NASA Announces 2012 Space Technology Research Fellowship Grants
Published By Guest Authors On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Space News
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected the 2012 class of Space Technology Research Fellows. Forty-eight students will receive graduate student fellowships from NASA's Space Technology Program to pursue master's or ... Read More
A contemporary space in the new Barnes Foundation
Published By Guest Authors On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Space News
This weekend, all eyes are focused on the Parkway as the Barnes Foundation marks the opening of its new building and the arrival of its extraordinary art collection to Philadelphia.
Of course the ... Read More
Behind the Space Odd Couple: Japanese Rocket, Korean Satellite
Published By Guest Authors On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Space News
By Chester Dawson
JRT attended the Japanese space agency’s rocket launch in southern Japan early Friday. The second of two dispatches:
Japan’s rocket launch early Friday was news here primarily because it was the first (and ... Read More
Testing Private Ship to the Space Station, and Wine, Too
Published By Guest Authors On Friday, May 18th 2012. Under Space News
In space, how quickly does grape juice turn to wine?
Two California high school students hope to find out soon. Their experiment is one of 11 aboard a rocket scheduled to blast off early Saturday from Cape ... Read More
Robotic anchor will get a grip on space rocks
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
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IoD advocates space hub to lift economy
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
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By Clive Cookson
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Metta World Peace lost in space
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty ImagesOut on the perimeter, Kevin Durant is too quick for Metta World Peace.Way out beyond the 3-point line, Metta World Peace never had a chance.Kevin Durant walked forward, confidently bouncing the ball high off his right hip, his Thunder teammates arrayed along the baseline.This was the definition of ... Read More
Several companies competing for space station visits, developing craft for …
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
—Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, headquartered in Arlington, Va., with aerospace division in Magna, Utah. Developing Liberty launch system including rocket and passenger spacecraft. Test flights to begin in 2014, with possible first manned launch in 2015.—Blue Origin in Kent, Wash. Run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Developing rocket and ... Read More
Commercial rocket will fly to the space station
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.If this ... Read More
Seaside Luxe – Branding The Retail Space To Fit a Resort’s Clientele
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
A New Retail Concept:
Just as hotel restaurants have been reinvented as hip hangouts helmed by well-known celebrity Chefs, retail space is next on the list for hotels. Hotels and companies are reinventing resort retail spaces to create a memorable and luxurious shopping experience for guests. ... Read More
Japan Launches Commercial Rocket Business
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
BY CHESTER DAWSON
TANEGASHIMA—Japan launched for the first time early Friday a rocket with a non-Japanese payload, fulfilling a spare-no-expense, two-decade quest to compete in the world's $4.3 billion commercial satellite-launch business. Japan enters an increasingly ... Read More
Moon rocks reveal evidence of barrage by asteroids
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
The impactors that pummeled the Earth and moon nearly 4 billion years ago were primarily asteroids, a new study of lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggests.
During a short ... Read More
From Astronaut-Hero To Space-Trucker: The Human Spin on Space Commercialization
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
The cast of “Alien,” in Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi blockbuster, may actually be more akin to future space-farers than our citizen heroes from NASA’s Apollo era. After all, the film presents a view of space travel that is based as much on economics as wanderlust and ... Read More
Folded Space Announces Blu-ray Disc(R) Encoding Technology Providing up to 50 …
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
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SPACE: Parts of US will see a solar eclipse Sunday
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
"The ring of fire:" Astrophotographer Dennis L. Mammana photographed this annular eclipse behind palm trees in January 1994. Copyright D. L. Mammana.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Even though we’ll miss the show in Virginia, share this story with your friends and family to our west! You ... Read More
Taylor Swift gives $4M to Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum for children’s …
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
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Asteroid Survey: NASA Says 4700 Space Rocks ‘Possibly Hazardous’
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
Blogged Asteroid Survey: NASA Says 4700 Space Rocks 'Possibly Hazardous' - Huffington Post:
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NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
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City picks developers seeking $95m in projects for Roxbury; hotel, grocery …
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
The Boston Redevelopment Authority, which on Wednesday approved the two tentative development designations, and the state Transportation Department each own portions of the land -- known as Parcel 9 and Parcel 10. The tracts are separated by Melnea Cass Boulevard and abut Washington Street and Shawmut Ave on either side.For ... Read More
City picks developers seeking $95m in projects for Roxbury; hotel, grocery …
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
The Boston Redevelopment Authority, which on Wednesday approved the two tentative development designations, and the state Transportation Department each own portions of the land -- known as Parcel 9 and Parcel 10. The tracts are separated by Melnea Cass Boulevard and abut Washington Street and Shawmut Ave on either side.For ... Read More
The Navy takes on space invaders in big, dumb ‘Battleship’
Published By Guest Authors On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News
There will be bigger movies this summer, and better ones and worse ones.But there will not be a dumber movie than "Battleship."Ponderous and pandering, shameless and head-slappingly silly, this Navy-vs.-aliens epic delivers a few thrills and a few laughs. In between the head slaps, that is.A pointless prologue establishes that ... Read More

