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Science & Tech News tagged with astronauts

Lithium Clue for Planet-Hunters
Science & Tech  (tags: Space, Planet, Astronauts, Lithium, Science )

Alisa
- 12 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Astronomers may have found a way to identify those Sun-like stars most likely to harbour orbiting planets.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Dodges 'Mysterious' Orbiting Junk on Journey Back to Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: space, shuttle, Discovery, space junk, astronauts, space station )

Rosemary
- 74 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven sidestepped a small piece of space junk Thursday then aimed for an evening touchdown that was in jeopardy because of the weather. Continued...
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Astronauts Clear Up a Ton of Space Station Rubbish to Take Back to Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: astronauts, space station rubbish, earth, discovery, astronomy, space )

Simone
- 79 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station and Discovery shuttle are nearly finished packing up a huge canister full of rubbish that they will return to Earth in a few days time. The Italian-built cylinder - flew up aboard Discovery with seven
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Astronauts Hoist Huge Chest of Drawers to Space Station; Freezer, Bedroom Among Cargo
Science & Tech  (tags: CAPE CANAVERAL, space shuttle Discovery, Kennedy Space Center, astronauts, international space station, 8 tons, equipment, science experiments )

Rosemary
- 84 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Astronauts hitched a giant chest of drawers to the international space station on Monday that contained a brand new freezer, sleeping compartment and treadmill bearing a TV comedian's name. CONTINUED >>>
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Nine New Astronauts for Future Space Exploration Selected By NASA
Science & Tech  (tags: nasa, astronauts, space, science, technology )

Sally
- 147 days ago - newsblaze.com
After reviewing more than 3,500 applications, NASA has selected nine people for the 2009 astronaut candidate class. They will begin training at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston this August.
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Danger Ahead As The Sun Goes Quiet
Science & Tech  (tags: nasa, astronauts, moon, earth, sun, cosmic radiation, magnetic field, world, u.s., health, humans, government, astronomy, solar cycle, concept, energy, interesting, news, science, technology, space )

SirRobert
- 321 days ago - newscientist.com
The Sun's ability to shield our solar system from harmful cosmic radiation, that comes streaming in from outer-space, could falter in the early 2020s. Just in time to threaten astronauts returning to the moon.
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Origin Of Hiss In Upper Atmosphere Identified
Science & Tech  (tags: science, radio waves, astronauts, research )

Ingrid
- 629 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Scientists have solved a 40-year-old puzzle by identifying the origin of the intense radio waves in the Earth's upper atmosphere that control the dynamics of the Van Allen radiation belts
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How Space Food Works
Science & Tech  (tags: Astronauts, NASA, food, meals, space, interesting, news, science )

John
- 630 days ago - science.howstuffworks.com
By the 1960s, NASA achieved an extraordinary technological feat by sending men into space. Yet one deceptively simple aspect of space travel took several more years to perfect: the food. Today most space food looks a lot like food here on the ground.
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French Astronaut Grows Plants in Space
Science & Tech  (tags: astronauts, plants )

Ingrid
- 630 days ago - space.com
A French astronaut is tending a miniature garden on the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the first experiment inside the orbiting laboratory's new European research module.
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Ministers Consider UK Astronauts - UK/Britain
Science & Tech  (tags: uk, britain, astronauts, space, exploration )

Chrissy
- 650 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The government is to launch a formal review into whether British astronauts should take part in the international exploration of space. The review has been prompted by growing fears that the UK might lose out in the next wave of space travel.
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Scientists Fear Aliens May Be Rolling Stones Fans
Science & Tech  (tags: space, science, technology, Astronomers, astronomy, astronauts, interesting )

Rob
- 657 days ago - mixx.com
Several scientists have taken issue with NASA's recent decision to broadcast the Beatles' song "Across the Universe" into the far reaches of space
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Columbia Commander's Widow Rebuilds Life After Tragedy
Science & Tech  (tags: nasa, Shuttle Columbia, astronauts, tragedy, accident, space, widow, ceremony, fifth anniversary, Kennedy Space Center, memorial )

Laurel
- 658 days ago - space.com
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Five years after the loss of shuttle Columbia and seven astronauts, the widow of mission commander Rick Husband is striving to turn tragedy into triumph.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis on Track for February Launch
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, astronauts, space )

Ye
- 662 days ago - tinyurl.com
Atlantis is slated to launch Feb. 7 on an 11-day mission to deliver the European-built Columbus lab to the ISS, though the final approval for the space shot will be discussed on Wednesday, NASA officials said Friday. The mission has been delayed since
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NASA Moon Rocket May Shake Too Much
Science & Tech  (tags: nasa, moon rocket, spacecraft, astronauts, moon, engineers, glitch, space )

Laurel
- 675 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft, this time in a moon rocket that hasn't even been built yet.
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