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NASA Shows Ireland From Space for St. Patrick's Day (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - If wearing green and watching a parade isn't enough for you this St. Patrick's Day, NASA has unveiled the emerald day's Irish homeland as it appears from space.
NASA Crashes Helicopters to Improve Safety (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A cushioning device originally intended for space vehicles is now being tested by NASA on helicopters that have to make crash landings. Researchers believe this so-called deployable energy absorber (DEA) could save lives and helicopters in the near future.
'Cool Jupiter' widens search for exoplanets (AFP)
AFP - Marking a further step in the hunt for worlds orbiting other stars, astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a cool planet the size of Jupiter that encircles a sun at searing proximity.
NASA Primes Retired Test Shuttle Enterprise For One Last Flight (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Enterprise, NASA's first space shuttle prototype, which in 1985 was delivered to the Smithsonian as a museum piece after proving that a winged spacecraft could land safely as a glider, is now being readied by the space agency for what is planned to be its final ferry flight atop a modified Boeing 747 jetliner.
NASA chief Bolden sees opportunities for industry (Reuters)
Reuters - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden defended the U.S. space agency's budget on Tuesday and said its focus on commercial space transportation would provide "incredible opportunities" for U.S. companies.
NASA Telescope Spots Cosmic Rose in Deep Space (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A new snapshot from NASA's latest space telescope has revealed a vast cloud in deep space that is brimming with new stars inside flower-like wisps of interstellar dust.
NASA Needs a Clear Destination for Space Exploration, Experts Say (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NEW YORK — Top space experts on Monday bemoaned the lack of a clear destination in the new NASA space plan proposed by President Barack Obama, but they often disagreed on what that new goal should be.
New Private Space Freighter Has Solid Backing (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The field of commercial spaceflight is ripe with younger companies hoping to make it big with new spaceships, but Orbital Sciences is drawing on nearly 30 years of rocket-launching experience for its effort to build a new vehicle capable of stocking up the International Space Station.
Leaky Valve May Delay Space Shuttle Launch (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA engineers are testing a leaky helium valve on the space shuttle Discovery to see if the shuttle can still launch to the International Space Station next month or if it must stand down for repairs.
New Photos Show Potential Landing Sites on Mars Moon (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - New photos of the Mars' moon Phobos reveal the Martian satellite as a strange, potato-shaped moon, and show potential landing zones being considered for a future robotic probe.
NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica (AP)
AP - In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.
Leaky valves could delay space shuttle launch (AP)
AP - Space shuttle Discovery has some leaky valves that could delay its launch next month.
What NASA's Mars Orbiter Data Flood Means (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) may be the baby of the fleet of spacecraft currently studying the red planet. But the probe has been nothing short of prolific with its Martian observations and recently surpassed more than 100 terabits of data.
Help wanted: Space flight experience required (Reuters)
Reuters - For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring.
SpaceX Successfully Tests New Rocket's Engines at Launch Pad (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A brand-new Falcon 9 rocket envisioned to launch cargo ships to the International Space Station for NASA fired up its powerful first stage engine atop a Florida launch pad in a successful weekend test.
SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success (Reuters)
Reuters - Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit, the company said.
Former astronauts criticize US moon decision (AP)
AP - Two former astronauts have said they are disappointed with the U.S. government's decision to cancel NASA's moon landing program.
Yemen minister under fire for moves to gag media (AFP)
AFP - An opposition MP said on Saturday he will seek to have the information minister grilled in parliament over moves to block live satellite TV coverage of the deadly unrest in south Yemen.
'Killer Electrons' Get Super-Charged Above Earth (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - When a shock wave from a solar storm hits the Earth's protective magnetic bubble, it creates highly energetic particles dubbed "killer electrons" that can be dangerous to satellites.
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program (AFP)
AFP - A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel.

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