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The Space Shuttle Launchings Will Be Missed

There are those who believe that we made a huge mistake by not moving forward with advancing the NASA Space Shuttle Program or replacing it immediately with another manned-expedition project. This picture says in a nutshell what many of us feel – that the space shuttle represented more than just missions. It was a representation of our dreams as a country and the hopes of young men and women throughout America.

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NASA and Microsoft Release Interactive Tour of Mars

NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to bring us an interactive tour of Mars chock full of high-res images and loads of information unlike anything most scientists have ever seen.

For the past three years, scientists at NASA have been compiling data on over 100 computers to create this comprehensive map of Mars. The collection of data spans about 40 years worth of space exploration, from the Viking orbiters to the current Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Atlantis Space Shuttle Has Grounded For Good

With six astronauts on board, returning from it’s 12-day mission from the International Space Station, the Atlantis has landed back on Earth successfully. This mission marks the shuttle’s thirty-second and final trip over a 25-year career (logging a cool 120 million miles in total).

For NASA, the shuttle was the fourth in the series and has spent 294 days in orbit, circled the Earth 4,648 times, carried 189 astronauts, flown to Mir Station 7 times and been to the ISS 11 times. There were 1,200 guests on-hand at Kennedy Space Center to witness the historic landing.

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Toyota Announces $50 Million Investment in Tesla

Well, it looks like Toyota and Tesla have just teamed up to bring in the future of electric cars. After making a $50 million investment in Tesla, the joint company will use an auto-assembly line they’ve purchased in California to pump out the vehicles.

The collaboration will include the production of the vehicles, parts, and engineering support. The news of the partnership was leaked by Governor Schwarzeneggar while he was visiting Google’s headquarters. Tesla had originally been in talks to take over an old NASA manufacturing facility. Check out more on the story over at Tree Hugger.

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NASA’s Real-life Ironman On His Way To Space

The Robonaut 2 created by NASA and General motors has just been cleared for takeoff. This humanoid robot has been in development for many years and is now in its second form. The larger more capable R2 weighs in at 300 pounds, with a head, torso and two fully functional arms.

R2 will make its home permanently on the International Space Station this September after its flight there on the Space Shuttle Discovery, part of the STS-133 mission. NASA says that the R2 will assist astronauts with regular tasks such as handing them tools, holding wires, etc. within the space station and on space walks. The chief advantage of a machine such as R2 is its ability to use the same tools as astronauts.
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Comet Gets Gobbled Up by the Sun

The NASA and ESA’s sun observatory, SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), snapped a pic of a newly found comet moments before it is gobbled up by the sun. You can see the comet here is pretty bright, though it dims as it gets closer to the sun and eventually disappears into the fiery mass.

The comet, which appeared in photos on Friday, finally disappeared a day later. With close to 1,600 comets in our solar system, watching one get eaten by the sun is surely a sight to see. Here are some more photos captured by SOHO:

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