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  Boeing Unveils CST-100 Mock-Up, Astronauts Climb Aboard

  July 24, 2013 — Two NASA astronauts conducted flight suit evaluations inside a fully outfitted test version of The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft July 22, the first time the world got a glimpse of the crew ... > full story
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  Milestone in Quest to Advance Emerging Super-Black Nanotechnology

  July 17, 2013 — A NASA engineer has achieved yet another milestone in his quest to advance an emerging super-black nanotechnology that promises to make spacecraft instruments more sensitive without enlarging their ... > full story
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  NASA Technology May Breathe Life, Safety Into Mines

  July 16, 2013 — A technology used by NASA to protect crews working around hazardous gases soon could be called on for a number of life-saving applications as well as the agency's new human spaceflight ... > full story
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  Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Observed in Europe

  July 12, 2013 — This summer, Canada is experiencing unusually extensive wildfires. This week alone, 341 new forest fires have consumed a total area of 616,000 hectares. The smoke clouds produced by the fires in ... > full story
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  NASA's OPALS to Beam Data from Space Via Laser

  July 11, 2013 — NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen ... > full story
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  Engineers Test Microelectronic Cooling System in Zero Gravity on Board the Novespace Airbus

  July 10, 2013 — Three years of preparation supported by NASA paid off this June for researchers who conducted experiments while floating weightless on a Novespace & European Space Agency (ESA) ... > full story
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  Where Do Astronauts Go When They Need 'to Go?'

  July 10, 2013 — The first American man in space had no place "to go," and urinating in space was a tough problem for engineers to solve. A new article discusses the considerations necessary to accommodate this most ... > full story
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  NASA Launches Satellite to Study How Sun's Atmosphere Is Energized

  June 28, 2013 — NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft launched Thursday at 7:27 p.m. PDT (10:27 p.m. EDT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The mission to study the solar atmosphere was ... > full story
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  Avengers-Style Helicarrier Is Still Pie in the Sky

  June 28, 2013 — Physics students calculate the four-propeller powered giant aircraft seen in the Avengers would not be possible with modern ... > full story
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  New Laser Shows What Substances Are Made Of; Could Be New Eyes for Military

  June 25, 2013 — A new laser that can show what objects are made of could help military aircraft identify hidden dangers such as weapons arsenals far ... > full story

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