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Dept: Science

Cocaine Found In Space Shuttle Work Area

14 January 2010 | 4:11 pm EST | No Comments
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“A bag containing the cocaine residue was discovered in the space shuttle Discovery’s hangar at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The hangar, known as the Orbiter Processing Facility, is a restricted zone for shuttle workers only.” Link

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Dept: Science

Only 5 Space Shuttle Flights Left

29 December 2009 | 10:28 pm EST | No Comments
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Space Shuttle picture

“After 29 years of space shuttle flights, NASA plans to wrap up the program with five missions to complete construction of the International Space Station and retire the fleet before the end of 2010. ‘It’s a big growth year … the last major growth spurt for the International Space Station,’ said Kirk Shireman, NASA’s deputy manager for the station program.” Link

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Dept: Science

NASA LCROSS Probe Finds Water On Moon

13 November 2009 | 12:52 pm EST | No Comments
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Moon

“NASA’s LCROSS probe discovered beds of water ice at the lunar south pole when it impacted the moon last month, mission scientists announced today. ‘Indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn’t find just a little bit, we found a significant amount,’ Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principal investigator from NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.” Link

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