December 2010

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The most recent issue of Science News (18 December 2010) has the following notes from 17 December 1960: HEAVY SHIELD UNNECESSARY — Heavy shielding as

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Cassini Code (Galahad Series Book 3) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Web of Titan (Galahad Series Book 2) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Comet’s Curse (Galahad Series Book 1) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon

* The Falcon 9 rocket performed nearly flawlessly. The roll attitude was solid through the entire flight. The first stage sep was without impingement. *

Today, SpaceX became the first commercial company in history to re-enter a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit. SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft into low-Earth orbit atop

SunSat Design is an international competition intended to accelerate the design, manufacture, launch and operation of the next-generation satellites that will collect energy in space

The Coalition for Space Exploration, of which the National Space Society is a member, has produced another in its series of short public service announcement

The latest crop harvested from the Garden on the International Space Station is Mizuna lettuce. The lettuce was returned to Earth for scientific research, aboard

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