Space OR Planetary Science - Google News for Sunday 18 October 2015

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NASA official George Mueller remembered as 'father of the space shuttle' -
Christian Science Monitor

Posted: 18 Oct 2015 12:14 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...-space-shuttle


Washington Post
NASA official George Mueller remembered as father of the space shuttle
Christian Science Monitor
George Mueller, the NASA associate administrator who led NASAs human
spaceflight efforts through the first moon landing, designed the United
Statess first space station, and advocated for the space shuttle, passed
away on Monday. .... Recognized by ...
George Mueller, NASA engineer who helped enable moon landing, dies at
97Washington Post
George Mueller, Father of Space Shuttle breathed his last on October 12NYC
Today
NASA Manager George Mueller, Father of Space Shuttle, Dies at 97Yahoo News
UK
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Researchers Figure Out How To Sequence DNA In Space - Tech Times

Posted: 16 Oct 2015 12:13 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...-dna-space.htm


Tech Times
Researchers Figure Out How To Sequence DNA In Space
Tech Times
Scientists continue to use DNA analysis as a way to evaluate life and to
discover the makeup of new substances. If we, as humans, were to spend long
periods of time in space, however, we would need to be able to sequence DNA
in zero gravity. Scientists ...

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Ultrathin Microlenses Could Boost Space Science and Tech - Yahoo News UK

Posted: 14 Oct 2015 05:06 AM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...113903832.html


Ultrathin Microlenses Could Boost Space Science and Tech
Yahoo News UK
The new tech could be a boon for space science, as small size and toughness
are important characteristics for spacecraft components. [8 Baffling
Astronomy Mysteries]. Typical lenses, such as those used in eyeglasses or
magnifying glasses, rely on ...



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The story behind 'alien megastructures' scientists may have found (but ...
- CNET

Posted: 17 Oct 2015 12:42 PM PDT
http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...robably-didnt/


CNET
The story behind alien megastructures scientists may have found (but ...
CNET
The mysterious scientific observations it deals with could wind up being
nothing, or they could amount to some new, interesting astrophysical
phenomenon that gets its own little section in a planetary science textbook
someday. But theres also the ...
Alien megastructure could explain mysterious new Kepler resultsThe Guardian
Scientists cant explain what huge object is blocking the light from
this ...ScienceAlert
20 Years On, Future Bright for Exoplanet ScienceSpace.com
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