NASA Targets Astronaut Vision Problems

Source: Aviation Week

NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) will distribute $26 million among 29 teams selected to investigate the range of health and performance issues confronting humans during long-duration spaceflight. Eight new studie ...
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This Summer, Take a Class on How to Design a Space Hotel

Source: Popular Science

If you're wondering what new skills you should learn this summer, and you live in or are comfortable moving to Milan, maybe you should check out Susmita Mohanty's class at Domas Academy entitled "Products and Microenvironments for Orb ...
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6 Coolest New Theme Parks for This Summer

Source: Newsweek

This summer's new theme-park attractions are throwing the average roller coaster for a loop. On Friday, Universal Studios Hollywood launches the Transformers ride, with motion-simulator vehicles inspired by the science fiction action film. Here's ...
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Underground, Overground by Andrew Martin – review

Source: Guardian Unlimited

I don't know if I'm going to be able to convey – surely the apposite word – the full extent of my love of the London tube. It's a love that exists prior to any sense I have of an estrangement from the world – I suppose if I were inclined ...
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West Hills students see experiment go out of this world

Source: Daily Breeze

as early as Friday, the experiment will be timed so that an astronaut will break the vial of yeast inside the tube of grape juice at the exact same time the students on Earth are doing so. Chaminade High School students Paige D'Andre ...
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London 2012: 'I dream of doing my best dive,' says Tom Daley

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Daley trying out the Olympics Aquatics Centre in 2011. Photograph: Getty Images Tom Daley has big hands. When he shakes mine, I am surprised by his oversized, chunky grip. "I also have out-of-proportion feet," he says as we chat in a ...
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SpaceX rocket carries Md. science project into space | VIDEO

Source: Baltimore Sun

A science experiment designed by a Charles County high school junior is part of the cargo aboard Dragon, the space capsule NASA and the SpaceX Corporation sent into orbit early Tuesday, and is on its way to the In ...
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Cullen set to journey into space

Source: RTE Interactive

Following the announcement that The Apprentice will not return to our screens next season, Bill Cullen has revealed his next ambition - to jet into space! 1 of 1 The business tycoon and star of TV3's The App ...
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Space And Science Meet Online For Youngsters

Source: RedOrbit

What happens when your experiment gets over 30,000 views online? Tomorrow’s space explorers were awarded an out-of-this-world scientific exchange with astronauts on the International Space Station last Wednesday. Youngsters from Europe, the Middl ...
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