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An award-winning journalist, author, and former NASA spokesman, Patricia Phillips has written about space for international markets since the 1970's. She's a skilled platform speaker, anthologized poet, and popular Native American story teller. Her love for space began when she watched Sputnik sail overhead and thought the whole idea was as magical as anything she could ever imagine. She still does.

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Ulysses odyssey ends: you can watch live today

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

After more than 18 years of space adventuring and scientific achievement, Ulysses will end its odyssey today. Unlike the Greek hero, this space probe...
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NASA names nine new astronaut candidates

Monday, June 29th, 2009

One plays the penny whistle. Another has a non-profit foundation she uses to fly relief supplies into Africa. You can find two others in their...
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Lunatic fringe: blow up the moon because it's gay

Sunday, June 28th, 2009 · 17 comments

You can run across some strange things on the internet. Like this "petition to NASA" , which demands that...
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NASA returns to the moon--first image from lunar mission

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 · 1 comment

Fly me to the moon, we said--and NASA complied. Shown here--the first live streaming image from LCROSS, taken early today from slightly more than...
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NASA's moon mission: watch live streaming fly-by video Tuesday

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

As NASA prepares to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission in July, a dual-purpose robot mission is closing in on the moon. Among the...
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Hydrogen leak stops space race on pad; shuttle Endeavour grounded

Racing against time and the weather, NASA tried to launch space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-127 crew, but a mysterious repeating gaseous...
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Space shuttle launch scrubbed due to fueling problem

Update: the launch of Endeavour and her crew will be delayed for at least four days. A complicated schedule of...
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Space shuttle countdown to Saturday launch on target

Hard on the heels of the successful STS-125 Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, the crew and flight teams of the STS-127 mission are counting...
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Lunatic fringe: blogger says moon's feelings could be hurt by space probe

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After more than a year of successful service, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kaguya probe ended its mission with a planned crash on...
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Space shuttle Atlantis cruises home to KSC--watch it here

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After a two-day, 2,500-mile cross-country trip aboard its carrier aircraft, space shuttle Atlantis cruised safely...
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