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Cargo carrier moved to ISSThe crews of the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station have transferred a cargo container to the orbital outpost.
iol.co.za Tuesday, September 01, 2009NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Ne... - Auto Racing DailyAuto Racing DailyNASCAR Camping World Truck Series: News And Notes - Iowa SpeedwayAuto Racing DailyAustin Dillon will be making his series debut this weekend and with that, he'll return Richard Childress Racing to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for ...Gresham Has Clear Goal For Iowa NASCAR Camping World EventPaddockTalkJAM IE D ICK TO PULL DOUBLE DUTY AT IOWA SPEEDWAY IN NASCAR CAMP ING ...RacingWest.comCARM ICHAEL: Iowa Speedway PreviewTruckSeries.comRacingWest.com -TruckSeries.com -TruckSeries.comall 12 news articles raquo;
Info 5000 Tuesday, September 01, 2009Astronauts Prepare for Mission's First SpacewalkAstronauts are gearing up for their mission's first spacewalk at the International Space Station on Tuesday.
SPACE.com Tuesday, September 01, 2009Radio-telescope measurements advance frontier physics(National Radio Astronomy Observatory) Extremely precise measurements of the curvature of space caused by the Sun's gravity are a key to understanding the relationship between Einstein's General Relativity theory and quantum theory. Uniting these two theories is a major frontier of modern physics.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, September 01, 2009Map characterizes active lakes below Antarctic ice(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Lakes in Antarctica, concealed under miles of ice, require scientists to come up with creative ways to identify and analyze these hidden features. Now, researchers using space-based lasers on a NASA satellite have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under Antarctica's ice. They have revealed a continental plumbing system that is more dynamic than scientists thought.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, September 01, 2009Satellites and submarines give the skinny on sea ice thickness(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) This summer, a group of scientists and students -- as well as a Canadian senator, a writer, and a filmmaker -- set out from Resolute Bay, Canada, on the icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent. They were headed through the Northwest Passage, but instead of opening shipping lanes in the ice, they had gathered to open up new lines of thinking on Arctic science.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, September 01, 2009Burgundy predicts magnificent 2009Burgundy producers are forecasting a ?magnificent' 2009 vintage, with an early harvest across the region's appellations.
Decanter.com Tuesday, September 01, 2009After Loss of Lunar Orbiter, India Looks to Mars MissionAfter giving up on re-establishing contact with the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair announced the space agency hopes to launch its first mission to Mars sometime between 2013 and 2015. Nair said the termination of Chandrayaan-1, although sad, is not a setback and India will move ahead [...]
Universe Today Tuesday, September 01, 2009Best visions of the night skyStar trails, horse heads and shadowy moons, captured by stargazers across the world vying for the title of Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Newscientist.com Tuesday, September 01, 2009Watch Saturn's Rings Disappear (Video)On September 4, 2009, Earth's orbital motion will carry it through the same plane as Saturn's rings. From our vantage point, the rings will disappear. Usually these ring plane crossings — which only happen about every 15 years — are great opportunities to observe Saturn's moons. But this year's ring plane crossing [...]
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