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Tag Archives: moon
50th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Moon Challenge
Today marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous speech where he challenged America to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. On May 25, 1961 when Kennedy gave this speech in front of … Read the rest of this entry
A busy year for NASA spacecraft
Despite the fact that the Space Shuttle program will end permanently during the coming months,1 NASA still has a busy schedule in 2011. This year will see the launch of three new unmanned science missions in the short span of … Read the rest of this entry
Rare lunar eclipse Tuesday morning
Early on Tuesday morning (December 21, 2010), a total lunar eclipse will be visible across all of North America. A total lunar eclipse is when the full moon is gradually covered by the Earth’s shadow and plunged into total darkness, … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Science, Shorts
Tagged astronomy, eclipse, lunar, moon, solstice, stargazing
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A Cure for the “Radiation Space Travel Blues”?
Science magazine has just published a peer-reviewed article examining the radioprotective (or anti-radiation) abilities of an emerging class of drugs. [1] This follows the recent announcements that two pharmaceutical/biotech companies have received government funding to further develop their respective anti-radiation … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Innovation/Creativity, Science, Space Exploration, The Future
Tagged anti-radiation, biotech, Mars, moon, NASA, radiation, Science magazine, space
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