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Article: Tigers in Orbit

Author:Fawn Vrazo Summary by:Sameer_Kak

Hundreds of schools across the country responded to NASA’s offer to choose the best (space) science project for the space shuttle. Read Summary

Published: December 25, 2008 Visits: 12 words : 600

Article: Shuttle School

Author:Len Hilts Summary by:Sameer_Kak

The author says that the space pilots of the future must come from the pool of available commercial pilots. Read Summary

Published: December 25, 2008 Visits: 14 words : 300

Article: Housewives in Space

Author:Barbara Rowes Summary by:Sameer_Kak

These tests paved the way for female astronauts - such as Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams - to fly aboard the space shuttle. Read Summary

Published: December 24, 2008 Visits: 62 words : 300

Article: Sky Painting

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Author:David Monagan Summary by:Sameer_Kak

Earth, says the author, is like a bubble floating in an infinite sea of the ionosphere. Read Summary

Published: December 23, 2008 Visits: 15 words : 300

Article: X Marks the Universe

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Author:Mark R. Chartrand III Summary by:Sameer_Kak

X-ray astronomy is a new and exciting field... Read Summary

Published: December 22, 2008 Visits: 17 words : 300

Article: Eye in the Sky

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Author:Mark R. Chartrand III Summary by:Sameer_Kak

The author says that the Hubble Space Telescope has helped us to unravel many of the mysteries relating to the universe. Read Summary

Published: December 22, 2008 Visits: 13 words : 300

Article: Antimatter Revealed

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Author:Robert L. Forward Summary by:Sameer_Kak

It would require only around 10 grams of antimatter to reach Mars whereas a trip to the Moon could be accomplished using only 30 milligrams!! Read Summary

Published: December 20, 2008 Visits: 28 words : 300