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| U.S. space tourist blasts off in Russian rocket
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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:18:45 GMT
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| Former Astronaut's Son Blasts Off Toward Space Station
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Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:15:14 GMT SPACE.com - American space tourist Richard Garriott, the son of a former NASA astronaut, rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Russian spacecraft alongside two professional spaceflyers to become the first second-generation American astronaut to launch toward the International Space Station. |
| NASA sticks to 2009 launch for Mars Science Laboratory
(AFP)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:42:27 GMT
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| NASA gives budget-busting Mars probe a reprieve
(Reuters)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:08:49 GMT Reuters - NASA needs more money to resolve problems with its next Mars mission and keep it on track for launch next year, and is gambling that the U.S. Congress will find the extra funds, officials said on Friday. |
| NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:54:40 GMT
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| NASA Sticks to 2009 Launch for Flagship Mars Mission
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:32:09 GMT
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| NASA Draws Plan to Revive Hubble Space Telescope
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:45:13 GMT
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| Space Station Toilet Breaks Again
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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:45:16 GMT SPACE.com - The master bathroom for three astronauts aboard the International Space Station is on the fritz again just days before a trio of new spaceflyers are due to launch toward the orbiting lab, NASA officials said Friday. |
| Former Astronaut's Son Set for Space Tourist Trek
(SPACE.com)
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:45:18 GMT SPACE.com - Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott is proud of his son Richard and with good reason. After all, it’s not every day a child follows his father’s footsteps all the way to space. |
| Cassini Probe Sets Sights on Icy Saturn Moon
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:30:37 GMT
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| NASA Chief Thanks Obama for Helping With Soyuz Waiver
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:30:36 GMT SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Mike Griffin credited Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for spurring Congress to action on legislation allowing the U.S. space agency to buy the Russian Soyuz flights its needs to send astronauts to the international space station beyond 2011. |
| Bringing Space Down to Your iPhone
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Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:45:29 GMT SPACE.com - Bored of checking that stripped-down version of Facebook? Try space instead. NASA will phone home daily views of the infinite cosmos, as long as you're sporting a shiny new Apple iPhone and a neat new software application. |
| Future of flagship Mars mission up in the air
(AP)
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:47:40 GMT
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| Despite Waiver, NASA To Stop Using Russian Cargo Vehicle
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:01:40 GMT SPACE.com - WASHINGTON — NASA has no intention of paying Russia to help deliver supplies to the international space station (ISS) beyond 2011 despite winning congressional and presidential approval to do so. |
| Spacecraft Reveals Stunning New Views of Mercury
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:31:11 GMT
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| Collecting 50 Years of NASA Space History
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:16:12 GMT SPACE.com - At a celebration of NASA's 50th anniversary held outside Washington, DC late last month, a champagne toast was offered in recognition of the five decades of exploration that the agency had accomplished. NASA had put men on the moon, sent probes to the planets, and improved our understanding of life here at home. |
| NASA spacecraft soars past Mercury
(AFP)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:10:09 GMT
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| Arctic Grows Stormier
(LiveScience.com)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:33:33 GMT LiveScience.com - The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds. |
| NASA spacecraft zooms above surface of Mercury
(Reuters)
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:20:50 GMT
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| NASA Primes Spacecraft to Probe Solar System's Fringe
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:15:44 GMT SPACE.com - NASA is gearing up to launch a new spacecraft to probe the fringe of the solar system this month where material from the sun hits the cold expanse of space. |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 13, 2008 is:
koine • \koy-NAY\ • noun
1 : the Greek language commonly spoken and written in eastern Mediterranean countries in the Hellenistic and Roman periods *2 : a dialect or language of a region that has become the common or standard language of a larger area
Example sentence:
Koines inevitably developed in the early British colonies as different dialects converged.
Did you know?
Koine, which means "common" or "shared" in Greek, was the language spoken in the eastern Mediterranean countries from the 4th century B.C. until the time of the Byzantine emperor Justinian (mid-6th century A.D.). In linguistics, the word "koine" is applied to a language developed from contact between dialects of the same language over a large region. Basically, a koine adopts those grammatical and lexical elements from the dialects of the region that are easily recognized by most area speakers and dispenses with those that are not.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.