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YouTube Space Lab Helps Science Students Reach For the Stars

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Google, NASA, and countless international space agencies just launched what they are calling the YouTube Space Lab. The idea is to hold a video contest allowing students to submit experiment ideas they will consider performing on the International Space Station (ISS).
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YouTube Space Lab Launches Challenge for Students [VIDEO]

YouTube announced on Monday plans to launch YouTube Space Lab, a challenge for students worldwide to create an experiment which will be conducted in space and the chance to receive out of this world space-oriented grand prizes.
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The Watery Grave of NASA's Rogue Satellite

NASA Locates Fallen UARS in the Pacific Ocean, Far from Land [MAP]

NASA on Tuesday announced that it has located the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) that crashed down to Earth last week. They say the defunct satellite is way out into the southern Pacific Ocean, far away from land. The UARS made a fiery re-entry into the Earth's shortly after midnight on Saturday.
The Watery Grave of NASA's Rogue Satellite

NASA Pinpoints Fallen Satellite

After days of speculation, NASA officials announced Tuesday the location of the fallen Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite that crashed down to Earth.The Pacific Ocean - far away from landfall.
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Astronauts Risk Vision Problems from Long Space Trips: NASA

Radiation and bone loss are not the only health risks that astronauts staying for long period of time in space are exposed to. A new study of astronauts has showed that astronauts who have spent months in space face the problem of blurring vision.
NASA's UARS

NASA: 26 UARS Components Could Have Fallen on Earth's Surface [VIDEOS]

NASA said 26 components of its Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), weighing a total of 1,200 pounds, could have survived the fiery fall and landed on the surface of the Earth. The space agency said the UARS fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT on Friday and 1:09 a.m. Saturday.
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NASA: UARS Satellite Debris May Never Be Found

NASA said UARS satellite debris that came crashing to Earth today appears to have dropped into the Pacific Ocean away from the western coast of the U.S. though the agency doesn't know exactly where it landed and may never know.
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NASA Satellite Has Landed; No Reports of Injury

The NASA satellite falling from space has landed in Canada, near Calgary, but nobody was hurt, according to reports.We can now confirm that #UARS is down! reported the official NASA Twitter account. Debris fell to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23, and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24.
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Safe From NASA Satellite Falling: UARS Fell Over Pacific Ocean

Those around the world afraid that NASA's falling UARS satellite might come crashing down upon them can rest easy. NASA said the satellite initially penetrated the Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and most of it is believed to have burned up. NASA has not confirmed where it landed, but the agency said re-entry occurred during a two-hour period.
NASA Continues Guessing Game on Rogue Satellite

Guessing Game Continues for Rogue NASA Satellite

NASA officials and research teams spent the past few weeks playing a guessing game on where and when debris from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite will land. The latest estimates Friday morning delayed the satellite's time of re-entry and increased the possibility that Carter may encounter debris. On Thursday, NASA officials said that there was no chance that the debris would land in North America.
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Space Debris Rain Set for Friday: NASA

A defunct NASA satellite is expected to plunge back to earth on Friday, raising concerns that blazing hot debris may shower down on the unsuspecting terrestrial population.
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Defunct Satellite Set to Crash Friday

A defunct satellite originally meant to analyze the Earth’s ozone layer is expected to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and crash land Friday, according to reports from NASA released Thursday.
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U.S. Friday Forecast: Little Chance of Falling Satellite; Europe, Africa, Asia Face Highest Odds

The weather forecast for North America is a good one on Friday: Little chance of falling satellite debris.That may seem like a lark, but it's not, since NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will likely crash into Earth on Friday. The satellite is the size of a bus, and it's the biggest to make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere in decades, NASA officials say.
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NASA to Pay $1.6Bln for Space Taxis

NASA has unveiled plans of $1.6 billion to buy a complete range of spacecrafts, launchers, mission operations and ground support by the middle of the decade to transport astronauts to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit.
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Fly Around the Earth in 60 Seconds on ISS (VIDEO)

Science teacher James Drake compiled 600 images of the Earth that were taken by astronauts from space since the 1960s to create a time-elapsed 60-second video which gives the illusion of how astronauts from the International Space Station see Earth.
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China Set to Launch First Space Station Module

China is all set to launch its first unmanned space module on Tuesday. The world's third biggest country will launch the test module into orbit via Long March II-F rocket, which is developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

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