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Mars rovers on 'brand new mission'
(CNN) -- Two interplanetary Energizer bunnies, NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers, keep going and going. The pair of robotic explorers are now well into their extended missions on the surface of Mars....Read More at cnn.com
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NASA Releases New Findings About Dark Energy
A powerful and independent method was used to probe dark energy using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The results on cosmic acceleration provide clues about the nature of dark energy and the fate of the universe....Read More
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China shelves plan for astronauts on moon
CNN.com reports: China plans to build its own manned space station by around 2020 but has shelved plans to put a man on the moon for financial reasons, state media quoted the chief designer of the nation's space program as saying....Read More
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Venus Returns for Its Shining Hour
From nytimes.com: On June 8, people in the right places on Earth will be able to see Venus move across the face of the Sun in a kind of minieclipse that is visible twice every century or so. The last such occurrence, called a transit of Venus, was in 1882...Read More
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Rocket Carrying Ham Radio Payload Reaches Space!
ARRLWeb: An amateur rocket carrying a ham radio avionics package reached the edge of space May 17. Launched from Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the 21-foot Civilian Space Xploration Team (CSXT) GoFast rocket quickly attained the 100 km altitude to make Amateur Radio and amateur rocketry history. Two earlier CSXT attempts to reach space--the last almost two years ago--were unsuccessful....Read More
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