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News From Thursday, February 25, 2010
10:50:20 PM April 2010: How many civilizations lurk in the cosmos?
Astronomy Magazine - USA

Fifty years ago, astronomer Frank Drake began the search for intelligent life on other worlds. In order to better comprehend the odds of succeeding in this ... [more]

10:26:43 PM NASA's Space Shuttle Program Successfully Conducts Final Motor Test in Utah
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. ... [more]

10:21:33 PM Shuttle Discovery Preps For Mission
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

By Paul McDougall NASA crews started preparations on Thursday for the next space shuttle mission, which will see Discovery deliver a new logistics module to ... [more]

9:07:55 PM GET SMART: Learn something new
Daily Comet - Thibodaux,LA,USA

What to expect: You can check out the stars with high-powered equipment and a knowledgeable astronomer by visiting the observatory. ... [more]

8:43:08 PM Rowan will host Astronomy Day
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA

The Rowan University Astronomical Observatory and the Edelman Planetarium will hosts their first Rowan Astronomy Day on Saturday, March 6, from 1 to 3:30 pm ... [more]

8:23:55 PM Utah company conducts final test on shuttle rocket
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

The Utah company that makes booster rockets for the soon-to-be retired space shuttle has conducted its final ground test. The Associated Press The Utah ... [more]

7:55:07 PM NASA awards $54.5 million IT service contract to ARTS
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA

NASA's Stennis Space Center has awarded a $54.5 million contract to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions, or ARTS, a provider of research, engineering, ... [more]

6:39:00 PM Science Team From Ames Research Center Wins 2009 NASA Software of Year Award
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NASA World Wind Java computer program developed at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., .... [more]

6:36:30 PM CARL KOLOGIE: Space shuttle, Red Sox return to Florida
Indiana Gazette - Indiana,PA,USA

In the past few days the space shuttle and the Boston Red Sox have made their presence felt in Florida. Former Saltsburg resident Jerry Clawson and I hardly ... [more]

5:06:54 PM NASA Ground-Breaking Unearths New Generation of Deep Space Network Antennas
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA officials broke ground near Canberra, Australia on Wednesday, beginning a new antenna-building campaign to improve Deep ... [more]

4:53:57 PM Nokia N97 and N97mini Game: Space Impact: Meteor Shield Free for Download
MobileTechReview.com - Mountain View,CA,USA

MobileTechReview.com You control the gun turret to defend mother Earth against meteorite showers and alien hordes. Use magnetometer to control the turret by rotating the device, ... [more]

3:53:48 PM NASA Grooming Satellite Repair-Bots
Discovery News

The team that fixed the Hubble Space Telescope is now working to develop robotic satellite repair tech. By Irene Klotz | Thu Feb 25, 2010 04:51 AM ET The ... [more]

3:46:56 PM Space Impact: Meteor Shield First Screengrabs
NokNok.tv - London,UK

Space Impact: Meteor Shield is the latest game to hit the Ovi Store for devices ... with the point of the game to protect the Earth from meteorite showers. ... [more]

3:42:12 PM 20 Geeky Images from Space
Wired News - USA

Kennedy Space Center has a full-sized replica of the Space Shuttle and its booster rockets. Not to be outdone, the Russian have their version of the space ... [more]

3:02:00 PM The iSWA system will help researchers learn more about space weather
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA

The iSWA system also gives amateur astronomers the ability to use iSWA data, collected information and other resources. If properly utilized, amateur ... [more]

3:00:01 PM NASA Chief to Senators: We're Going to Mars
FOX News - USA

By Tariq Malik NASA chief Charles Bolden told senators Wednesday that sending astronauts to Mars is still the ultimate goal for US human spaceflight, ... [more]

2:15:49 PM Host star destroying massive extra-solar planet: Astronomers
Times of India - India

An international group of astronomers has found that a massive planet 'WASP-12b', which was discovered in 2008, is being distorted and destroyed by its host ... [more]

1:50:21 PM Up close to the launch
Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Bulletin - Plymouth,MA,USA

By Jill R. Tolk Michael Goulian, an airshow pilot who also competes in Red Bull Air Race World Championship, watched the STS-130 space shuttle launch in ... [more]

11:06:13 AM fast from the past
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA

By HUBBLE SMITH It's the official pace car of the Shelby American 400 scheduled to start at noon Sunday, the third race of the season for the NASCAR Sprint ... [more]

10:51:46 AM Open house provides glimpse of Mars
FHSU University Leader

The four-year-old's question caught Astronomy Club president sophomore Dayna Ball off-guard before she told the boy Mars is basically a big rock and ... [more]

10:14:16 AM Everyone has a story: Thomas Fleming
Arizona Daily Wildcat - Tucson,AZ,USA

By Laura Donovan Thomas Fleming, associate astronomer at the UA and 1988 Phd. alumnus, tells his story at his office in the Steward Observatory Wednesday ... [more]

9:52:37 AM CSIRO: Partners in space - CSIRO and NASA celebrate 50 years
TMCnet (press release) - USA

"Space science and astronomy is one of the most inspirational areas of human endeavour"Dr Megan Clark said. "Space science and astronomy is one of the most ... [more]

9:13:13 AM Shooting Meteorites in a Barrel
Astrobiology Magazine - USA

Recreating how the seeds of life might have survived aboard an ancient meteorite that crashed to Earth is no small feat, but scientists have begun doing ... [more]

8:39:52 AM Nation/world news briefs: Horrified crowd sees trainer killed
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

Skeptical senators told NASA's chief Wednesday that the space agency lacks a goal and destination. Earlier this month, the White House killed the Bush .... [more]

7:57:15 AM Slideshow: Astronomy Club shoots for the stars
Daily Eastern News - Charleston,IL,USA

President Bob Gacki, secretary Josh Hawkins, and junior engineering major Tyler Linder talk about Astronomy Club, what makes the club different and unique, ... [more]

7:51:03 AM Space cuts short-sighted
Deseret News

For years, we've known the space shuttle would be phased out. The replacement, which has already been through extensive research, development and testing, ... [more]

7:48:31 AM eyes on ANTARCTICA KIDS 'meet' SCIENTISTS
Times Record News - Wichita Falls,TX,USA

Some of the cores show evidence of what may have been an asteroid that hit Earth and possibly caused the extinction of dinosaurs; some of the core drilling ... [more]

6:58:13 AM NASA to boost Australian bases
ABC Online - Australia

By Lyndal Curtis and Thea Cowie NASA will build two new space tracking dishes worth about $100 million as part of its ongoing commitment to Australian bases ... [more]

6:39:43 AM Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer museum marks anniversary of Paragould Metorite
Piggot Times - Piggot,AR,USA

The occasion was the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the Paragould Meteorite. Renshaw, a NASA Solar System Ambassador, gave a power point presentation on ... [more]

6:03:56 AM Final space shuttle booster test-firing ready to light
Spaceflight Now - Orlando,FL,USA

BY JUSTIN RAY BRIGHAM CITY, Utah -- A space shuttle solid rocket booster, anchored horizontally in the high desert of northern Utah, will be ignited for a ... [more]

5:29:10 AM Stennis will test cargo rocket engines
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA

Stennis Director Gene Goldman announced plans Wednesday for the center to test Aerojet AJ26 rocket engines for Orbital Sciences Corp., as part of a NASA ... [more]

5:06:20 AM “BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY” (DVD Review)
Fangoria - USA

Pay attention, because this is going to get a little confusing: A meteorite crashes into Tokyo Bay, creating a dome of steam around Tokyo that contains ... [more]

4:41:51 AM Local scientist sends plants into space
KXII-TV - Sherman,TX,USA

But as Dara Downs reports, for one local scientist, his plant research has landed him a front row seat for the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on ... [more]

4:05:43 AM WU professor earns NASA grant
Topeka Capital Journal - Topeka,KS,USA

The director of Sirocco Films, a French film company, interviews Brian Thomas, a Washburn assistant professor in the department of physics and astronomy and ... [more]

3:32:44 AM NASA Chief to Senators: Mars is the Ultimate Destination
Space.com - USA

Without a successor to the space shuttle, NASA will lose talented engineers from layoffs and attrition, which poses a threat to the United States' prowess ... [more]

12:29:03 AM NASA to Earth: Global Warming is for Real, Folks!
CleanTechnica - San Francisco,CA,USA

NASA is putting its two cents into the global warming conversation with a new website that details the climate change phenomenon from soup to nuts, ... [more]

12:16:01 AM More Watery Eruptions, and More Heat, on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Glob smacked

For more info (and some spectacular photos), check out DISCOVER blogger Phil Plait's post at Bad Astronomy. And see 80beats' previous coverage of Enceladus ... [more]



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