TV's Stephen Colbert Stars in NASA Video for Space Fans (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Faux political pundit and TV funnyman Stephen Colbert recently expressed his love for space via a PSA video extolling the virtues of NASA. A Penny for Mars: US Coin Riding NASA Rover to Red Planet (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A penny in today's economy does not go very far, but that has not stopped NASA from making a 1-cent piece stretch all the way to another planet: Mars. Private Rocket Launch Tests Supersonic Parachute, Reusable Spaceship Tech (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - The private spaceflight company Armadillo Aerospace is taking a close look at the results from its latest rocket test in the New Mexico desert — a flight that hit a snag while testing a new launch and balloon parachute technologies. Romanian man charged with hacking NASA computers (Reuters) Reuters - A Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles under the online moniker "Iceman" has been indicted on a federal charge, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers (AP) AP - The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office says a federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Must-See Close Encounters of the Planet Kind Occur This Week (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - There are two interesting meet-ups in space for skywatchers this week: close encounters between the moon, several planets and stars. Roger Boisjoly, who tried to stop the space shuttle Challenger launch, has died (The Upshot) The Upshot - For anyone of TV viewing age in January 1986, the image of the space shuttle Challenger exploding over the Atlantic just moments after liftoff is an indelible one. And as many have long known, the crash could have been avoided had the worries of some engineers— especially Roger Boisjoly —been heeded. Boisjoly, who tried to [...] Small Twisted Galaxy Warped by Galactic 'Stealth Merger' (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A small newfound galaxy with an oddball shape may be the product of a close encounter with a neighboring galaxy in what scientists are calling a "stealth merger," a new study reveals. Former NASA Astronaut Janice Voss Dies (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - SpaceRef has published a NASA news release that announces astronaut Janice Voss has died at age 55 after a battle with breast cancer. She flew on five space shuttle flights from 1993 to 2000. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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