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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:37:53 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why sign up for a one-way Mars trip? Three applicants explain the appeal]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A one-way trip to Mars sounds like something you&apos;&apos;d wish on your worst enemy - so why would more than 78,000 people from around the world pay up to $75 for a chance to die on another planet?&quot;I can say I have an ulterior motive,&quot; said David Brin, who has written more than a dozen science-fiction novels -?including &quot;The Postman,&quot; which was turned into a Kevin Costner movie in 1997. &quot;I&apos;&apos;d get a lot of ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Commander Hadfield returns to Earth]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[3-man space station crew makes safe landing]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Astronauts replace pump on ISS during spacewalk]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers take on space station repair job]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Space may be next frontier for Stephen Hawking]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Asteroid to zip past Earth on May 31]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:36:18 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sun celebrates May Day with solar eruption]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:36:18 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flaming ribbon shines on Orion]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:27:11 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA detects gigantic hurricane on Saturn]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:27:11 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[`I can't think of a quieter place'??]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:27:10 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[`We're trying to peer at the remnants of the Big Bang']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:27:10 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Astronaut Chris Hadfield welcomed by ground control]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:08 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Explosive flare dances off sun on Mother''s Day]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:08 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vega rocket launches from French Guiana]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:07 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First quilter in space: NASA astronaut plans to turn orbital rags to stitches]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:07 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When astronaut Karen Nyberg is launched to the International Space Station, she&apos;ll bring something entirely new to the space frontier: the art of quilting.&quot;I enjoy sewing and quilting,&quot; she explained during a televised interview from Moscow. &quot;I am bringing some fabric with me, and thread. I&apos;&apos;m hoping to create something. I don&apos;&apos;t know what yet it will be - that&apos;&apos;s part of creativity. It comes with th...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Space tourism by end of 2013? Could happen]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:06 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Air Space Station Soyuz's successful landing]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:30:06 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[`Floating in a most peculiar way': Astronaut sings Bowie from space]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:31 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON - International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield isn&apos;t content with being a real-life astronaut floating 230 miles above earth. The David Bowie fan is now a singing space man.His performance of Bowie&apos;s iconic song &quot;Space Oddity&quot; from the International Space Station has been watched more than 530,000 times since it was posted on YouTube on Sunday.&quot;And I&apos;&apos;m floating in a most peculiar w...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[`Floating in a most peculiar way': Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings Bowie from space]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:31 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON - International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield isn&apos;t content with being a real-life astronaut floating 230 miles above earth. The David Bowie fan is now a singing space man.His performance of Bowie&apos;s iconic song &quot;Space Oddity&quot; from the International Space Station has been watched more than 530,000 times since it was posted on YouTube on Sunday.&quot;And I&apos;&apos;m floating in a most peculiar w...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[`Floating in a most peculiar way': Astronaut Chris Hadfield sings David Bowie from space]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON - International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield isn&apos;t content with being a real-life astronaut floating 230 miles above earth. The David Bowie fan is now a singing space man.His performance of Bowie&apos;s iconic song &quot;Space Oddity&quot; from the International Space Station has been watched more than 530,000 times since it was posted on YouTube on Sunday.&quot;And I&apos;&apos;m floating in a most peculiar w...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA sees giant solar wave erupt from the sun (]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The sun celebrated May Day with a spectacular solar eruption Wednesday, unleashing a colossal wave of super-hot plasma captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft.The solar eruption occurred over a 2.5-hour period Wednesday (May 1) and appeared as a &quot;gigantic rolling wave&quot; on the sun in a video ?recorded by NASA&apos;&apos;s Solar Dynamics Observatory, agency officials said in an image description. The sola...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Month in Space: April 2013]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Remembering astronaut Sally Ride: A national tribute]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:29 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Robert Z. Pearlman Space.comNASA will join journalist Maria Shriver, tennis legend Billie Jean King and Grammy-award winning vocalist Patti Austin in remembering the life of Sally Ride, the United States&apos;&apos; first woman in space, at a tribute in the nation&apos;&apos;s capital this month.The special evening event, entitled &quot;Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy&quot; will be hel...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Explore the International Space Station with virtual reality]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sun unleashes 2013''s biggest flares]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:28 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The sun unleashed a colossal Mother&apos;&apos;s Day flare on Sunday, sparking this year&apos;&apos;s most powerful solar eruption.The giant solar flare?peaked Sunday night at 10:17 p.m. ET and was captured on camera by NASA&apos;&apos;s Solar Dynamics Observatory. It caused an hour-long high-frequency radio blackout, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center, which is overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beautiful plankton blooms viewed from space]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Douglas MainLiveScienceAs weather warms up off the coast of France, blooms of plankton have once again begun to form, creating a beautiful, multicolored swirl visible from space.NASA&apos;&apos;s Terra and Aqua satellites acquired these images of the colorful blooms on April 20 and May 4, according to ?the NASA Earth Observatory. On the later date, a noticeably larger bloom occurred, fueled by nutrient ru...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shuttle Atlantis'' payload bay opens again]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comWhen it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis&apos;&apos; payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.Now that it&apos;&apos;s retired and being readied for museum display, the orbiter&apos;&apos;s cargo hold has been opened one last time - not to launch something out, but to welcome the public to ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Space station crewmates head back to Earth]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike Wall? Space.comThe commander of the International Space Station and two of his crewmates?headed home Monday night?aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, bringing their five-month orbital adventure close to its big finale: a safe landing on Earth.A Soyuz carrying Canadian commander Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko undocked from the space station...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russian capsule touches down in Kazakhstan with space station trio]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 01:38:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a crew of three space travelers successfully touched down on the Central Asian steppes of Kazakhstan on Tuesday, wrapping up a five-month mission to the International Space Station.Canadian?astronaut Chris Hadfield, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko landed in their Soyuz capsule at?about 8:31 a.m. Kazakh time (10:31 p.m. ET Mo...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Astronaut mom savors Mother''s Day before 6-month space trip]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 01:34:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg is launching on a six-month mission to the International Space Station this month, so she&apos;&apos;s making sure to savor this Mother&apos;&apos;s Day with her 3-year-old son and her husband, who also happens to be an astronaut.Nyberg and her husband, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, are in Moscow for Mother&apos;&apos;s Day and she described the challenges of balancing?life as astronaut and a mom?to Pare...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ammonia leaks from International Space Station]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:28 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers head out to fix space station''s coolant leak - if they can]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:28 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two NASA spacewalkers are troubleshooting an ammonia leak in the coolant system for one of the International Space Station&apos;&apos;s massive solar arrays, just two days after the problem was detected.Watch the spacewalk liveSaturday&apos;&apos;s operation ranks as one of the fastest turnarounds ever for a space station repair?- a feat that impressed the orbital outpost&apos;&apos;s Canadian commander, Chris Hadfield. &quot;The whol...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers head out to fix space station''s coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two NASA spacewalkers are troubleshooting an ammonia leak in the coolant system for one of the International Space Station&apos;&apos;s massive solar arrays, just two days after the problem was detected.Watch the spacewalk liveSaturday&apos;&apos;s operation ranks as one of the fastest turnarounds ever for a space station repair?- a feat that impressed the orbital outpost&apos;&apos;s Canadian commander, Chris Hadfield. &quot;The whol...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers fix space station''s coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two NASA spacewalkers are troubleshooting an ammonia leak in the coolant system for one of the International Space Station&apos;&apos;s massive solar arrays, just two days after the problem was detected.Watch the spacewalk liveSaturday&apos;&apos;s operation ranks as one of the fastest turnarounds ever for a space station repair?- a feat that impressed the orbital outpost&apos;&apos;s Canadian commander, Chris Hadfield. &quot;The whol...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers hopeful new pump fixes space station coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station Saturday, perhaps bringing the outpost&apos;&apos;s vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the?leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab&apos;&apos;s systems. It looks like th...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers hopeful new pump control fixes space station coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station Saturday, perhaps bringing the outpost&apos;&apos;s vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the?leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab&apos;&apos;s systems. It looks like th...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA waits to see if space station coolant leak is fixed after spacewalk]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station Saturday, perhaps bringing the outpost&apos;&apos;s vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the?leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab&apos;&apos;s systems. It looks like th...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers are hopeful that new pump fixed station''s coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 01:29:25 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Two spacewalking astronauts may have fixed an ammonia leak outside the International Space Station on Saturday, perhaps bringing the outpost&apos;&apos;s vital cooling system back up to full strength.Clad in bulky spacesuits, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn replaced a pump control box thought to be responsible for the?leak of ammonia, which cools down the orbiting lab&apos;&apos;s systems. It looks like...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ring of fire delights Aussie residents]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:05 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Space station leaking vital coolant above Earth]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:04 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Emergency spacewalk likely to fix space station leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:04 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.comAstronauts on the International Space Station are preparing for a possible emergency spacewalk Saturday to fix a serious leak of ammonia coolant on the orbiting laboratory.On Thursday, the six residents of the station noticed frozen flakes of ammonia leaking from a coolant loop affixed to one of the eight solar arrays responsible for supplying power to the station. The cre...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[China launches earth-observation satellite]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:03 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scientists see evidence of deep lakes on Mars]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:03 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Larry O&apos;&apos;HanlonDiscovery NewsEroded channels and chasms from catastrophic floods between martian basins are the strongest evidence yet that there were once large, deep bodies of water on early Mars, according to a new study using the latest imagery and topographic data.The outflow channels of Mars have been a puzzle ever since they were first spotted in images from the Viking spacecraft four dec...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mars rover Curiosity gets next target for drilling]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:02 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike WallSpace.comNASA&apos;&apos;s Mars rover Curiosity will perform its second-ever drilling operation soon, boring into a knobby section of bedrock dubbed &quot;Cumberland,&quot; space agency officials announced Thursday.Cumberland lies just 9 feet (2.75 meters) west of the rock called &quot;John Klein,&quot; where Curiosity drilled a 2.5-inch-deep (6.4 centimeters) hole back in February. The rover&apos;&apos;s analysis of John Klei...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moon''s eclipsed shadow on Earth viewed from space]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:02 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike WallSpace.comA NASA Earth-observing satellite has captured the moon&apos;&apos;s shadow darkening a patch of the Pacific Ocean during Thursday&apos;&apos;s stunning &quot;ring of fire&quot; solar eclipse.Bright white clouds fade into darkness northeast of Australia in the solar eclipse?image, which was taken by NASA&apos;&apos;s Terra spacecraft at 7:30 p.m. EDT?Thursday, space agency officials said.The first solar eclipse of 2013?...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cosmic Mother''s Day treat: Jupiter and the moon]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:02 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comMother Nature will provide everyone with a cosmic Mother&apos;&apos;s Day gift in the form of an eye-catching celestial sight early Sunday night.If your local weather is reasonably clear as darkness falls, be sure to look low toward the west-northwest part of the sky. You will see a rather narrow sliver (8 percent illuminated) of a crescent moon just three days past new phase.Situa...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers get set to troubleshoot space station''s ammonia coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:01 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.com?Astronauts on the International Space Station are gearing up to perform an emergency spacewalk Saturday to hunt for an ammonia leak in the orbiting laboratory&apos;&apos;s cooling system.NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy are planning to spend more than six hours outside the station to find, and possibly repair, the ammonia coolant leak.The spacewalk comes just two ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Watch return of brilliant Venus to night sky this month]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:01 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By?Joe RaoSpace.comEnthusiastic skywatchers have perhaps been wondering what has happened lately to Venus, the most brilliant of all the planets.Since the end of January, Venus has been on a sort of winter and early spring sabbatical. It passed superior conjunction (appearing to go behind the sun as seen from Earth) on March 28 and has been invisible ever since, mired deep in our star&apos;&apos;s brilliant ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[''Ring of Fire'' solar eclipse puts on a dazzling show in Australian Outback]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Skygazers across the Australian Outback were among the lucky few to witness a solar eclipse on Friday as the moon glided between Earth and the sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light.The celestial spectacle, known as a &quot;ring of fire&quot; eclipse, was the second solar eclipse visible from northern Australia in six months. In November, a total solar eclipse plunged the countr...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spacewalkers set to troubleshoot space station''s ammonia coolant leak]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 01:33:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.com?Astronauts on the International Space Station are gearing up to perform an emergency spacewalk Saturday to hunt for an ammonia leak in the orbiting laboratory&apos;&apos;s cooling system.NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy are planning to spend more than six hours outside the station to find, and possibly repair, the ammonia coolant leak.The spacewalk comes just two ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[We''re learning lots about strange ''hot Jupiters'']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:32 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike WallSpace.comScientists are starting to get a bead on &quot;hot Jupiter&quot; alien planets, huge and exotic worlds that have no counterpart in our own solar system.Observations by NASA&apos;&apos;s Spitzer Space Telescope are giving researchers some good looks at these scorching-hot gas giants, revealing howling winds and a variety of climates. But as often happens in science, the new finds are generating as ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Buzz Aldrin envisions US leading way to Mars]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:31 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Tariq MalikSpace.comNEW YORK - The moon is not enough for Buzz Aldrin, the second man ever to walk on the lunar surface. If humanity is to truly realize its space travel potential, there is only one place it will find it: Mars.Aldrin&apos;&apos;s new book &quot;Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration&quot; landed in bookstores Tuesday?to chart out a course that could put astronauts on the surface of Mars b...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[SpaceX signs lease to launch at NM spaceport]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:31 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Another space industry heavyweight will use New Mexico&apos;&apos;s Spaceport America. Gov. Susana Martinez announced Tuesday that Elon Musks&apos;&apos; Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has agreed to a three-year lease to do testing of its &quot;Grasshopper&quot; reusable rocket in southern New Mexico. SpaceX is one of the leading developers of rockets and spacecraft and is one of the companies th...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The science of this ''ring of fire'' solar eclipse]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.comA?potentially dazzling ring-shaped solar eclipse Thursday?will be a celestial show sure to amaze for those able to view it. Weather permitting, the passage of the moon in front of the sun will make the star look like a cosmic &quot;ring of fire&quot; for observers in western Australia, where the best viewing areas are.As astounding as the show might be, however, some keen observers ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rover Curiosity again ready to put pedal to the metal]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:30 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike WallSpace.comAfter cooling its heels for a month on the Red Planet, NASA&apos;&apos;s Mars rover Curiosity is gearing up for lots of action in the coming weeks.Curiosity&apos;&apos;s handlers sent no commands to the rover for most of April, because Mars was on the opposite side of the sun from Earth at the time. But this planetary alignment, known as a Mars solar conjunction, is now over, and the mission team i...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Water on Earth, moon tied to same source]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:29 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By?Charles Q. ChoiSpace.comWater deep inside Earth and the moon may originate from the same source: ancient meteorites, scientists say.The findings hint that water may have existed on Earth before the giant impact the planet received that created the moon, and that the moon possessed water from its earliest moments, scientists added. It remains a mystery exactly how water found within the moon sur...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[PRESS Pass: Buzz Aldrin]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Space station leaking vital coolant, NASA says]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:29 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comAstronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat, and NASA is looking into the problem, though it poses no immediate danger to the crew, officials said Thursday.The space station uses chilled liquid ammonia to cool down the power systems on its eight giant solar array panels. A minor leak of this ammonia wa...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[View stunning changes to the Earth's landscape]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time-lapse map chronicles decades of global change as seen from space]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:28 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Satellite imagery can serve as a time machine, revealing dramatic change in just a few seconds - but can you imagine documenting almost three decades&apos;&apos; worth of all that change, across most of our planet&apos;&apos;s land mass? A team of imaging experts, computer scientists and journalists did. Now they&apos;&apos;ve unveiled the result: a global database of zoomable, animated satellite views known as Timelapse.&quot;We beli...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[''Ring of Fire'' solar eclipse puts on a dazzling show in Australian Outback]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:38:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Skygazers across the Australian Outback were among the lucky few to witness a solar eclipse on Friday as the moon glided between Earth and the sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light.The celestial spectacle, known as a &quot;ring of fire&quot; eclipse, was the second solar eclipse visible from northern Australia in six months. In November, a total solar eclipse plunged the countr...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Time-lapse captures 3 years of solar activity]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:43 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Galaxy''s giant black hole may be cooking up meals]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:42 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.comThe huge, hot mess of cosmic gas that feeds the colossal black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy may be getting &quot;cooked&quot; before being devoured, scientists say.Before its retirement earlier this year, the European Space Agency&apos;&apos;s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory found that clouds of molecular gas near the galaxy&apos;&apos;s center are much hotter than expected, possibly due t...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russian cargo aircraft launches to space station]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:42 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[15-year-old Astronaut Abby fuels her outreach mission with social media]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:42 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[&quot;Astronaut Abby&quot; is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station&apos;&apos;s next crew - and if Facebook and Twitter count for anything, it just might get her to Mars someday.Abigail Harrison says she&apos;&apos;s always dreamed of being the first astronaut to set foot on the Red Planet, and she se...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kepler probe finds potentially habitable planets]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 01:29:41 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vega rocket launches from French Guiana]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:54 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mars One lays plans for Red Planet settlement]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Record star explosion ''eye-wateringly bright'']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:53 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.comTwo NASA space telescopes have captured what appears to be the most powerful star explosion ever detected, a cosmic event so luminous that scientists dubbed it &quot;eye-wateringly bright&quot; despite being 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.On April 27, NASA&apos;&apos;s Swift Space Telescope and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope spotted the highest-energy gamma-ray burst (GRB) - an explos...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three months after launch, Landsat 8 appears to be working flawlessly]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:53 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Dirk Lammers, Associated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A new satellite hovering nearly 450 miles above the Earth appears to working flawlessly as it embarks on a 10-year mission to document the planet&apos;&apos;s surface, scientists and engineers at the U.S. Geological Survey&apos;&apos;s Earth Resources Observation and Science Center said Monday.Landsat 8 is sending more than 400 data-filled images per day back to the ...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mars'' Mount Sharp possibly built by wind, not water]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:52 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike Wall?Space.comThe mysterious Martian mountain that beckons NASA&apos;&apos;s Curiosity rover was likely built primarily by wind rather than water, as previously believed, a new study suggests.Many scientists suspect that the 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharpformed primarily from layers of lakebed silt, which is one of the main reasons that the mountain was selected as Curiosity&apos;&apos;s ultimate de...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[It''s time to get serious about going to Mars, NASA says]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:52 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comWASHINGTON - If NASA is to land humans on Mars by the 2030s, as President Barack Obama has directed, there&apos;&apos;s not much time to settle on a plan and develop the technologies required, agency officials said Monday.In the 1960s, America seized an opportunity to go to the moon, and succeeded. A second opportunity for a leap forward in space is upon us now, said NASA chief Cha...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jupiter holds water from 1994 comet crash]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:51 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Megan GannonSpace.comThe stratosphere of Jupiter is filled with water delivered to the giant planet by a cataclysmic comet crash in 1994 that not only wowed scientists at the time, but spawned a legacy that is still delivering surprises today.In July 1994, more than 20 broken-up pieces of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter, captivating skywatchers and scientists alike.Now, new research...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[78,000 apply to leave Earth forever to live on Mars]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:51 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike Wall Space.comHuge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars.About 78,000 people have applied to become Red Planet colonists with the nonprofit organization Mars One since its application process opened on April 22, officials announced Tuesday. Mars One aims to land four people on the Red Planet in 2023 as the vanguard of a per...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Engage! Astronomers need your assistance to detect space warps]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:50 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Think you can find space warps? Astronomers have recruited thousands of citizen scientists to look for exoplanets, galaxies, moon craters and other cosmic curiosities - and now they need your help to go after one of the weirdest phenomena in space-time: gravitational lenses.The Space Warps website gives Internet users the opportunity to sift through telescope images and spot galaxies so massive th...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bright meteor lights up sky at Argentina concert]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Horsehead Nebula of a different color]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 01:20:49 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NASA mulls missions for donated spy satellite telescopes]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:47 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike WallSpace.comNASA is sorting through a variety of possible uses for a pair of powerful spy satellite telescopes that fell into the agency&apos;&apos;s lap last year.In November, NASA asked scientists to suggest missions for the telescopes, which were donated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and are comparable in size and appearance to the famous Hubble Space Telescope.More than 60 ser...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saturn''s age-defying secret? It''s too hot]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:47 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Denise ChowSpace.comAs planets age, they typically become cooler and darker, but astronomers have long wondered why Saturn, one of the largest planets in the solar system, appears to be bucking the trend. Now, researchers are beginning to understand how the ringed planet manages to stay warm and bright.A new study, led by astronomers at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and the Eco...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congress urged to fund private astronaut taxis]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:45 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Mike WallSpace.comAmerican astronauts could be forced to fly on Russian spacecraft beyond 2017 if Congress continues to cut funding for private crewed vehicles, NASA chief Charles Bolden says.Last Tuesday, NASA announced that it will pay $70.7 million each for six more seats?aboard Russian Soyuz space capsules. The $424 million deal keeps Americans launching to the International Space Station a...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Solar eclipse set to turn sun into ''ring of fire'' this week]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:45 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[By Miriam KramerSpace.comThe moon will block the sun in a potentially spectacular solar eclipse this week - a celestial event that will transform the sun into a cosmic &quot;ring of fire&quot; in the daytime sky.The ring-shaped?solar eclipse ,?known as an annular eclipse, will occur Thursday and Friday?Eastern time. Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible in certain parts of Australia and the Southe...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:44 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Curiosity''s ''hand'' outstretched on Mars: Will humans ever shake it?]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:43 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA&apos;&apos;s Curiosity rover is back at work in Yellowknife Bay, a rocky area inside Mars&apos;&apos; Gale Crater -?and if it takes good care of itself, it just might still be at work when humans hit the Red Planet.At least that&apos;&apos;s the sentiment voiced by Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA&apos;&apos;s Mars Exploration Program, during this week&apos;&apos;s Humans to Mars Summit in Washington. &quot;I anticipate the first astronaut we se...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:43 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Suspected meteorite steals show at concert]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:33:42 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slideshow: Slideshow: Top space shots of April]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:29 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Send your name (and maybe a poem) to Mars]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:28 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Science editor Alan Boyle&apos;&apos;s blog: NASA is looking for a few good haiku poems - plus lots and lots of names - to send to the Red Planet aboard its MAVEN orbiter this fall.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:28 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[''Tunguska event'' meteorites believed found]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:28 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hang on, Kepler, reinforcements coming]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:27 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[See a star-spawning space cloud glow!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An amazing new photo from a telescope in Chile reveals a cloud of star-producing gas and dust glowing brightly 5,000 light-years from Earth.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Extend search for life beyond ''alien Earths'']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:27 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Scientists searching for signs of life beyond our solar system should keep an open mind, for planets very different than Earth may well be habitable, a prominent researcher says.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cosmic ''bullet hole'' rips space station]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have dodged a cosmic bullet ... literally.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Curiosity rover goes back to work on Mars]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Science editor Alan Boyle&apos;&apos;s blog: NASA&apos;&apos;s Curiosity rover is back in business after a weeks-long communication gap caused by solar interference.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to pack a big solar sail in a tiny cubesat]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:26 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A simple paper-folding technique could help tiny satellites unfurl big sails in space to detect micrometeoroid impacts, scientists say.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Search for dark matter goes underground]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:25 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A new hunt for dark matter - an invisible but bountiful constituent of the universe - is under way inside an underground laboratory a mile and half below Ontario, Canada, scientists report.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Houston''s mock shuttle to top NASA 747 carrier]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:25 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Space Center Houston at NASA&apos;&apos;s Johnson Space Center revealed plans Thursday to display its full-size space shuttle mockup atop the historic 747 jumbo jetliner that ferried the real orbiters.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hey, it''s a meteor shower from Halley''s Comet!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:24 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, just before dawn, we&apos;&apos;ll have a chance to see some remnants of the famous Halley&apos;&apos;s Comet briefly light up the early morning sky.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hypersonic aircraft''s final test succeeds]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 01:34:24 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Science editor Alan Boyle&apos;&apos;s blog: The U.S. Air Force&apos;&apos;s $300 million, nine-year test program for a hypersonic plane ended on a high note this week when the last of its X-51A Waverider vehicles made the longest flight of its kind.]]></description>
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