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NASA Image of the Day
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- Tweetup at HQ
NASA astronaut TJ Creamer talks about his experience in space during a "Tweetup" at NASA Headquarters, Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Washington. Creamer, who spent 161 days living aboard the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 22/23 crew, set up the orbiting outpost's live Internet connection and posted updates about the mission to his Twitter account, sending the first live tweet from orbit. Image Credit: NASA/Paul E. Alers
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NASA Breaking News
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| A RSS news feed containing the latest NASA news articles and press releases. |
- NASA Awards Electrical Systems Engineering Services Contract
NASA has awarded a sole-source interim contract for electrical systems engineering services to MEI Technologies in Houston.
- NASA Awards Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Support Contract
Nasa Awards Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Support Contract
- NASA's Hibernating Mars Rover May Not Call Home
NASA mission controllers have not heard from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit since March 22, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet – trying to survive the harsh Martian winter.
- NASA's First Robotic Crew Member To Tweet From Space Station, Available For Interviews
NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction.
- NASA Opens Online Voting For Next Desert RATS Exploration Site
NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.
- NASA Simulates Space Exploration At Remote Arctic Crater Site
NASA personnel are among a group of international researchers who are in the Canadian Arctic assessing concepts for future planetary exploration as part of the Haughton-Mars Project, or HMP-2010.
- NASA Sets Briefing To Preview Space Station Spacewalk
NASA managers will discuss an upcoming spacewalk at the International Space Station during a news briefing at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
- NASA Selects Sounding Rockets Operations Contractor
NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp.'s, Technical Services Division in Greenbelt, Md., for the agency's Sounding Rockets Operations contract.
- NASA Astronaut Sends First Signed Message from Orbit
The number of languages used on the International Space Station has recently increased.
- NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map Ever
A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet.
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Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
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- Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)
AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.
- Michigan voters search for economic savior (AP)
AP - Michigan voters frustrated over lost jobs, home foreclosures and budget deficits will vote in Tuesday's primary election for leaders they hope can move the state out of its economic morass.
- AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now (AP)
AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The 0 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.
- ICICI Bank profit up 17 percent on better loans (AP)
AP - ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, said quarterly profit rose 17 percent as it cut costs and eliminated bad loans amid revived credit demand in India's growing economy.
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