Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Thursday 21 August 2014

space OR planetary science - Google News

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Sea plankton 'found living outside International Space Station' -
Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 21 Aug 2014 10:16 AM PDT
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Telegraph.co.uk
Sea plankton found living outside International Space Station
Telegraph.co.uk
NASA scientists have confirmed that its possible the sea plankton could
have hitched a ride from Earth when the space station modules were
launched. It is believed the discovery was made during a routine spacewalk
by Russian cosmonauts Olek Artemyev ...
Why NASA wants to put rats on the space stationChristian Science Monitor
Beautiful aurora photos taken from spaceCBC.ca
Sea plankton found outside International Space StationStuff.co.nz
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Planetary science: Second rock from the Sun - Nature.com

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:21 AM PDT
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Planetary science: Second rock from the Sun
Nature.com
Venus is the closest to Earth of all the planets — in distance, size, mass
and composition. But it is a hellish place, with opaque clouds of sulphuric
acid, crushing atmospheric pressures and surface temperatures high enough
to melt lead. Not ...



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Is there really plankton clinging to the outside of the space station? -
Christian Science Monitor

Posted: 21 Aug 2014 11:05 AM PDT
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Christian Science Monitor
Is there really plankton clinging to the outside of the space station?
Christian Science Monitor
Biofilms — colonies of bacteria — grow on the interior of the International
Space Station, and scientists are working to understand how the
microgravity environment affects their growth. Astronauts grew bacteria in
fake urine during a flight of NASA ...



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Planetary scientists welcome NASA call for Europa concepts - Science AAAS

Posted: 23 Jul 2014 10:20 AM PDT
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Science AAAS
Planetary scientists welcome NASA call for Europa concepts
Science AAAS
Hunter Waite has waited years for the chance to use his planetary science
engineering chops on a mission to Jupiters icy moon Europa. Now, the
director of the space and engineering program at the Southwest Research
Institute in San Antonio, Texas, may ...

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