Space
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Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski to have supernova named after her
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Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is known for her outspoken support of space exploration.
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Ashton Kutcher is going to space
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British billionaire Richard Branson is planning to launch tourists into space and Kutcher is their latest customer.
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Space camp offers blind kids an out-of-world experience
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Matthew and his little brother Matthew, both blind, attend space camp. They operate shuttle simulators, work a NASA-like control room and even swim their way out of a sinking helicopter.
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Teens launch LEGO man into outer space
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A LEGO man was sent on an odyssey about 80,000 feet into the stratosphere by two Canadian teens via a homemade weather balloon and it was all caught on tape.
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New NASA Named Spaceships & You May Be Surprised Who Got To Name Them
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Twin NASA spaceships recently completed orbit around the moon. Thanks to middle school kids, the spaceships have new names.
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WATCH: Astronaut catches spectacular view of Comet Lovejoy
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Space station commander Dan Burbank says his encounter with Comet Lovejoy was the "most amazing thing I have ever seen in space."
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Comet Lovejoy shows off its two 'tails' in Australia (VIDEO)
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Comet Lovejoy, fresh from escaping a fiery death from the Sun, has become visible in the night sky sporting a pair of glowing tails.
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Japanese astronaut plays baseball in the Space Station (VIDEO)
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Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa can play every position on the team in the zero-
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Goddard staff reflects on mission
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Staff members celebrated the final shuttle landing inside Goddard’s NASCOM Operations Management Center. But for most of the morning, there was a lot of quiet anticipation and reflection.
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D.C. from space; A collection of photos from the past 7 days
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Here are some great satellite images from the Terra and Aqua Satellites over the past week.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launch: Shuttle launches
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Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttle voyage, delighting hundreds of thousands of spectators.
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Goddard tests robot that refuels satellites
CommentExperts at Goddard Space Flight Center are sending an experiment aboard NASA's final shuttle flight: A robot that could help refuel satellites, keeping them working longer.
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Astronauts Grunsfeld, Altman reflect on Nasa shuttle flight
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Two local astronauts who have travelled to space for NASA are remembering their experience with the program – and looking to what’s ahead for the space agency.
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Anticipation builds before final Nasa shuttle launch
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While the astronauts prepare for the voyage, people in the region are excited about shuttle Atlantis' historic final mission. But bad weather could prevent the scheduled takeoff.
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Charles County students send experiment to space on Nasa shuttle
CommentNASA’s final space shuttle mission is set to launch Friday. A group of Charles County high school students will be there for the historic moment.
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Charles Godfrey wins trip to NASA shuttle launch tweet-up
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A Loudoun county man will soon get to witness history and write about it, too.
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Lost? Consult the most complete map of the universe ever made
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Interstellar hitchhikers now have another necessity beside towels that they need to cram inside their bindlestiffs. It's this new map of the entire universe, created as part of the University of Massachusetts' Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS).
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