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Van Allen Particle Accelerator Discovered By NASA Mission

NASA Mission Discovers Particle Accelerator in Heart of Van Allen Radiation Belts WASHINGTON, July 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Using data from a NASA satellite, scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions…

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Confirmed Apollo 11 Rocket Engine Found

Confirmed, we have found the Apollo 11 rocket engine. That’s one small serial number on salvaged hardware, one giant leap for space history: Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos says markings on one of the rocket engine components recovered from the bottom…

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Boeing Completes New CST-100 Spacecraft and Atlas V Rocket

The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, recently performed wind tunnel testing of its CST-100 spacecraft and integrated launch vehicle, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The testing is part of NASA’s Commercial…

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Watch Live: I.S.S. Cosmonauts Rare Spacewalk

International Space Station, ISS, cosmonauts, Pavel Vinogradov and Roman Romanenko, opened the airlocks and stepped out into zero gravity to get to work. Their first task will be to install a new module that will study plasma waves and how…

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What Happens To Tears When You Cry In Space

Have you ever wondered what will happen to your tears if you cry in space? Here is Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrating the physics of tears in space. Can you cry in space? Sure, but Hadfield said “Tears…

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Map of the Universe Shows Oldest Light (Photo/Image)

This map shows the oldest light in our universe, as detected with the greatest precision yet by the Planck mission. The ancient light, called the cosmic microwave background, was imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old….

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