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NASA aims to launch Discovery Feb 24Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2011 NASA said Tuesday it will aim to launch the space shuttle Discovery on February 24, after engineers found a way to shore up cracks on the external fuel tank that have delayed its final liftoff. NASA engineers have been working since November to figure out why cracks were emerging on the 22-foot-long U-shaped aluminum brackets, called stringers, on the shuttle's external fuel tank. According to shuttle program manager John Shannon, the same problem may have existed on the fuel tank, ET-136, that ... read more |
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  Moon Has Earth-Like Core State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate ... more | .. |
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 The 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. For ma ... more | .. |
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  Dawn Has A Consistent 2010 Dawn finishes 2010 much as it began the year, thrusting with its ion propulsion system in steady pursuit of a distant world. During the next year, the probe will arrive there and begin its scrutiny. ... more | .. |
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 NASA's Next Mars Rover to Zap Rocks With Laser A rock-zapping laser instrument on NASA's next Mars rover has roots in a demonstration that Roger Wiens saw 13 years ago in a colleague's room at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. ... more | .. |
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 Mars Movie - I'm Dreaming Of A Blue Sunset A new Mars movie clip gives us a rover's-eye view of a bluish Martian sunset, while another clip shows the silhouette of the moon Phobos passing in front of the sun. America's Mars Exploration ... more | .. |
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