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RBSP Launches

By Pedro Vaz Teixeira on August 31, 2012

RBSP launched August 30 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket (Credits: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory). NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe Mission was... Read more →

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Meteor Explodes Over Wales

By Merryl Azriel on August 30, 2012

A meteor exploded in the lower atmosphere over Wales late Monday, creating a sonic boom that woke residents and set off car alarms. Sources are... Read more →

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ACE Heliospheric Satellite Turns 15

By Staff Writers on August 30, 2012

NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) orbits a point between Earth and the sun called a the first Lagrange point, or L1. Sitting well outside... Read more →

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Good Diet, Proper Exercise Help Protect Astronauts’ Bones

By Staff Writers on August 28, 2012

NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, exercises using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Tranquility node of... Read more →

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NASA Administrator Speaks on Armstrong’s Death

By Staff Writers on August 28, 2012

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden gave the speech that follows on August 27, two days after Neil Armstrong, the celebrated first man to put foot to... Read more →

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Singer Sarah Brightman May Be Next Space Tourist

By Maria Fischer on August 28, 2012

Singer Sarah Brightman, pictured performing at the Live Earth concert, could be the 8th space tourist (Credits: AFP Photo/Mark Ralston). British... Read more →