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How many satellites orbit the Earth?

Space is big, but it can still get crowded up there. The recent collision between two orbiting satellites, including one Iridium satellite, was just an accident waiting to happen, according to debris...

4 comments    satellites hubble telescope
There are only six Space Shuttle launches left.87

Space Shuttle Retirement

The time for NASA space shuttle retirement is at hand. After almost 30 years, NASA will retire the space shuttles and send the remaining spacecraft to museums. The final shuttle flight is now scheduled for...

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Karachi Girls to Be Sent to Space Station as 'Companions' to Lonely Astronauts

In a joint-response, mostly to the Russian astronauts who have long-term commitments on the International Space Station of up to 6-month duration, NASA and the Soviet Space Agency have decided to comply with...

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Fort Lauderdale

The Caribbean Waters On this vacation we are going to relax and enjoy one another and it is a time to be together. We are flying out of Ontario, California airport and into Fort Lauderdale, Florda. We are...

1 comment    food travel water
SpaceShipOne test pilot Mike Melvill after the launch in pursuit of the Ansari X Prize on September 29, 2004. Photo taken by RenegadeAven during Civil Air Patrol duties.74

Space Tourism & Space Travel - How Far Off Are We?

There was very little known about space tourism until the late 1900s with a major impact on the media developing about five years ago. Space shuttle launches have always caued a media frenzy, however, and...

4 comments    technology travel space
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The Green Slime and Time

Around about the time the Eagle was touching down on the Moon, another "space-oriented" event occurred that had—at least at the time—delivered a far greater impact to this particular 9 year-old than...

0 comments    movies videos humor
Space Shuttle Atlantis (photos this page, public domain).85

Nugget Family Robinson Welcomes New Writers!

Lost In Space was really one of a series of take-offs on Robinson Crusoe - you know, Disney's Swiss Family Robinson, etc. The TV futuristic series...

28 comments    writing hubpages hubchallenge
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John Holdren - Friend or Foe?

Ah yes, population control.John HoldrenCzar John Holdren, the man our president chose for Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, is the first person I have heard of who critics say favors...

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Manufacturing Industry

At this time of celebration of the achievements of Apollo 11, in fact of all 12 men who walked on the Moon, we shouldn't feel guilty about asking some questions about some of the other big projects...

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Successful launch of Discovery

The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has now reached Earth orbit in less than nine minutes after launch from Florida with seven astronauts on board including a Swede to reach the International Space Station...

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