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Trailer for IMAX Hubble 3D
This trailer aired before Avatar at my local IMAX theatre. It looks really cool. It's weird seeing people I know on a giant screen and in 3D. more »
Ares 1-X rocket launches
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Ares is intended to be the vehicle that will carry astronauts to the ISS and eventually the moon. more »
NASA launches new education initiative with Buzz Lightyear
From NASA press release: 09-229
NASA and Disney Parks, which collaborated to carry toy space ranger Buzz Lightyear into orbit, are launching new efforts to encourage students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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HTV-1 to launch Thursday
The first Japanese HTV cargo vehicle is scheduled to launch from Japan at 12:01 PM EDT, Thursday. The HTV will carry supplies to the ISS (International Space Station). Unlike previous supply vehicles, like the Russian Progress or European ATV, HTV will… more »
40 years ago today, mankind's most impressive accomplishment
40 years ago, three men got into a tube of explosives and rode it straight up, 240,000 miles, to the moon. Two of them rode a barely tested module down to the surface and walked on the moon. They then got back into that module and fired an engine that… more »
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