Baen’s entire Webscriptions catalog available for free… in low Earth orbit
Baen Books entire Webscriptions catalog is now available for free to astronauts aboard the International Space Station...
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Tag Archives: NASA
Excellent ISS viewing opportunities
The International Space Station's orbit will have it in almost continuous sunlight for the next few days, making viewing from North America especially easy and rewarding...
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Send your name to the Moon on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA is offering the opportunity to include your name in a database to be flown aboard the next Moon mission...
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NASA Science is NASA’s new web site
NASA's Science Mission Directorate is launching the NASA Science web site with lots of nifty information and features...
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Astronaut G. David Low Dies
US astronaut G. David Low (1956-2008) flew aboard three Space Shuttle missions, logging more than 700 hours in space...
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Applications due for Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop
A NASA-funded educational program will send a dozen writers to Wyoming for a week to learn astronomy...
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NASA invites the public to name its next great orbital telescope
NASA's next great orbital telescope will be the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, but they're hoping the public can come up with a better name...
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The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” heading across the universe
Celebrating a series of anniversaries this week, NASA transmitted the iconic Beatles' tune "Across the Universe" to...
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Escape Velocity: new hard sf magazine
Adventure Books of Seattle is publishing Escape Velocity, a new hard science fiction and space magazine...
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NASA is looking for a few more good people
NASA is currently acceptingi applications for its Astronaut Candidate Class of 2009. Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and three years experience, as well as...
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Google sponsoring $20 million Lunar X Prize
Following the success of the $10 million X Prize, Google is sponsoring the follow-on $25 million Lunar X Prize, to encourage the development and launch of a commercial rover to the Moon...
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NASA sponsors art contest to depict “Life and Work on the Moon”
NASA is sponsoring an art contest, open to college students in the US, with the theme "Life and Work on the Moon." There will be cash prizes and exhibit opportunities for winners...
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Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop teaches writers the stars
A NASA-funded educational program sent science fiction writers to Wyoming to learn astronomy...
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Atlantis Flies Tonight, Remembering Past and Future
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off at 7:38PM tonight, carrying artifacts of Jamestown to the International Space Station. It will also...
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Astronomers Find Ring of Dark Matter with Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope has found some of the strongest evidence yet for the existence of dark matter. This article is NASA's press release on the discovery.
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