Astronauts to begin pre-launch quarantine
UPI - Mon Nov 9, 1:13 pm ETHOUSTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- NASA says the six STS-129 astronauts scheduled to lift off next week to the International Space Station are ready to begin their quarantine period.
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Research at UH offers extreme solar makeover
EurekAlert! - 1 hour 49 minutes ago( University of Houston ) A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with UK-based start-up QuantaSol for the development of the next generation of super efficient solar cells.
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Ft. Collins High grad to be first Lambkins in space
Denver Post - Mon Nov 9, 3:15 am ETFort Collins High School graduate Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger will be the first Lambkin in space, and Clyde, a stuffed lamb in a handmade spacesuit, will be right there with her.
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Nelson offers insight on space
Florida Today - Mon Nov 9, 7:47 am ETU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has been lobbying President Barack Obama on space issues since the 2008 campaign. This fall is no different. President Obama soon will determine NASA's future course and Nelson again is lobbying the White House and colleagues in Congress.
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Success in 'space elevator' competition
Park Hills Daily Journal - Mon Nov 9, 12:01 pm ETEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A robot powered by a ground-based laser beam climbed a long cable dangling from a helicopter on Wednesday to qualify for prize money in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators.
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At Sally Ride Science Festival, astronaut Linda Godwin tells girls to aim for the stars
The Kansas City Star - Sun Nov 8, 11:46 pm ETIt was a starstruck moment — their first autograph — but it wasn’t a pop idol who excited these Overland Park girls. It was a small-town Missouri woman who worked in space.
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Atlantis Set For Nov. 16 Launch To ISS
Aviation Week & Space Technology - Mon Nov 9, 12:10 am ETAtlantis' next mission will preposition big International Space Station spares for the post-shuttle era
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NASA sets date for Caldwell's trip to the space station
Orange County Register - Sun Nov 8, 12:26 pm ETCal State Fullerton grad will spend six months on outpost.
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Russian rocket rolls to pad with space station module
Spaceflight Now - Sun Nov 8, 3:01 pm ETA Soyuz rocket topped with the new Poisk module for the International Space Station took a train ride to historic Launch Pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday morning, two days before the new component begins its trek to the orbiting complex.
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India's space ambitions taking off
Macomb Daily - Sun Nov 8, 6:11 am ETStudents who once had little to hope for success now study science
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Former NASA official gets probation, fine in ethics case
Washington Post - Sat Nov 7, 12:00 am ETA former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years' probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.
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Brownsville youth get taste of space through ‘NASA Space Adventures' exhibit
The Brownsville Herald - Sat Nov 7, 10:09 pm ETThe "NASA Space Adventures" exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Brownsville is stretching young minds this month.
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Life, liberty, and…..space exploration?
Cordele Dispatch - Sat Nov 7, 6:14 pm ETGood news! NASA, after playing with the space shuttle for the last thirty years, has come out with a new experimental rocket, the Ares 1-X. My first thought is that it’s about time. They’ve been driving the space shuttle for a long, long time.
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Astronaut: 'I actually wanted to be a forest ranger'
Colorado Daily - Sat Nov 7, 1:49 pm ETLAFAYETTE -- Ryan Elementary School is a science and math focus school, so teachers there attempt to weave the two subjects into students' daily instruction.
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Anaheim Electronics Maker Opening Mass. Factory
Orange County Business Journal - Sat Nov 7, 7:44 pm ETAnaheim-based Cristek Interconnects Inc. is preparing for expansion by leasing a factory in Massachusetts. The nearly 25-year-old company makes electronic connectors, which are used by the military and aerospace and biomedical companies to transfer signals from one device to another.
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ZZ Top talks TMS
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Mon Nov 9, 12:11 am ETFive questions with ZZ Top
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NASA launches tallest rocket
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Poisk Poised for Live NASA TV Space Station Docking
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Ceremony Reset for ESA Handover of Tranquility to NASA
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NASA Sets STS-129 Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details
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Education Secretary Hosts DC Students for Talk with Space Station
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NASA Invites Reporters to Tranquility Node Ceremony at Kennedy
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NASA Gives Go for Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch on Nov. 16
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