NASA Chief Joins President Obama at White House Science Fair
NASA chief Charles Bolden and several other agency officials attended the White House Science Fair on Feb. 7.
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Photos: Comedian Stephen Colbert Visits NASA
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Girl Launches MIT Admission Letter To Near Space
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been sending acceptance letters to students in tubes with a task of 'hacking' them in some creative way. Erin King's tube shined the brightest as she turned it into a high-altitude balloon project.
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Janice Voss, Veteran of 5 Space Shuttle Flights, Dies at 55
Janice Voss, a veteran shuttle astronaut, also served as science director for NASA's Kepler planet-hunting mission.
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Images: Airplanes of Tomorrow, NASA's Vision of Future Air Travel
See illustrations of potential future aircraft inspired by NASA research for 21st century air trvel.
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Is NASA Pulling Out of Europe's Mars Exploration Missions?
NASA is close to announcing its intention to pull out of the European-led ExoMars mission, according to reports.
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In Zero-G Static Electricity Walks On Water
Astronaut Don Pettit demonstrated the laws of static electricity on Space Station with the help of a water dropper and grandma's sweater maker: knitting needle.
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Skydiver to Attempt Record-Breaking Supersonic Space Jump
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner would be the first person to break the sound barrier outside an aircraft.
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Ultimate Skydiving: Falling Human to Break Sound Barrier?
Felix Baumgartner is set to dive out of a compressed capsule from over 120,000 feet. Becoming the first human to break the sound barrier in free fall and topping the altitude record are two of the goals.
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Strange Life Found in Underwater Caves
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Photos: Red Planet Views from Europe's Mars Express
Europe's Mars Express probe was launched in June 2003 and arrived at the Red Planet in December of that year.
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Signs of Ancient Ocean on Mars Spotted by European Spacecraft
The Mars Express probe detected strong evidence that there were large bodies of liquid water on ancient Mars.
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Hidden Galaxies May Swarm Near Our Own Milky Way
Thousands of mini-galaxies have been predicted but never seen in what's called the missing satellites problem.
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