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Gift Guide For Space Jockeys
9:20AM Jesus Diaz | Hey you, Ground Controls and Major Toms orbiting out there! If you’re a space aficionado or know someone who’d like to blast into the cosmos, it’s time to take your protein pills. Here’s the definitive go/no-go holiday gift list. More »
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1:00AM Mark Wilson | Some time during a six-hour space walk last week, astronaut Robert Satcher managed to capture this shot of himself… via himself. Today, the STS-129 will be completing their third and final space walk. [NASA]
Astronaut Self-Portrait
1:00AM Mark Wilson | Some time during a six-hour space walk last week, astronaut Robert Satcher managed to capture this shot of himself… via himself. Today, the STS-129 will be completing their third and final space walk. [NASA]
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The Rock Explains How NASA Helps Our Rock
11:00AM Chris Jacob | Cross promotions sometimes don’t make much sense. I’ve got nothing against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for agreeing to pitch NASA to youngsters, but really, there are better ways to capture youth attention. More »
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Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Utah Skies
11:20AM Adam Frucci | If you were hanging out outside in Utah on Wednesday night, chances are good that you witnessed a pretty rare astronomic event: a friggin’ huge meteor that lit up the entire sky. More »
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Atlantis At Dawn (Launch Live Feed: Successful Launch)
3:06AM Jesus Diaz | Enjoy this beautiful image of the space shuttle Atlantis, ready for today’s 2.26pm EST (6.26am AEDT) launch, because you are not going to see it many more times: Sadly, it is Atlantis’ second to last launch. Update: Successful launch! Godspeed Atlantis! More »
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Wait A Second, I Have Carl Sagan Powers, Too!
1:50AM Mark Wilson | Comic strip xkcd’s take on what would happen if you were bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan, I mean, Mr X is spot freggin’ on. [xkcd] More »
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Video: Armchair Reaches 29,952m In New Toshiba Commercial
11:38PM Danny Allen | The latest object to shoot high-def video from the edge of space is… an armchair. To promote its REGZA SV LCD TVs (LED backlight, local dimming), Toshiba trekked into the Black Rock Desert with a helium balloon. This is the result. More »
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Spirit Rover Ready To Take…Those Sunken Wheels…
9:00AM Chris Jacob | …And learn to roll again, roll again so free. Sure, Spirit’s been better, but that doesn’t mean he’s down and out. No sir. NASA is ready to make the little guy mobile again and put him back to work. More »
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NASA Finds Water On The Moon
4:34AM Mark Wilson | In a press conference going on now, NASA has said they’ve found “a significant amount” of water on the moon. More »
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1:22AM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes we are too concentrated on reaching the stars to appreciate what we have right here under our feet. But then again, if we weren’t reaching for the stars, we would never realise this. Zoom in for high definition version. More »
Earth
1:22AM Jesus Diaz | Sometimes we are too concentrated on reaching the stars to appreciate what we have right here under our feet. But then again, if we weren’t reaching for the stars, we would never realise this. Zoom in for high definition version. More » 
