Hollywood to grab stardust for Nasa
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PASADENA (California) - Hollywood stunt pilots and Nasa scientists are teaming up to snatch a capsule full of stardust as it parachutes back to Earth next month.
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A NASA satellite catches the action as a massive star smashes to smithereens. It open up a whole new universe to astronomers. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A rocket   packed with cargo is set to blast off into space from a desert   launch range in New Mexico, ushering in what its backers say is   a new era of cheap public access to the stars.
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In a piece of aerial razzle-dazzle worthy of a James Bond movie, a NASA spacecraft is scheduled to drop a capsule into Earth&#39;s atmosphere Wednesday, and a helicopter waiting in the skies over
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Astronomers have found a new class of objects in space: a neutron star orbiting inside a cocoon of cold gas and/or dust that hides a bloated supergiant star.
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M.  -- The New Mexico Museum of Space History will be shipping names to the stars with the first X-Prize launch into space...
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Astronomers plan to slam an armchair-sized &quot;impactor&quot; into comet Tempel 1 to see what&#39;s inside -- and possibly help future scientists determine how to keep such space rocks from colliding with Earth.
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LOS ANGELES Boeing and defense contractor Northrop Grumman say they&#39;ll bid as a team to compete for NASA&#39;s manned and robotic space exploration program.
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A team of NASA scientists, navigators and helicopter stunt pilots is ready to snatch a space sample canister out of the sky next month when the Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth.
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AUSTRALIAN scientists are working with NASA and the French government to create an advanced space weather instrument that will go on board the STEREO (Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory) space mission next year.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will decide whethe
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PASADENA, CALIF. - Helicopter stunt pilots from Hollywood will attempt a tricky mid-air capture Wednesday, as they try to snag the returning Genesis spacecraft and its collection of solar dust.
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NASA is inviting members of the general public from around the world to suggest a new name for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST, before it launches in mid-2008.
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NASA has enlisted the aid of Hollywood stunt pilots to retrieve a space capsule as it falls to Earth. The Genesis probe has collected tiny particles of the sun -- a stream of charged atoms known as &quot;solar wind&quot; -- from a region located about ...
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A U.S.-led team of scientists says the samples of comet dust returned to Earth early this year suggest some cosmic theories may have to be reconsidered.  The samples were collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Stardust mission that was launched in 1999.
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The New Mexico Museum of Space History will be shipping names to the stars with the first X-Prize launch into space.
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NASA&#39;s three-year effort to bring some genuine star dust back to Earth is set for a dramatic finale Sept. 8 when Hollywood helicopter pilots will attempt a midair retrieval of a descending space capsule.