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Space Station Experiment Tests How Biofuel Crop Grows in Zero G
Can space farms provide biofuels for a greener Earth? Future biofuels from space could be go for launch, if a space station experiment shows that microgravity can favorably affect the growth ...
20 hours ago from Popular Science
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NASA Hosts First-Ever Water Sustainability Forum March 16 -18
NASA today announced its founding partnership of Launch, an initiative to identify, showcase and support innovative approaches to sustainability challenges through a series of forums.
20 hours ago from Science @ NASA
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Do women make better astronauts?
As China selects two women to train female potential astronauts, an expert from the country's airforce claims women will deal better with space travel than men, citing better communication skills ...
5 hours ago from Guardian.co.uk
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Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White House ...
Sun 7 Mar 10 from Reuters
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Huge Moon Crater Offers Window to Past
A crater on the edge of the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin may a view of the original surface.
Fri 5 Mar 10 from SPACE.com
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Obama To Discuss Space Plan in Florida
U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Florida April 15 to discuss the impact of his administration's new vision for human spaceflight, the White House announced March 7.
23 hours ago from SPACE.com
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Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan. Now, working ...
Fri 5 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Student Teams Ready to Battle Lunar Terrain at NASA's 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race
More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA's 17th annual Great Moonbuggy ...
Fri 5 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Virgin Galactic Applauds Legal Protection Against Space Tourist Lawsuits
Virgin Galactic President Will Whitehorn applauded New Mexico legislation reducing the risk of industry-crippling lawsuits against space tourism companies.
36 minutes ago from SPACE.com
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Lava likely made river-like channel on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and canyons etched by water, and this probably explains at least one of the meandering channels on the surface ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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