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November 2013

Sci-Fi Film ‘Europa Report’ Launches in New York City

November 22nd, 2013|Categories: News, Photography, Video|Tags: , , , , , |

NEW YORK — The science fiction film "Europa Report" is set to hit movie theaters Friday (Aug. 2), but tonight, the film will launch at one of the major science centers in the Big Apple: the American Museum of Natural History. "Europa Report" documents the fictional tale of the first [...]

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On Space Station’s Birthday, Questions About its Future

November 21st, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: , , , , |

International lab may orbit until 2028 or meet its end in just 8 years The movie "Gravity" may have taken some liberties with the physics of outer space, but one thing it nailed was the scope of the International Space Station. In the film, Americans were introduced to a research [...]

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NASA Maps Dangerous Asteroids That May Threaten Earth

November 21st, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: , , , , , , |

If you've seen films like "Armageddon," you know the potential threat asteroids can be for Earth. To meet that threat, NASA has built a map like no other: a plot of every dangerous asteroid that could potentially endanger our planet … at least the ones we know about. NASA released [...]

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High-Tech VASIMR Rocket Engine Could Tackle Mars Trips, Space Junk and More

November 21st, 2013|Categories: News, Photography, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Scientists are making progress on an advanced space propulsion system aimed at a variety of uses, including reboosting space stations, cleaning up space junk and powering superfast journeys that could reach Mars in less than two months. Led by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz, Ad Astra Rocket Co. is developing [...]

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