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                </div>United Space Alliance, a long time contractor for the Kennedy Space Center, may continue to operate the Space Shuttle as a private commercial enterprise. If approved, their plan would use all three remaining shuttles. Atlantis and Endeavor would fly 2 missions a year, while Discovery […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    Space Shuttles May Continue as a Commercial Venture

    United Space Alliance, a long time contractor for the Kennedy Space Center, may continue to operate the Space Shuttle as a private commercial enterprise. If approved, their plan would use all three remaining shuttles. Atlantis and Endeavor would fly 2 missions a year, while Discovery […]

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                </div>Earlier this month, in posts to NASA’s web site dedicated to the Kepler Space Telecsope, scientists on the program indicated that Kepler had uncovered about 700 potential planets in orbit about stars thousands of light years from the earth. That number has nearly doubles since […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    Kepler Space Telescope Uncovers Many More Planets

    Earlier this month, in posts to NASA’s web site dedicated to the Kepler Space Telecsope, scientists on the program indicated that Kepler had uncovered about 700 potential planets in orbit about stars thousands of light years from the earth. That number has nearly doubles since […]

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                </div>According to information from NASA’s web site for the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have now looked deeper into the universe, and as a result, farther back in time, than ever before. Because of the time it takes for the light to travel across the universe […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    Hubble Looks Farther Than Ever

    According to information from NASA’s web site for the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have now looked deeper into the universe, and as a result, farther back in time, than ever before. Because of the time it takes for the light to travel across the universe […]

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                </div>NASA has announced that they have completed the first successful deployment of a 100 square-foot solar sail in low earth orbit. The announcement was posted on the space agency’s web site on Friday, but the actual deployment occurred on Thursday at 10PM EST. The solar […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    NASA’s Deploys First Solar Sail

    NASA has announced that they have completed the first successful deployment of a 100 square-foot solar sail in low earth orbit. The announcement was posted on the space agency’s web site on Friday, but the actual deployment occurred on Thursday at 10PM EST. The solar […]

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                </div>  Earlier this week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration released reports of a new planet (Kepler-10b) found orbiting a sun-like star some 560 light years from earth. The discovery was made with NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. While the primary focus of the telescope is […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    New Find for NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope

      Earlier this week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration released reports of a new planet (Kepler-10b) found orbiting a sun-like star some 560 light years from earth. The discovery was made with NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. While the primary focus of the telescope is […]

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                </div>Previous searches for planets outside of our own solar system relied on detecting the tiny wobble of a star as a result of the gravitational pull of the planets orbiting it. In contrast, NASA’s Kepler space telescope uses a mosaic of 42 ultra-precise photometers to […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    NASA’s Kepler Probe Finds New Rocky Planet

    Previous searches for planets outside of our own solar system relied on detecting the tiny wobble of a star as a result of the gravitational pull of the planets orbiting it. In contrast, NASA’s Kepler space telescope uses a mosaic of 42 ultra-precise photometers to […]

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                </div>As the Space Shuttle fleet nears the end of its 30+ year service, repairs continue to cause headaches and delays for the program. Shuttle Discovery, originally slated for launch in early November, is now expected to launch into orbit in early February on a mission […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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    Shuttle Needs Additional Repairs

    As the Space Shuttle fleet nears the end of its 30+ year service, repairs continue to cause headaches and delays for the program. Shuttle Discovery, originally slated for launch in early November, is now expected to launch into orbit in early February on a mission […]

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