Items tagged with nasa

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Clues to Galaxy Cluster Growth Sunday, November 14th, 2010 - 12:18:42 - Anuradha Menon Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a giant cosmic magnifying glass to create one of the sharpest and most detailed... read more

NASA's New Commercial Space Vehicle Engine Friday, November 12th, 2010 - 15:56:42 - Anuradha Menon NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a successful test firing Wednesday of the liquid-fuel AJ26 engine that will power the... read more

NASA EPOXI Flyby Reveals Insights Into Comet Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 - 12:16:23 - Anuradha Menon NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 at 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) Thursday, Nov. 4. Scientists say initial images... read more

NASA Probe Closing in on 'Poisonous' Comet Saturday, November 6th, 2010 - 09:49:58 - Anuradha Menon In a few hours the spacecraft known as Deep Impact is scheduled to make a close encounter with a green comet spewing deadly cyanide gas. If all goes... read more

Shuttle Launch Scrubbed Due To Gas Leak Friday, November 5th, 2010 - 09:55:06 - Anuradha Menon NASA scrubbed Friday's planned launch of shuttle Discovery as a result of a potentially dangerous leak of gaseous hydrogen that could force the... read more

Discovery Set for Nov. 1 Launch Friday, October 29th, 2010 - 09:41:53 - Anuradha Menon Astronaut Steve Lindsey and his crew will fly to NASA's Kennedy Space Center this afternoon as the preparations for Monday's launch reach the home... read more

The Comet Cometh: Hartley 2 Visible at Night Thursday, October 21st, 2010 - 18:11:08 - Anuradha Menon Backyard stargazers with a telescope or binoculars and a clear night's sky can now inspect the comet that in a little over two weeks will become only... read more

Solar Eclipse Witnessed From Space Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 - 09:55:33 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded its first lunar transit when the moon passed directly between the spacecraft and the sun. In this newly... read more

Aftermath of Possible Asteroid Collision Sunday, October 17th, 2010 - 12:29:26 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. The images show a bizarre X-shaped object at the... read more

NASA Cameras Spot Meteor From Obscure Shower Monday, October 11th, 2010 - 18:06:51 - Anuradha Menon It's a strange-sounding name for a constellation, coming from the Greco-Roman word for giraffe, or "camel leopard". The October... read more

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