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Earth Day 2013: 10 quotes about planet Earth
Earth Day is April 22. There is no shortage of famous musings on what Carl Sagan once called our 'pale blue dot.' Here are 10 of our favorite things said about planet Earth.
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Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media
When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact.
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In Pictures After the Space Shuttle
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In Pictures Space photos of the day: Astronauts of the Past
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In Pictures Space photos of the day: John Glenn
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos to search for sunken Apollo 11 engines (+video)
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that his deep-sea sonar expedition in the Atlantic has located the five engines used to launch Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon in 1969, and he plans to bring at least one of them to the surface.
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Amazon founder locates Apollo 11 rockets
Jeff Bezos, the dot-com billionaire, announced that he has located the booster rockets that lifted the first moon mission into space at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. He hopes to raise one or both to the surface.
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Opinion John Glenn and Earth orbit anniversary: America needs manned flight in space
This week's 50-year anniversary of astronaut John Glenn and his Earth orbit should remind America that it needs manned flight in space. Some say the space race is over. But America is in a new space race for jobs, skills, and knowledge for the future.
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NASA sting terrifies elderly woman
NASA sting: At the end of the sting operation, agents were left holding a speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice and a 73-year-old suspect who was terrified by armed officials.
10/25/2011 10:57 am -
Opinion Lessons for US in Libya's transition: Avoid mistakes of Iraq, Afghanistan
In Libya's transition from dictator to democracy, the international community should learn from its experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Bosnia. The West should watch out for picking favorite leaders and should use leverage to push Libya toward inclusive politics and a viable oil industry.
09/27/2011 12:50 pm -
What hath God wreaked?
A query on deadline prompts a quick review of some often-confused 'w' words – and some insights on how language changes.
07/18/2011 05:09 pm -
After the space shuttle, astronaut corps awaits a new mission
NASA's once-iconic astronaut corps will shrink but still play a vital role as the space shuttle era comes to an end.
05/16/2011 08:59 am -
Milestones in U.S. manned spaceflight
A timeline of significant moments in America's quest to reach for the stars.
05/16/2011 08:56 am -
In Pictures After the Space Shuttle
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In Pictures Space photos of the day: Astronauts of the Past
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In Pictures Space photos of the day: John Glenn
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In Pictures Space photos of the day: Moonwalking
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Chapter & Verse Obama's "Of Thee I Sing" hits bookstore shelves
Obama's children's book "Of Thee I Sing" celebrates a diverse America.
11/16/2010 11:01 am -
China is on path to 'militarization of space'
The Asian space race is moving along slowly, but steadily – and China is in the lead, with technology that could give it a military advantage over the US.
10/28/2010 12:49 pm -
In Pictures Space photos of the day: Space Training
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Opinion Is Obama trying to 'decolonize' space?
Observers were puzzled when President Obama apparently gave the space agency NASA a new mission to reach out to the world’s Muslims. But his action makes sense when you consider the influence of anticolonial ideology.
10/13/2010 03:06 pm -
In Pictures Space photos of the day: The Moon
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Top Chef contestants compete to make astronaut meals
Sept. 1 episode of Bravo's reality show, 'Top Chef', featured a space-food challenge from NASA. The winner, Angelo Sosa, will have his short rib dish flown into orbit.
09/02/2010 06:29 pm -
Horizons The Wizard of Oz 71st anniversary: Does Google hate round numbers?
The Wizard of Oz gets its own Google doodle. But isn't the search engine late to the party?
08/12/2010 04:07 pm -
In Pictures Apollo 11 went to the moon
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SpaceX launch: Falcon 9 powers into orbit
Falcon 9 roared up Friday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The SpaceX launch means that prospects for the Obama administration’s space-lift plans may have soared upward as well.
06/04/2010 07:07 pm -
First test launch for new private rocket
The new Falcon 9 rocket has cleared its final hurdle and is on track to blast off from Cape Canaveral.
06/03/2010 04:58 pm -
Neil Armstrong blasts Obama's plan for NASA
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, blasted Obama's decision to cancel NASA's manned mission to the moon.
05/14/2010 07:52 pm -
Cool Astronomy First, last men on moon to testify before Senate
Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, and Eugene Cernan, the last, will testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Wednesday, to discuss the future of NASA.
05/11/2010 01:38 pm -
Remembering Guenter Wendt, Apollo-era 'pad führer'
Guenter Wendt was NASA's original launch pad leader – or 'pad führer,' as he was affectionately known – for the agency's manned space program and the last man the Apollo astronauts saw before launching to the moon. He died Monday.
05/05/2010 02:13 pm
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