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The Word: Justin Bieber is going to space

Justin Bieber is going to space on Virgin Galactic.

Posted in The Word
Tagged celebrity, gossip, justin bieber, Richard Branson, Scooter Braun, space, the word, Tourism, travel, Virgin Galactic | Reply
An ARKYD telescope orbiting Earth is shown in this artist's rendering handout image provided by Planetary Resources May 29, 2013. Planetary Resources/Handout via Reuters

Asteroid mining company wants to put your face in space

A privately owned asteroid mining firm is gauging public interest in a small space telescope that could serve as a backdrop for personal photographs, officials said.

Posted in National, News
Tagged ARKYD, asteroid mining, crowdfunding, face in space, Google Inc., kickstarter, Larry Page, Planetary Resources, Ross Perot Jr., space, space photo booth, telescope
The NASA logo on a protective box for a camera near the space shuttle Endeavour April 28, 2011 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida as preparations are under way for an April 29 launch of Endeavour, which will be its last flight. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly.

Posted in National, News, Tech
Tagged 3-D food printer, astronauts, breakfast, David Irvin, dinner, eating, Food, lunch, meals, Nasa, space, Systems and Materials Research Corp
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 1:32 pm EDT on May 3, 2013.

NASA releases dramatic images of solar flares

NASA has released dramatic images of radiation bursts spurting from the sun’s surface toward Earth. These solar flares are generally [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged images, Nasa, pictures, radiation burst, solar flare, space | Reply
Boston from space. Photo by Chris Hadfield.

Canadian astronaut in orbit tweets a photo of Boston from space

A Canadian astronaut who currently calls Earth’s orbit home offered the world a glimpse of Boston from space.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, Morgan Rousseau, space | Reply
From Axe Apollo competition website.

Egyptian youth plan to launch President Morsi into space

Egyptian youth plan to launch President Morsi into space.

Posted in International
Tagged Egypt, President Morsi, space, Youth Movement | Reply
A still image released on January 28, 2013 by Iran's state-run English language Press TV shows a monkey that was launched into space. Iran said on Monday it had launched the live monkey into space.
Credit: Reuters

Ahmadinejad says he is ready to be first Iranian in space

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran’s fledgling [...]

Posted in International
Tagged International, Iran, space | Reply
A cut-out of a space chimp is seen at the after party following the premiere of 20th Century Fox's "Space Chimps" in 2008.

Iran launches monkey into space: state news agency

Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, the state news
agency IRNA said on Monday, touting it as an advance in a missile and
space program that has alarmed the West and Israel.

Posted in International, Local
Tagged International, space
My apartment may appear well organized, but do not open the closets.

I’m one step closer to that basement storage unit

After living in my New York apartment for three and a half years — could I finally be getting a storage unit?

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged local, NYC, space
Felix Baumgartner celebrates victory after feeling a range of emotions during the jump.

Spacejumper Felix Baumgartner: ‘Only the engineer saw me crying’

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner tells us how he was feeling during the jump and what his life is like now.

Posted in International, Local
Tagged space
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