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 GSLV-F01 Blasting off from the Sathish Dawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, to place EDUSAT- India´s first full-fledged educational sattellite- in orbit on September 20, 2004 - india - hires - am1
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 The Hindu 
India scales down Mars mission scaled down
India’s bid to explore Mars will be a scaled down affair with the space agency flying experimental payload of less than 15 kg as against 25kg planned originally. | The Mars Orbiter Mission, expe... (photo: PIB)
A woman and her tin hut in the slum area of the city - India - poverty - urban poor
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 The New York Times 
India Aims to Keep Money for Poor Out of Others’ Pockets
NEW DELHI — India has more poor people than any nation on earth, but many of its antipoverty programs end up feeding the rich more than the needy. A new program hopes to change that. | Connect W... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott  The Verge 
Astronauts in deep space may face accelerated Alzheimer's disease
| NASA — and astronauts — now have one more thing to worry about before sending humans to Mars. A study published yesterday suggests that extended exposure to a particular kind of radiatio... (photo: AP)
Disease   Health   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Astronaut  
British billionaire Richard Branson poses for the photographers beside a replica of the Virgin Galactic, which according to the company will be the worlds first commercial spaceline, at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England, Wednesday, July 11, 2012.  Huffington Post 
Kate Winslet's Ticket To Space: Actress Receives Gift From Groom's Uncle, Richard Branson
| We're not sure whether newlyweds Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll registered for a $200,000 ticket to space, but the generous gift has been bestowed on Winslet by her groom's uncle, Sir Richard Branso... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Gift   Kate Winslet   Photos   Richard Branson   Space   Wikipedia: Kate Winslet  
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Christians chruch Space
Holiday Gift to Stargazers: The Christmas Sky
| Northern constellation Cygnus is one of the most prominent constellations on the plane of the Milky Way. This spectacular photo was taken by photographer Josh Knutson o... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Christmas   Gift   Holiday   Photos   Wikipedia: Christmas Gift  
NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our Galaxy, Sun, and Solar System: the titanic collision of our Milky Way Galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy. The Daily Telegraph Australia
Tau Ceti, closest Sun-like star, revealed to have planet in habitable zone
| FORGET the Mayan apocalypse and little green men from mars: Alien invaders may be living as little as 12 light years away - and they may have already visited. | Tau Cet... (photo: Creative Commons / Dipankan001)
Photos   Planet   Space Programme   System Planet   Wikipedia: Tau Ceti  
The Soyuz rocket with Expedition 33/34 crew members, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer Kevin Ford of NASA, and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin of ROSCOSMOS onboard the TMA-06M spacecraft launches to the International Space Station. Space
Three New Crewmembers to Launch to Space Station Wednesday
| he Soyuz rocket is erected into position after being rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, December 17, 2012, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. | CRE... (photo: Public Domain/ NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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1996/11/27 Computer Generated View of Earth as seen from the Asteroid Toutatis - This computer generated image depicts a view of Earth as seen from the surface of the asteroid Toutatis on Nov 29th 1996. A 2.5 degree field-of-view synthetic computer camera The Examiner
NASA caught asteroid Toutatis on video, Chinese flew spacecraft past it
| It was no minor achievement, capturing the Near-Earth Object Toutatis, a massive asteroid hurtling through space just over 4 million miles from Earth, on video. But ima... (photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech file)
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Video game  on iphone The Examiner
Today's new free games apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
| New free games apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for today | Today we've found some really cool new games for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. There's one where you have... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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NASA names moon crash site in honour of Sally Ride The Hindu
NASA names moon crash site in honour of Sally Ride
A pair of NASA spacecraft crashed into a mountain near the moon’s north pole on Monday, bringing a deliberate end to a mission that peered into the lunar interior. ... (photo: Creative Commons / Unknown)
NASA   Photos   Sally Ride   USA   Wikipedia: Sally Ride  
A moon in the sky at night - a natural satellite of Earth - lunar Stuff
Probes smash into lunar mountain
| A pair of Nasa moon-mapping probes smash themselves into a lunar mountain, ending a year-long mission that is shedding light on how the solar system formed. | The Gravi... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our Galaxy, Sun, and Solar System: the titanic collision of our Milky Way Galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy.
Tau Ceti, closest Sun-like star, revealed to have planet in habitable zone
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1996/11/27 Computer Generated View of Earth as seen from the Asteroid Toutatis - This computer generated image depicts a view of Earth as seen from the surface of the asteroid Toutatis on Nov 29th 1996. A 2.5 degree field-of-view synthetic computer camera
NASA caught asteroid Toutatis on video, Chinese flew spacecraft past it
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