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From the Cloud to the Crowd: NASA and Microsoft Ask Citizen Scientists to ���Be a Martian���...important. " The project was created through an agreement between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Microsoft, with contributions from Arizona State University and - through a grant by Microsoft Research - Oxford University. It was built... In this article: NASA, Mars, Microsoft, Galaxy Zoo, Web application, Oxford University, and The War of the Worlds |
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New Kerala | October 25, 2009
Zimbabwe's new brand man looks at India success story
...globally. Mutambara, a Rhodes scholar who did a masters in electrical engineering/computer engineering at Oxford University and later worked on robotics at NASA as a research scientist, is no run-of-the-mill politician. Having worked...
In this article: Arthur G.O. Mutambara, India, Zimbabwe, Africa, Harare, Inflation, Oxford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and McKinsey & Company
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Times Online | November 13, 2009
$79m Nasa blast finds enough water for man on Moon to have bath$
"These results may just be the key to Nasa's plans to put man back on the Moon - the LCROSS team conducted a beautifully simple experiment and it seems to have paid off," said Chris Lintott, an astrophysicist from the University of Oxford.
In this article: University of Oxford, University of Durham, Chris Lintott, and White House
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Gearlog | July 10, 2009
Scientists Discover Oldest Supernova Ever
...of the study, in a separate BBC report. Back in April, NASA's Swift Observatory detected a 13-billion-year-old gamma-ray burst, most likely from a supernova near the beginning of the universe. But this latest discovery marks the first...
In this article: University of Oxford, UK, and BBC
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Seattle Times | November 18, 2007
Local News Two Washington students among Rhodes Scholarship winners Seattle Times Newspaper
...provide two or three years of study at Oxford University in England. Crabtree, who has helped design NASA parachute systems, plans to study information engineering. Polhamus, who worked on U.S.-China economic relations as an intern with...
In this article: Rhodes Scholarship, United States Military Academy, Washington, Western Washington University, Oxford University in England, Stanford University, and The Seattle Times Company
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TIME: Eye on Science | January 11, 2008
Dark Matter Made Visible (sort of)
...Made Visible (sort of) Magenta-colored areas represent the presence of invisible dark matter that surrounds clusters of galaxies/NASA, ESA, C. Heymans (University of British Columbia, Vancouver), M. Gray (University of Nottingham, U.K.), M....
In this article: University of Nottingham, Oxford University, Max-Planck Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Big Bang, Photon, Gravitational, Delusion, and Plasma Physics
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EurekAlert! - Space and Planetary Science | January 24, 2008
The mystery of Jupiter's jets uncovered
...a spatial and temporal resolution without precedent. On the one hand, they used the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and, on the other, the NASA telescope at the mountain tops of Hawaii and the telescopes in the Canary Islands, due to the infra-red...
In this article: Jupiter, Nature, Galileo probe, New Horizons, Hubble Space Telescope, University of Oxford, and University of the Basque Country
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Guardian Unlimited | September 22, 2008
Frank Cottrell Boyce on Eric's - The Musical and the early days of punk in Liverpool Stage The Guardian
...offered a place at Oxford university. At the time, that didn't seem so different from being recruited by Nasa or appearing on Top of the Pops, but I hesitated - it seemed unthinkable to leave Eric's behind. When I mentioned this to a DJ at the...
In this article: Liverpool, Liverpool, Big in Japan, Pete Wylie, Iggy Pop, and Guinea pig
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Wikipedia | October 12, 2009
Galaxy Zoo
...Zoo 2 - went live on 17 February 2009. The project is inspired by Stardust@home, where the public was asked by NASA to search images obtained from a mission to a comet for interstellar dust impacts. Galaxy Zoo is a collaboration between...
In this article: Galaxy Zoo, Cosmology, Portsmouth University, Nottingham University, Oxford University, Astronomy Picture of the Day, and Johns Hopkins University
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, pronounced: /ˈnæsə/) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958. NASA has led U.S. efforts for space exploration ever since, resulting in the Apollo missions to the Moon, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently NASA is supporting the International Space Station and developing new Ares I and V launch vehicles.
In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research. NASA Science is focused on better understanding Earth itself through the Earth Observing System, advancing heliophysics through the efforts of the Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics Research Program, exploring bodies throughout the Solar System with advanced robotic missions such as New Horizons, and researching astrophysics topics, such as the Big Bang, through the Great Observatories and associated programs. Since February 2006 NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research."
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shares data with various national and international organizations such as from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite.
- Name:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Also Known As:
- NASA
- Headquarters:
- Washington, D.C.
- No. of Employees:
- 17,900
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