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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:15:03 GMT

Last Man on Moon & 7 Other Space Leaders Back Mitt Romney (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The last man on the moon, first space shuttle pilot and six other space leaders signed an open letter today (Jan. 27) supporting the candidacy of Republican presidential primary contender Mitt Romney.

Ship carrying rocket parts hits Ky. bridge (AP)

A a cargo ship pauses in the water after colliding with a southwestern Kentucky bridge that partially collapsed when it was struck Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, near Aurora, Ky. The ship was traveling upriver toward the Kentucky Lock and Dam when it hit the aging steel bridge, which was built in the 1930s and handles about 2,800 vehicles a day. (AP Photo/Tina Carroll)AP - The voyage of a cargo boat that carries space rocket components to Florida's coast for NASA and the Air Force has stalled in a western Kentucky river after it slammed into an aging traffic bridge.




Sun Unleashes Strongest Flare Yet of 2012 (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A massive solar flare — the strongest one so far this year — erupted today (Jan. 27) from the same active region of the sun that triggered a raging solar tempest earlier this week.

Barge Carrying Atlas Rocket Crashes Into Bridge (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A barge ferrying an Atlas 5 booster and other rocket parts to their Florida launch site crashed into a Kentucky bridge late Thursday (Jan. 26), but the flight hardware appears to be undamaged, officials say.

Barge Carrying Atlas Rockets Crashes Into Bridge (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A barge ferrying two Atlas 5 rockets to their Florida launch site crashed into a Kentucky bridge late Thursday (Jan. 26), but the rockets appear to be undamaged, officials say.

Record-Setting Astronaut Retires from NASA (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA astronaut Jerry Ross, the first person ever to fly seven space missions, is hanging up his spacesuit.

Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Close Flyby (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A small asteroid the size of a city bus zoomed between Earth and the moon's orbit Friday (Jan. 25) just days after its discovery, but it never posed a threat to our planet, NASA says.

Russia to delay space mission due to technical problems (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia plans to delay the next mission carrying U.S. and Russian astronauts to the International Space Station by several weeks due to problems with the spaceship's descent vehicle, Interfax news agency quoted an industry source as saying Friday.

Russia Evaluates Space Capsule Cracks Ahead of March Launch (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Recent tests of a Russian spaceship set to launch a new crew to the International Space Station in March have revealed worrisome cracks in the spacecraft's landing capsule, according to Russian news reports.

GOP Candidates Clash Over US Space Exploration Future (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Newt Gingrich defended his ambitous spaceflight goals against attacks from the other three contenders for the Republican presidential nomination during Thursday night's (Jan. 26) debate in Florida.

How the Apollo 1 Fire Changed Spaceship Design Forever (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's first major disaster, the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts 45 years ago today, marked a dark day for the space agency. But it also marked the beginning of NASA's continual process of learning from its own mistakes.

Czechs sign deal to host EU's satellite navigation (AP)
AP - The Czech government has signed a deal for Prague to host the headquarters of an ambitious satellite navigation system that is meant to become the main rival to the U.S. Global Positioning System.

Gingrich Rockets Past Romney on the Space Issue (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The all-important Florida primary could create the most closely watched "Space Race" since the United States and the Soviet Union competed for aerospace glory. And in this battle, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is likely to blast off past ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems (Reuters)
Reuters - NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to their parent star than Mercury circles the Sun, scientists said on Thursday.

Bus-Size Asteroid to Give Earth Close Shave Friday (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A small asteroid will make an extremely close pass by Earth Friday (Jan. 27), coming much nearer than the moon, but the space rock poses no danger of impacting our planet, NASA scientists say.

NASA Telescope Discovers 26 Alien Planets Around 11 Different Stars (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's prolific planet-hunting spacecraft has hit the jackpot again, discovering 11 new planetary systems with 26 confirmed alien planets among them. 

Newt Gingrich Proves His Priorities Are Mixed Up with Future Space Ambitions (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Space reports that Newt Gingrich intends to have a manned colony permanently on the moon by 2020 if he is elected president. Gingrich talked about his space plans to a crowd in Cocoa, Fla., and he also has ambitions to explore Mars. As an American citizen that is concerned with the future economic state, here is why Gingrich is out of touch with the American people regarding his space ambitions.

New Clues Into Moon's Magnetic Mystery Revealed (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The moon may have possessed a magnetic field for much longer than previously thought, one that was also much stronger than scientists had predicted, a new study finds.

Cold Plasma Layer Detected High Above Earth (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Cold, electrically charged particles have long been suspected to exist tens of thousands of miles above the Earth's surface, and now scientists have detected such ions there for the first time. And they are significantly more abundant at those heights than previously imagined.

Newt Gingrich Wants American Moon Colony by End of His Second Term (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid out a vision for space exploration that would be executed should he become president. He spoke at the Holiday Inn Express Space Coast Convention Center in Cocoa, Fla., according to Space.com.




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