Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Thursday 13 November 2014

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Mass. offering life science companies a ticket to the International Space
Station - Boston Globe

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 08:47 AM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...tbJ/story.html


Mass. offering life science companies a ticket to the International Space
Station
Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center on Thursday unveiled a
half-million-dollar contest for companies that want to test drugs and
devices and do earlier-stage research aboard the International Space
Station. The contest — applications will be ...
Gov Patrick, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, and CASIS Announce
Grant ...Space Ref (press release)

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Wilco's Nels Cline performs with science fiction "Space Rites"
sculpture ... - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 09:29 AM PST
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Wilcos Nels Cline performs with science fiction "Space Rites" sculpture ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
Wilco shredder Nels Cline and New Orleans experimental guitar maestro Rob
Cambre perform with Taylor Lee Shepherds "Alterpiece" electric sound
sculpture Saturday (Nov. 15) night at 7 at St. Maurice Church (605 St.
Maurice Ave.) in the Lower Ninth ...



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REGION: Could comet landing spark new romance with space? - Press-Enterprise

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:30 PM PST
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Press-Enterprise
REGION: Could comet landing spark new romance with space?
Press-Enterprise
Enthusiasm for space waned as the famed mission faded into history. But
Clute, who has worked for decades with science, technology, engineering and
math – commonly known as STEM – programs at high schools in Riverside and
San Bernardino counties, ...



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Comet Siding Spring Captured by ISRO's Mars Orbiter - Science Times

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 06:45 PM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...rs-orbiter.htm


Comet Siding Spring Captured by ISROs Mars Orbiter
Science Times
In a week when all eyes are set to space, and all questions in the social
sphere revolve around the topic of comets, Indias Space Agency ISRO doesnt
want to be counted out of the mix. And while they may not be putting a
lander on a speeding comet, ...

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Scientists Celebrate Comet Landing Decades in the Making - NBCNews.com

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:05 AM PST
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NBCNews.com
Scientists Celebrate Comet Landing Decades in the Making
NBCNews.com
DARMSTADT, Germany — When the news of a successful landing arrived in the
control and briefing rooms at the European Space Agency on Wednesday,
applause roared through the building and bottles of champagne were
popped. ... When the news finally ...



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Christians in space: Michel Faber's science-fiction "last book" - New
Statesman

Posted: 13 Nov 2014 02:14 AM PST
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New Statesman
Christians in space: Michel Fabers science-fiction “last book�
New Statesman
Space travel has been solved by something called the “Jump�, which sounds
rather like the stasis Ripley and the crew endure in Alien. Peter is sent
on his mission by USIC, a giant, faceless corporation about which we learn
hardly anything at all ...

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Pope's Astronomer Wins the Carl Sagan Medal - Aleteia

Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:02 PM PST
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...41872220061696


Popes Astronomer Wins the Carl Sagan Medal
Aleteia
This week at the 46th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Societys
Division of Planetary Scientists in Tucson, Arizona, Brother Guy
Consolmagno will receive one of planetary sciences most prestigious awards,
the Carl Sagan Medal. The award ...

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