Taking Up Space
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Here is the list of entries for Taking Up Space based on the selected criteria.
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Moonbuggy Madness
Apr 12, 2011 02:47:32 PM | hrsmith
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- The NASA Great Moonbuggy Race delivered spectacular accomplishments, as well as spills.
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Buckling Barrels to Build Better Rockets
Mar 18, 2011 10:36:30 AM | hrsmith
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- Imagine taking your foot and stepping on a soda can. That’s what NASA is doing with the March 23 Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test -- except bigger! Watch the event live on Ustream.
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A Good Reason to Wake Up Early
Apr 06, 2011 10:22:22 AM | hrsmith
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- NASA intern Joel Stein blogs his thoughts after talking to astronauts on the International Space Station.
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NASA Values Education
Mar 17, 2011 11:04:32 AM | hrsmith
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- Astronaut tells NASA intern that the most valuable accomplishment to come out of spaceflight so far is the inspiration of young people to pursue the sciences.
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With Two Seconds to Spare
Mar 04, 2011 05:26:45 PM | hrsmith
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- Twenty questions. Twenty-five minutes. Eight astronauts. The STS-133 education downlink was a great success.
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Downlink Tips From Up Above
Mar 03, 2011 03:50:51 PM | hrsmith
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- For students, talking to astronauts in space is amazing, awe-inspiring and the chance of a lifetime. Ever wonder what it’s like for the astronauts to talk to students?
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The Time Has Come
Mar 02, 2011 04:12:21 PM | hrsmith
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- The Taking Up Space education downlink with STS-133 astronauts is set for this weekend!
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Seeing the Shuttle Launch
Mar 02, 2011 01:41:26 PM | hrsmith
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- I knew the space shuttle had indeed launched when I saw billowing smoke and steam followed by bright and powerful flames.
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Going Back to STS-133
Feb 22, 2011 10:57:40 PM | hrsmith
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- NASA is going to try to launch Discovery again, and I’m going to try again to see her launch.
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A Different Kind of Reduced Gravity
Dec 28, 2010 03:21:57 PM | hrsmith
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- The “typical” reduced-gravity flight simulates microgravity, or the near-zero gravity experienced on the space shuttle or space station, but students doing lunar research get a feel for the one-sixth gravity of the moon.
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Name That Tune
Oct 29, 2010 03:23:06 PM | hrsmith
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- There’s still time left to vote for your favorite NASA wakeup song to be played during the STS-133 shuttle mission.
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I Have a Question
Oct 08, 2010 03:55:42 PM | hrsmith
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- Here are the questions we’re thinking about asking in the ISS downlink. Which ones do you really, really wanna see asked?
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Vote in the Facebook poll
Oct 03, 2010 12:42:49 PM | hrsmith
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- The poll is up on the Taking Up Space Facebook page: Which subject areas do you want us to ask about in the LIVE downlink with astronauts on the ISS?
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What Do You Want Us to Ask?
Oct 01, 2010 04:11:48 PM | hrsmith
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- Voting has opened! Go to the Taking Up Space Facebook page to vote for which questions we ask astronauts on the space station.
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Big News
Sep 28, 2010 04:49:26 PM | hrsmith
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- We’ve got a Facebook page and a Twitter feed, and we’re talking to the space station!
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Night and Day
Aug 16, 2010 10:42:24 AM | hrsmith
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- NEEMO 14 Commander Chris Hadfield talks about what he missed most during his 14-day mission under the sea.
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Under the Sea
Aug 11, 2010 10:05:53 AM | hrsmith
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- NEEMO aquanauts used tweets and blogs to share their underwater mission with the world.
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Reinventing the Wheel
Jun 30, 2010 10:31:23 AM | hrsmith
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- NASA researchers look to the past to re-invent the wheel of the future.
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Robot Masters
May 26, 2010 10:47:23 AM | hrsmith
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- Student roboticists show and explain their robots’ skills.
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I've seen it. Have you?
May 21, 2010 06:13:22 AM | hrsmith
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- Watching the space station fly overhead never ceases to amaze me.
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Robots and Rockets
Apr 30, 2010 02:55:58 PM | hrsmith
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- These high-tech machines are all student-built.
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A Drop in Science
Apr 22, 2010 01:57:28 PM | hrsmith
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- How much science can be done in 2.2 seconds? It turns out, actually quite a lot.
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Moon Driving
Apr 17, 2010 08:35:34 AM | hrsmith
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- In my fourth year at NASA’s Great Moonbuggy Race I finally get to try one out.
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Watching Dottie Fly
Apr 13, 2010 11:58:32 AM | hrsmith
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- The STS-131 shuttle mission carried into space an astronaut who feels kind of like an old friend.
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