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Letter: Mailbag - Warming to the subject: Byline: JASON SMITH DATA from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions has revealed that the ice caps of Mar's South Pole have been diminishing for three summers in a row. Hadn't somebody better tell those Martians to stop burning fossil fuels and stop building new airports? Do...; Tags: Earth, NASA; Research articles 2008-09-08
Magnetic energy blasts make Northern Lights 'dance': NASA: WASHINGTON AFP — Explosions of magnetic energy between Earth and the moon are behind the sparkles and wavy glows of the Northern Lights that color the night sky, NASA said Thursday. A network of five satellites of a mission known as THEMIS that studied the phenomenon for a year...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, NASA, NETWORKING, researcher; Research articles 2008-07-24
Satellite to shed light on global warming: BELTSVILLE, Md. -- NASA plans to launch a new satellite next year that will help scientists fill in a gap in their understanding of global warming: the role of clouds and airborne particles. The satellite Glory, targeted for launch in June, will give scientists a much better...; Tags: Earth, Glory, NASA, NETWORKING, particle, satellite, scientist; Research articles 2008-07-04
US shuttle heads for landing after successful mission: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — The US shuttle Discovery is racing back to Earth on Saturday after a successful mission to deliver and open Japan's first space laboratory at the International Space Station. The shuttle, carrying seven astronauts, left orbit and plunged toward the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...; Tags: Earth, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-14
Astronauts spot object floating from shuttle, NASA not worried: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery spotted an unidentified object floating behind the craft as well as a bump on the shuttle rudder on Friday but neither was cause for concern, NASA said. After carrying out routine testing the day before Discovery is due to land...; Tags: Earth, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle, TVs; Research articles 2008-06-13

Astronauts complete third spacewalk at space station: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts from the Discovery shuttle completed the third spacewalk of the mission Sunday, putting more finishing touches on Japan's Kibo science lab and replacing an empty nitrogen tank. In another trouble-free day of the mission, Ron Garan and Mike Fossum checked off a list of maintenance...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, arm, Earth, ISS, NASA; Research articles 2008-06-08
NASA missions documented: Documentaries about NASA are not scarce, but Discovery Channel's "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions" (10 p.m. MDT Sunday and June 15 and 22) paints its tale on a broader canvas. This isn't a narrow-focus look at the Apollo program; it's an overview of NASA through its...; Tags: Earth, NASA; Research articles 2008-06-07
The proof is in the plastic: three-dimensional printing technology translated scans of the space shuttle tiles for safety evaluation. The same technology allows proof of concept before metal is machined: Just after lift-off, August 13, 2007, Space Shuttle Endeavour's Thermal Protection System-TPS--suffered damage due to a strike by foam insulation falling from the shuttle's external fuel tank. Sensors detected damage to the heat-resistant tiles lining the orbiter's underbelly, posing a threat to the shuttle's safe re-entry to Earth. The...; Tags: 3D, Earth, HARDWARE, NASA, Printers, printing, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-01
NASA probe sends first pictures from Martian arctic: WASHINGTON, AFP — A NASA probe sent back never-before-seen pictures of Mars' north pole Monday, in the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet. After NASA's Phoenix Mars probe made a near perfect landing at the Martian polar region late Sunday, scientists pored...; Tags: camera, Earth, image, NASA, Phoenix Technologies, scientist; Research articles 2008-05-26
Mars rover eyes hot spring-like deposits: WASHINGTON AFP — Deposits of silica detected in 2007 by the US robot Spirit on Mars were formed by volcanic vapors or hot-spring-type events crossing through soil and could contain traces of past life, scientists found in a study out Thursday. The silica discovery, which NASA announced briefly last...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Earth, FARMER, NASA, Robots; Research articles 2008-05-22
German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper: BERLIN AFP — A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated. Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam AIP to calculate that there was a...; Tags: asteroid, Earth, NASA, NETWORKING, satellite; Research articles 2008-04-15
German whizzkid got it wrong: NASA: WASHINGTON AFP — It was an incredible tale of a German schoolboy spotting a miscalculation by the US space agency, proving the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth were higher than initially believed. But the amazing story of the whizzkid versus the space bureaucracy turned out to be...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, agency, asteroid, Earth, MARKETING, NASA; Research articles 2008-04-15
US shuttle Endeavour heads home after record mission: WASHINGTON AFP — The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory. With the installation Japan gained a foothold on the orbital outpost alongside the...; Tags: Earth, ISS, Japan, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-24
US shuttle Endeavour heads home after record mission: WASHINGTON AFP — The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory. With the installation Japan gained a foothold on the orbital outpost alongside the...; Tags: Earth, ISS, Japan, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-24
Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques: WASHINGTON AFP — Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station ISS...; Tags: Columbia, Earth, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, shuttle, technique; Research articles 2008-03-20
Cosmic blast 7.5 billion years old, seen with naked eye: WASHINGTON AFP — NASA has detected the brightest cosmic explosion ever recorded -- a massive burst of energy 7.5 billion light years away that could be seen with the naked eye from Earth, the US space agency said Thursday. The explosion, a gamma ray burst older than Earth itself,...; Tags: Earth, NASA, NETWORKING; Research articles 2008-03-20
The great rope in the sky: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scandinavians of old thought northern lights were the reflection of giant schools of herring in the sea. Gone are those days: physicists now know that charged particles emitted by the Sun the solar wind--interact with Earth's upper atmosphere near the poles to generate auroras. And satellites recently...; Tags: Earth, NASA, NETWORKING, rope, satellite; Research articles 2008-03-01
Northrop, Goddard to collaborate on better space images: Northrop Grumman Corp. and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center agreed Thursday to collaborate on improving the accuracy of images taken from space. Northrop Grumman and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration signed a compact to develop instruments that are better suited for observing planetary surfaces from space. Officials...; Tags: Earth, Manufacturing, NASA, Northrop Grumman Corp.; Research articles 2008-02-22
Saving Hubble: a famous space telescope gets an out-of-this-world tune-up: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the Hubble Space Telescope's 18th birthday approaches, officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA are planning to send astronauts to visit it. No, the reunion won't be for a birthday party: Astronauts will blast into space to give Hubble a much-needed tune-up while it...; Tags: Earth, gravity, image, NASA, scientist; Research articles 2008-02-18
Lunar exploration - potential UK and US collaboration.: M2 PRESSWIRE-15 February 2008-UK Government: Lunar exploration - potential UK and US collaborationC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022008 The British National Space Centre BNSC and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA have today issued a report from the Joint...; Tags: Collaboration, Earth, Groupware, NASA, NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, U.K.; Research articles 2008-02-15