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President Barack Obama talks on the phone with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to receive an update on Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 8, 2016.
(photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Obama says work has begun on habitats to help humans reach Mars
DNA India
--> Thu, 13 Oct 2016-10:07am , Washington , Reuters | The two-term president's recommitment comes in the final months of his tenure and faces an uncertain future after he leaves office in January. | U.S. President Barack Obama, highlighting his pledge to send people to Mars by the 2030s, on Tuesday ...
File - President Barack Obama waves farewell after speaking at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
(photo: NASA / Bill Ingalls)
Barack Obama revives call to put humans on Mars by the 2030s
The Guardian
The US president said the government has contracted companies to build prototype ‘habitats’ that could sustain human life in deep space | President Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his six-year-old call for the US to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission Nasa has been slowly and quietl...
The Entire East Coast Could See a Rocket Launch This Sunday
CityLab
Observers watch a Cygnus Orbital ATK on a ULA Atlas V rocket launch from Cape Canaveral in March, 2016. (NASA/Ben Smegelsky) | People of the Mid-Atlantic: This weekend, grab a lawn chair and the beverage of your choice and head to the roof. A rocket ...
Space Station Resupply Mission
The Oklahoman
This image provided by NASA shows the Orbital ATK Antares rocket is rolled to launch pad Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. Orbital ATK's sixth contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the Internati...
NASA Will Soon Let Private Companies Attach Modules To The ISS
IFL Science
In an attempt to foster its ties with the commercial sector and help nurture a strong “space economy”, NASA has said that it will soon make one of the docking ports on the International Space Station (ISS) available for private enterprises to att...
This Japanese company is planning to launch 50 satellites to capture Earth every day
BGR
Japanese company Axelspace, aims to create space data, and provide APIs of daily-clicked pictures of the entire earth. For the same, the company is sending 50 home-grown microsatellites up in space. | Thanks to the internet and many superior software...
President Obama nerds out with spacecraft, mini-drones and robotic arms
Denver Post
By Josh Lederman, The Associated Press | PITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama has a confession: He’s a science geek, a nerd, and he’s not apologizing to anyone. | The geek-in-chief was in his element Thursday as he toured cutting-edge p...
Children With Cancer Design Colorful Art for NASA Space Suits
ABC News
One has already been worn by an astronaut on the International Space Station. ... ...
Space
File - President Barack Obama waves farewell after speaking at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010.
(photo: NASA / Bill Ingalls)
Barack Obama revives call to put humans on Mars by the 2030s
The Guardian
The US president said the government has contracted companies to build prototype ‘habitats’ that could sustain human life in deep space | President Obama sought Tuesday to reinvigorate his six-year-old call for the US to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission Nasa has been slowly and quietly trudging away at. Prepared to die: why people ar...
Science
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the "UFO Galaxy."
(photo: NASA / NASA)
New Brit Hubble analysis finds 2,000 billion galaxies, 10x previous count
The Register
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is | New Brit Hubble analysis finds 2,000 billion galaxies, 10x previous count Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is Douglas Adams was right. Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugel...



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