Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Monday 28 July 2014

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Science and Spacesuit Work While ATV-5 Preps for Launch - Space Fellowship

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 01:52 PM PDT
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Science and Spacesuit Work While ATV-5 Preps for Launch
Space Fellowship
The six-member Expedition 40 crew spent Monday on science work and
spacesuit maintenance on the International Space Station. Meanwhile, on the
ground in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Space Agency is counting down
to Tuesdays launch of its ...



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Russia reestablishes contact with space geckos - Science AAAS

Posted: 28 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT
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Tech Times
Russia reestablishes contact with space geckos
Science AAAS
After a nerve-wracking 3 days for the geckos and fruit flies on board the
satellite Foton-M4, the Russian space agency has announced that it has
reestablished contact with the silent craft. Launched last week,
communication was lost after just a few ...
Russian sex study biosatellite lost in space...with five geckos onboardTech
Times
Russia Restores Contact with Gecko-Filled Space CapsuleSpace.com
#GoGetThoseGeckos: Listen to John Oliver! Save Russias orbiting sex
geckosWashington Post (blog)
The Space Reporter -Register
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Astronomy magazine writer wins planetary science journalism award -
Astronomy Magazine

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 09:55 AM PDT
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Astronomy magazine writer wins planetary science journalism award
Astronomy Magazine
Oberg is a science journalist, space consultant, and retired “rocket
scientist.� He spent the first 22 years of his career as a space engineer
at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he specialized in space
shuttle operations and orbital ...