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- High Schooler's Science Project Got Her Expelled and Arrested http://spaceref.com/nasa-hack-space/homer-hickam-supports-high-school-student-whose-science-project-got-her-expelled-and-arrested.html 3 comments
- DCUBED to carry out In-Orbit Demonstration of newly developed release actuator on Maiden Flight of Isar Aerospace’s launch vehicle Spectrum https://spaceref.com/space-commerce/dcubed-to-carry-out-in-orbit-demonstration-of-newly-developed-release-actuator-on-maiden-flight-of-isar-aerospaces-launch-vehicle-spectrum/ 3 comments space
- Bernese Researchers Simulate Defense Of Earth http://spaceref.com/asteroids/bernese-researchers-simulate-defense-of-earth.html 3 comments space
- Webb Space Telescope Mirror Alignment Continues Successfully http://spaceref.com/james-webb-space-telescope/webb-space-telescope-mirror-alignment-continues-successfully.html 3 comments space
- Ancient Dwarf Galaxy Reconstructed By MilkyWay@home Volunteer Computing Project http://spaceref.com/astronomy/ancient-dwarf-galaxy-reconstructed-with-milkywayhome-volunteer-computer.html 2 comments space
- NASA is recruiting for yearlong simulated Mars mission. They're seeking applicants for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world, set to begin in Fall 2022. http://spaceref.com/mars/nasa-is-recruiting-for-yearlong-simulated-mars-mission.html 23 comments science
- VASIMR® VX-200SS Plasma Rocket Completes Record 88-Hour High Power Endurance Test http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=57827 6 comments space
- Whatever happened to the Moon Rover which Radio Shack said they were sponsoring, back in 2003? http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=162 3 comments space
- Talk on revolutionary new rocket engine (VASIMR) which could take us to Mars in 40 days - this saturday http://spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=10053 5 comments worldnews
- Spaceflight Consistently Affects The Gut Microbiome http://spaceref.com/space-medicine/spaceflight-consistently-affects-the-gut-microbiome.html 4 comments space
- If a Soyuz capsule lands in front of you, follow these instructions [pdf] http://www.spaceref.com/iss/soyuz/sclsab.edit.pdf 14 comments space
- "More than 120 university teams, 20 countries to compete in SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend" http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=47534 21 comments spacex
- NASA FISO Telecon: Mars Sample Return Using Red Dragon http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_source=t.co&pid=8837&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=srs.gs-twitter 43 comments spacex
- Gravitational Constant Appears Universally Constant http://spaceref.com/astronomy/gravitational-constant-appears-universally-constant.html 3 comments space
- SpaceX Prepared Testimony by Jeffrey Thornburg | SpaceRef http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?utm_medium=srs.gs-twitter&pid=47400&utm_content=api&utm_source=t.co&utm_campaign= 91 comments spacex
- Musk will keynote ISS R&D conference in Boston this July http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=44911 22 comments spacex
- SpaceX receive experimental permit for operation of DragonFly at McGregor http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=46058&utm_medium=srs.gs-twitter&utm_source=direct-srs.gs&utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_campaign= 4 comments spacex
- Updated NET date/time for CRS-4 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=43751 25 comments spacex
- Researchers Discover Our Sun Has a Sister Star 110 Light-Years Away http://spaceref.com/astronomy/astronomers-find-our-suns-long-lost-sibling.html 9 comments science
- Philanthropist makes largest single donation ever to the Planetary Society. $4.2 million which will accomplish so much good! http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=42803 5 comments space
- Mysterious Bursts of Radio Waves Baffle Scientists http://spaceref.com/astronomy/cosmology/mysterious-bursts-of-radio-waves-baffle-scientists.html 67 comments science
- ISEC Releases Space Elevator Concept of Operations Report http://spaceref.com/space-elevator/isec-releases-space-elevator-concept-of-operations-report.html 23 comments space
- Clarifying NASA's Warp Drive Program http://spaceref.com/nasa-hack-space/propulsion/clarifying-nasas-warp-drive-program.html 19 comments space
- Due to sequestration, all of NASA's education and public outreach efforts are to be suspended. http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=43632 10 comments space
- If true, the biggest news in 50 years? - The First Human Mission to Mars in 2018 (x-post from /r/news) http://spaceref.com/mars/the-first-human-mission-to-mars-in-2018.html 7 comments worldnews
- Building blocks of life found around young sun-like star http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=38338/ 11 comments science
- ISS Expedition 31 Crew Lands Safely (With landing video) - SpaceRef http://spaceref.com/missions-and-programs/nasa/iss-expedition-31-crew-lands-safely.html 3 comments space
- Extensive Water in Mars's Interior http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?utm_content=api&pid=37540 3 comments space
- China Set for Historic Mission (Including Taikonauts press briefing with english translation) - SpaceRef http://spaceref.com/china/china-set-for-historic-mission.html 3 comments space
- Do Budget Cuts Mean and End to Flagship Programs? - SpaceRef (Exclusive) http://spaceref.com/space-quarterly-magazine/do-budget-cuts-mean-and-end-to-flagship-programs.html 8 comments space
- Astronomers have found our Solar twin, a star that is almost exactly the same size, age, and composition of the sun 217 light years away. http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=40573 3 comments space
- SpaceX applying for permit to test Falcon-9 vertical takeoff-landing. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=38546 39 comments space
- NASA selects Virgin Galactic for Suborbital Flights http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=34314 23 comments technology
- What would the temperature of the earth be if the axial tilt was 54 degrees? http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12411 6 comments askscience
- NASA Selects Two Firms for Experimental Space Vehicle Test Flights http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=31511&utm_medium=srs.gs-twitter&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_content=api 4 comments space
- Elon Musk, Rusty Schweickart, John Carmack, Richard Garriott, etc. submit open letter to Congress in favor of promoting commercial space and beyond-earth-orbit NASA missions http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=34355 10 comments space
- SpaceX, which is a in a position to fill the launch vehicle void between 2010 and 2015, receives USAF operational license for Cape Canaveral launch site. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26382 15 comments space
- SpaceX: First 9 Engine Firing of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26107 3 comments science
- Jupiter's moon Europa should be NASA's next target, http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=21945 4 comments reddit.com
- University of California, Berkeley discovers "nano-organisms", life just got a whole lot smaller http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=21532 9 comments reddit.com