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The Space Friendship is Over? |
 ...s worth mentioning that in 2004 President George W. Bush declared a U.S. national space program, which said that American astronauts should land on moon by 2020. However, Michael Griffin, the head of NASA, said that the moon was not his primary goal, while commenting that U.S. space program of the President. He said that his main concern at the moment was replacement of the shuttle.
As it is already known, American shu... |
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Scientists to Adjust The Human Brain's Clock For Easier Adaptation to the 24.65 Hour Day On Mars |
 ...ses this could lead to the synchronization of the individual's circadian system, which will be able to work properly longer than the usual 24 hour light/dark cycle.
The research was performed for NASA’s National Space Biomedical Research Institute. The results of the research showed that a human can be prepared for a year-and-a-half visit to Mars. It is worth mentioning that one Martian day lasts 24.65 hours. Not bein... |
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NASA Buys Russian Hi-tech Toilet That Turns Urine Into Drinking Water |
| ...NASA specialists buy Russian space toilet for $ 19 million that can even turn urine into drinking water.
The new toilet is going to be available for the crew on the International Space Station. The toilet that looks just like a common toilet will be introduced in 2008 and will provide the necessary facilities astronauts require in space. This is important for the crew that will be expanded to six members in 2009.
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NASA's Rovers Threatened by Martian Dust Storm |
 ...During the three-and-a-half years that NASA has been on Mars, its rovers Spirit and Opportunity for the first time spotted a large-scale dust storm. The storm was so powerful that it has darkened the skies, putting NASA's rovers in danger they have never faced before.
Scientists discovered severe winds across Mars about a month ago. Such winds raised dust that later blocked the light from reaching the solar panels inst... |
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NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator |
 ...The Spaceward Foundation launched a 2007 Beam Power Challenge competition where the teams could compete to build a Space Elevator. The NASA project is aimed at stimulating "innovation and competition in space exploration and ongoing NASA mission areas".
The final competition event will take part at October 21 at the Davis County Event Center just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, where teams from US, Canada, Spain, J... |
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NASA to Strike the Moon with a Double Sledgehammer |
 ... Two spacecrafts are going to be launched by NASA in hope of slamming into the South Pole of the moon and find out if the double explosion on the surface of the moon will be able to reveal the hidden water ice.
Undoubtedly the Earth-on-moon violence may lead to serious discussions on the topic, but the history of NASA demonstrates that such missions may bring a lot of useful information.
"I think that people are app... |
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Vulture - The Unmanned Aircraft Able to Stay in the Air for 5 Years |
 ...l carry a 1000 pound (450 kg) payload in terrible winds at an altitude of 60,000 to 90,000 feet. In regard to the design of the aircraft, it will probably be the one seen in the picture, developed by NASA, however, there is no certain time table on when the craft will actually be ready.
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks forward to push the limits of unmanned aviation to extremes. The latest UAV project... |
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The Evolution of the First Stars that Lighted Up the Universe Revealed |
 ... The space investigations performed by scientists from NASA are currently focused on the oldest lights in the universe. Scientists discovered that cosmic neutrinos composed 10 percent of matter right after the Big Bang.
For about five years researchers studied the Universe and came up with the idea that it took 500 million years for the first stars to bring light to the Universe. In 2001 NASA launched WMAP, the mission... |
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Methane Spotted on a Distant Planet |
 ...ey had detected methane in the atmosphere of a distant planet, meaning that life can actually exist outside our Solar System.
The planet called HD 189733b that is 63 light years way was spotted by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with a help of US-European Hubble telescope that gives a spectroscopic picture of the planet's atmosphere. It allows uncovering the signature of chemicals found in its atmosphere.
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Scientists Discovered the Smallest Black Hole |
 ...Scientists working at NASA have spotted the smallest black hole ever discovered. Its mass is less that four times the mass of the Sun and has the size of a large city. Scientists dubbed the little black hole J1650. Despite its small size and mass, the hole is still very strong.
"This black hole is really pushing the limits. For many years astronomers have wanted to know the smallest possible size of a black hole, and ... |
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Spacecraft Observes Powerful Electrical Storm on Saturn |
 ...ors the powerful electrical storm on Saturn, where the lightning is 10,000 times more powerful than the lightning on Earth.
The storm that generates the powerful lightning has been observed by the NASA scientists that work on Cassini-Huygens mission. It is worth mentioning that the observed lightning is the longest persistently observed electrical storm examined by the spacecraft. The electrical storms on Saturn look j... |
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Data from Disk Drive Recovered After Shuttle Columbia's Accident |
 ... off an additional fuel tank. This caused the damage of the shuttle at launch.
After the crash the drive was brought to Texas along with other pieces from the crash. Six months after the tragedy, a NASA contractor showed the smashed disk drive to Kroll Ontrack, a company that specializes in information recovery. There was little chance of recovering the data from the disk, as, besides the fact that metal and plastic ele... |
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Former Apollo 14 Astronaut Claims Aliens Visit Our Planet |
 ... According to former NASA astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, there have been a number of messages from the aliens but governments had classified the truth for over 60 years.
Mitchell, who was one of the astronauts who took part in the Apollo 14 mission, said that he knew of several UFO visits to our planet during his career in NASA, but all of them remained top secret.
Edgar Mitchell has a Bachelor of Science degree in aer... |
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Blasts of Magnetic Energy Between the Earth and the Moon Illuminate Skies |
 ...NASA scientists said that sparkles and wavy radiances of the Northern Lights and the Aurora Australis are caused by blasts of magnetic energy between Earth and its satellite, the moon.
The phenomenon was observed by a network composed of 5 satellites, a mission dubbed THEMIS. The satellites helped scientists in understanding the mystery behind aurora borealis.
"We discovered what makes the Northern Lights dance," said... |
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