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News From Wednesday, February 10, 2010
11:27:52 PM NASA studying 2 new space shuttle problems
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA

NASA is taking a close look at two new problems on space shuttle Endeavour. A round ceramic spacer near one of the cockpit windows is sticking out. ... [more]

10:24:17 PM Molly Shannon headed to 'Glee'
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Entertainment Weekly reports that Shannon will play "Brenda Castle, the busty 45-year-old new astronomy teacher and badminton coach at McKinley High School ... [more]

9:04:13 PM Shuttle delivers 'picture window' to space station
Arab Tribune - Arab,AL,USA

NASA started its last year of space shuttle operations early Monday morning with a final "night" launch that sent Endeavor on a 13-day mission to the .... [more]

8:35:33 PM 'Glee' exclusive: Molly Shannon declares war on Sue Sylvester!
mystery!

Her character, Brenda Castle, is described as the busty 45-year-old new astronomy teacher and badminton coach at McKinley High School who is both an ... [more]

7:33:08 PM NASA's Sun-gazing sat grounded
Register - London,England,UK

By Lester Haines • Get more from this author NASA has cancelled today's planned lift-off of its Solar Dynamics Observatory due to unfavourable wind ... [more]

6:56:38 PM Who killed Pluto?
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA

Live Interview with Mike Brown Astronomer and Professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. How his discovery of Eris has ... [more]

6:38:25 PM 7 Ponds astronomy club eyes the skies
Tri City Times

John Lines, Astronomy Club coordinator, anticipates that participating chili chefs will offer a wide variety of palate-pleasing recipes. ... [more]

5:49:32 PM Brandon Heath wins Emmy and has space shuttle encounter
Beliefnet.com

Brandon Heath recently won a Midsouth Regional Emmy Award for his blockbuster hit "Give Me Your Eyes," which served as the catalyst for Nashville Rescue ... [more]

5:37:39 PM Astronomers release stunning view of Orion Nebula
Motors ...

European astronomers showed off their newest telescope Wednesday, releasing stunning views of young stars in a stellar nursery. ... [more]

4:49:31 PM First Impressions: Earth Saver
Nintendo Life - Loughborough,Leicestershire,UK

Running out of time or hitting the Earth with too large a meteorite will end the game, but if your astronaut is killed for some other reason you merely lose ... [more]

4:11:38 PM Shuttle Safely Docks With Space Station
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA

NASA's Endeavour crew now ready to deliver key components to the ISS and perform spacewalks. By Paul McDougall Space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked ... [more]

3:28:52 PM Cleveland Museum of Natural History names new CEO
Crain's Cleveland Business - Cleveland,OH,USA

Prior to her position at the Kavli Institute, Dr. Gates held various positions at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, where she was ... [more]

2:56:31 PM Winter weather...Pakistan blast...Space shuttle
9&10 News - Cadillac,MI,USA

(Stations: Please substitute the following for V0571, slugged 9th NewsMinute, which moved at 8:45 am Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS USGS downgrading ... [more]

2:36:52 PM New Image Penetrates Heart of Orion Nebula
Space.com - USA

Most of the action is deeply embedded in dust clouds and to see what is really happening astronomers need to use telescopes with detectors sensitive to the ... [more]

11:06:47 AM NASA to Launch New Solar Probe Today
Space.com - USA

By Clara Moskowitz NASA's newest sun probe, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), is poised to launch Wednesday morning on a quest to study our closest star ... [more]

10:35:26 AM Meteorite debris worth €360 a gramme
Longford Leader

Then I realised it must have been a shooting star or a meteorite. It really was an amazing thing to see." A few other lucky Longfordians who saw the meteor ... [more]

9:13:07 AM Photo courtesy of Antony Nagelmann/UApresents
Arizona Daily Wildcat - Tucson,AZ,USA

A massive projected backdrop of high-resolution images from the Hubble Space Telescope will accompany music from Ensemble Galilei and various readings ... [more]

8:57:54 AM Caltech scores top NASA administrator as commencement speaker
Pasadena Star-News - Pasadena,CA,USA

Charles Bolden, a former astronaut who now occupies the top spot at NASA, will be speaking to the class of 2010 on June 11, officials announced. ... [more]

5:42:37 AM NASA chief: Mars is our mission
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

By ERIC BERGER NASA chief Charles Bolden said putting humans on Mars by the 2030s, even the early 2030s, was viable if given a reasonable and sustained ... [more]

5:35:31 AM Space shuttle Endeavour pulls in at space station
The Associated Press

Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the International Space Station. The shuttle docked at the orbiting outpost early Wednesday. ... [more]

2:37:52 AM Super Game, Stupid Ads
Wall Street Journal - USA

Perhaps the ads were suggesting: If an asteroid is about to wipe out planet Earth, remember to drink sensibly. The Super Bowl has long been a showcase for ... [more]

2:20:20 AM NASA Heads to the Sun to Probe Solar Flares
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USA

.... not this solar storm is heading directly towards the Earth," says Dr. Marek Kukula, the Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, England. ... [more]

2:12:13 AM Ancient Inuit a speedy bunch
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada

McGhee believes the Thule Inuit had learned about the valuable metal at the Cape York meteorite field from contact with Canada's aboriginal Dorset people, ... [more]

2:02:33 AM Statement On President's Proposal To End NASA's Human Space Flight Program
Texas GOP Vote (blog)

I will work with my colleagues in Congress to ensure the budget funds Constellation, and I look forward to Congress' taking up NASA's reauthorization to ... [more]

1:50:27 AM Meteorite fragments unlikely - astronomer
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland

However, David Moore, chairman of Astronomy Ireland, urged members of the public to continue reporting sightings of it and said a meteorite had probably ... [more]

1:44:07 AM Former Boeing and space shuttle engineer gets 15 years for spying
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Among the documents there were numerous binders full of design and technical information for the space shuttle. Chung claimed he was using the information ... [more]



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