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3D food printer to be funded by NASA

Research into 3D-printed food will be funded by NASA, which gave mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor a $125,000 grant, so he can build the printer.

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William Shatner highlights medical breakthroughs

William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk, describes how NASA spinoff technology has turned science fiction into science fact via specially recorded video.

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NASA: Asteroid 1998 QE2 will pass Earth on May 31

A massive asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly past Earth May 31, 2013 at 1:59 p.m.Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern / 20:59 UTC). Astronomers say it will not approach closer than 3.6 million miles (5.8 million km), about 15 times the distance between Earth and Moon.

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NASA: 56,000 mph meteor hits Moon, biggest explosion ever (Video)

NASA is reporting that a meteor smashed into the Moon on March 17, 2013 at a speed of 56,000 mph, sparking the biggest and brightest explosion ever observed and creating a crater 65 feet wide (20 meters).

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International Space Station leaking coolant

Crew members aboard the International Space Station are awaiting word on how to deal with leaking ammonia from an outside cooling system. The six-man crew is not in danger, NASA said.

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Sad, spectacular time-lapse animation shows human impact on Earth

In only 30 years, great glaciers have retreated and a lake that was once the world’s fourth largest has all but dried up. For the first time ever, the human impact on the face of earth as seen from space is on full view, and it is not a pretty picture.

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Mars private colony project: 78,000 apply to live on Mars

Mars One officials announced on May 7 that since the application process opened on April 22, about 78,000 people have applied with the nonprofit organization to become the first human settlers on the Red Planet.

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NASA’s Chandra spots galactic collision

Two spiral galaxies, tethered by the gravitational pull of supermassive black holes at their centers, have collided in space and kicked up a massive cloud of hot dense gas.

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Cassini spacecraft's startling images of massive Saturn hurricane

NASA has released some of the most breathtaking images yet from the Cassini-Huygens Saturn orbiter, showing a gigantic hurricane gyrating around Saturn’s north pole.

In the Media by Robert Myles - 6 comments