Space Shuttle to Haul 27,000 Pounds of Spare Parts
nytimes.com — The space shuttle has often been called a pickup truck to orbit, and the next flight of the shuttle Atlantis, scheduled to launch Monday, lives up to that description. The Atlantis is lugging up to the International Space Station a cargo bay full of spare parts, 27,250 pounds in all . (Submitted by naturalpapa) More…
APOD: 2009 November 16 - M83s Center from Refurbished Hubble view!
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NASA to restart primate irradiation testing
newscientist.com — NASA recently announced the winners of 12 awards for studying the biological effects of radiation. Topping the list is a $1.75 million project to irradiate up to 28 squirrel monkeys to find out what space radiation does to the central nervous system. What will the experiment do and what does NASA hope to learn? New Scientist investigates. (Submitted by ScottMcIntyre) More…
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