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NASA asteroid WARNING: Giant lorry-sized Asteroid RH6 to skim Earth TONIGHT

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09.23.
2018

AN ASTEROID the size of a 44-tonne lorry will zip past the planet tonight, astronomers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have warned.

Japanese Scientists Land Robot on Asteroid, Make History

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09.23.
2018

Japan’s space agency just made history by landing robots on an asteroid.

Stephen Drives NASA’s Mars Rover With Neil deGrasse Tyson

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09.23.
2018

Stephen and Neil deGrasse Tyson take NASA’s Mars Rover for a ride around Midtown Manhattan.

Rings Shadows, and Rhea and Epimetheus,… — Planetary Landscapes

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09.23.
2018

Rings Shadows, and Rhea and Epimetheus, Moons of Saturn… Credit: NASA/Cassini mission.

60 Years & Counting

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09.23.
2018

We celebrate NASA’s first 60 years of achievement.

Japan launches robotic cargo spaceship to space station with supplies and science

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09.22.
2018

News Brief: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency today launched a robotic cargo ship to the International Space Station, filled with more than five tons of supplies, equipment and experiments. Liftoff of Japan’s H-IIB rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center came at 2:52 a.m. JST Sept. 23 (10:52 a.m. PT Sept. 22). Minutes later, the HTV-7 cargo carrier (also known as Kounotori-7) separated from the rocket, heading for a Thursday rendezvous with the space station. Among the cylindrical craft’s payloads are new hardware to upgrade the station’s electrical power system, an experiment to study protein crystal growth at low temperatures, a life-sciences glovebox and an experimental sample return capsule.

They Made It! Japan’s Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu

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09.22.
2018

JAXA announced Saturday (Sept. 22) that two tiny hoppers had made it safely onto the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.

ICESat-2 Launch Coverage

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09.22.
2018

Coverage of the launch of NASA ICE’s #ICESat2, set for liftoff no earlier than Saturday, September 15 at 8:46 a.m. EDT! Join us as we embark on a mission to use lasers to measure the changing height of Earth’s ice:

A Look at Ultima Thule: New Horizons Next Destination

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09.22.
2018

Join us at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 19, as our experts discuss humanity’s farthest planetary flyby that is coming up on Jan. 1, 2019 of the mysterious object nicknamed “Ultima Thule”. The encounter will occur approximately 4 billion miles from Earth complementing the discoveries still coming from the mission’s epic July 2015 flight through the Pluto system.

This New Space Tech Could Someday Replace A/C

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09.21.
2018

The United States uses more energy for HVAC than Africa uses for all of their energy needs.

The starry night sky seems remarkably distant from the topic of air conditioning, but it’s revolutionizing the field in quite an unexpected way. In this episode of “The Spark,” watch how scientists from across the globe are harnessing natural phenomena to drastically redesign this century-old technology.

Featured in this episode:

Dr. Ernest (Kian Jon) Chua.
National University of Singapore
http://me.nus.edu.sg/staff.php?id=2164

SkyCool Systems
http://www.SkyCoolSystems.com

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