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<title><![CDATA[Small Satellite Designed to Spot Big Bad Asteroids]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A tiny Canadian satellite will track space rocks near Earth. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080723-tw-asteroid-hunter-sat.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:23:21 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Exploding Star That Everyone Missed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An exploding star somehow escapes notice by astronomers. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080722-st-star-found.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:23:21 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar Systems Like Ours May Be Rare]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Solar systems with Jupiter-like planets may be rare in the universe. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080721-mm-solar-systems.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:23:21 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Conducts Full-Scale Test Firing Of Orion Jettison Motor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Hampton VA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008 -  NASA completed a full-scale rocket motor test on Thursday, July 17, to further development of the Orion jettison motor, which will separate the spacecraft's launch abort system from the crew module during launch. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Conducts_Full_Scale_Test_Firing_Of_Orion_Jettison_Motor_999.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 22, 2008 -  To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/NASA_Phoenix_Mars_Lander_Works_Through_the_Night_999.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Studies Earth's High Arctic For Evidence Of Life On Early Mars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008 -  Later this month, NASA's Spaceward Bound program will send a team of scientists and teachers to explore the permanently frozen landscape of Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/NASA_Studies_Earth_High_Arctic_For_Evidence_Of_Life_On_Early_Mars_999.html]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Perseid meteor shower peaks during the dark hours before dawn on Tuesday, August 12th, and forecasters say it should be a good show. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Works to Improve Short-term Weather Forecasts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA scientists are using an infra-red sounder in space to improve short-term  weather forecasting. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What's Wrong with the Sun?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The sun is entering its 3rd year of eerie calm.  Sunspots are rare and solar flares simply aren't happening.  Is this &quot;solar minimum&quot; lasting longer than it should? A NASA scientist has examined centuries of sunspot data to find the answer. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Will The Space Elevator Rise?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[That's the question proposed by Alan Boyle in his MSNBC blog Cosmic Log. Boyle has been attending the 2008 Space Elevator Conference, taking place this weekend on Microsoft's Seattle-area campus.  Image... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Heads of Agency International Space Station Joint Statement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met at European Space Agency (ESA) Headquarters in Paris on July 17,... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Today in 1969 - Apollo 11 Lands on the Moon]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The splashdown on May 26, 1969, of Apollo 10 cleared the way for the first formal attempt at a manned lunar landing. The launch went off without a hitch. The... &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UCLA 'world summit' to explore ancient life on Earth, and beyond]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(University of California - Los Angeles) A UCLA ''world summit'' will bring together internationally renowned scientists from 12 countries -- including Russia, China, Japan, Australia and India -- to address ancient microscopic fossils, with implications for finding evidence of life on Mars, July 27-Aug. 2. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/uoc--us072308.php]]></link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(University of California - Santa Barbara) For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers have long predicted they would be. Their work will be published in the July 24 issue of the science journal Nature. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rutgers biologist to study worms in Amazon, glaciers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(Rutgers University) Look out, Indiana Jones.  Dan Shain is redefining the term ''summer action hero'' with voyages to frozen glaciers and the steamy Amazon planned, all in the name of scientific research.Shain, an associate professor of biology at Rutgers--Camden, will travel to Alaskan glaciers and the steamy Amazon to study worms. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free RSS news feeds on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA, USDA Sign Space Station Research Agreement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) hosted NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of Agriculture Edward T. Schafer during the signing of a memorandum of understanding to enable the USDA's Agricultural Research Service to conduct plant related research on the International Space Station. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biggest Annual U.S. Air Show to Salute NASA's 50th Anniversary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA's 50th anniversary celebration continues this summer with special recognition at EAA AirVenture 2008, the United States' biggest annual air show, held in Oshkosh, Wis., July 28 - Aug. 3. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New NASA 'Fire & Smoke' Web Page Shows Latest Fire Views, Research]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA satellites, aircraft, and research know-how have created a wealth of cutting-edge tools to help firefighters battle wildfires. These tools also have helped scientists understand the impact of fires and smoke on Earth's climate and ecosystems. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA eyes buying Japan's cargo spacecraft: report      (Reuters)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NASA has began unofficial negotiations  with Japan's space agency on purchasing units of an unmanned  cargo transfer spacecraft as the successor to its space  shuttles, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Sunday. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free content on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:59:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mars Lander Prepares for Second Ice Sample      (SPACE.com)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SPACE.com - NASA scientists planned to instruct the Phoenix Mars Lander to test out its method for shaving and collecting ice for a second time Friday. &nbsp; <a href='http://www.feedzilla.com/'>Free news widgets on Feedzilla</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:45:50 GMT</pubDate>
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