for life on other worlds, and astronomers have a new celestial tool to help them. ... [more]

4:36:05 AM Glowing tadpoles detect pollution
Billings Gazette

“We're tracking dosages that would show up in terms of development in either a person or a tadpole,” said Paul Johnson, a physics and astronomy professor at ... [more]

2:31:46 AM Astronomy group call for new Dark Sky observatory
Dumfries and Galloway Standard - Dumfries,UK

ASTRONOMERS of a local star-gazing group have called for the creation of a new observatory. Members of the Wigtownshire Astronomical Society have pitched ... [more]

1:20:32 AM NASA astronaut from Lynchburg talks about trip to space
WDBJ7.com - Roanoke,VA,USA

Leland Melvin, a NASA astronaut, is visiting family in Lynchburg, just weeks after returning from space. News7's Tim Saunders recently met up with him to ... [more]

1:11:39 AM Government Accountability Office reports International Space Station
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

al.com (blog) The Government Accountability Office issued a report saying the retirement of the space shuttle could push commercial launch costs up and affect [more]



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