A selection of news items from Internet RSS feeds around the world.
BBC News: astronomy space
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Mapping the 'great wheel of water'
You'd be forgiven for thinking that Europe's new Earth observation satellite was some kind of "space helicopter".
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NASA Breaking News
Link: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/index.html
NASA Spinoff 2009 Highlights Technologies That Improve Life on Earth
The 2009 edition of NASA's Spinoff, a publication that shows how NASA technology is being put to use in everyday life here on Earth, is available in print and online.
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NASA Seeks Student Payloads for High-Flying Research Balloon
NASA is accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and universities who want to send their experiments to the edge of space on a high-flying scientific balloon.
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Ceremony Reset for ESA Handover of Tranquility to NASA
The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from the European Space Agency, or ESA, to NASA has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20.
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Poisk Poised for Live NASA TV Space Station Docking
NASA Television will air the docking of the newest Russian module to the International Space Station starting at 9 a.m. CST Nov. 12.
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NASA Sets STS-129 Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details
News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis.
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Education Secretary Hosts DC Students for Talk with Space Station
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan are hosting Washington area middle and high school students Thursday for a live discussion with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury
A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of the planet Mercury gives scientists new scientific findings about this relatively unknown planet.
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NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge
NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.
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NASA Announces Advisory Council Chairs and Committee Structure
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden held his first meeting with the restructured NASA Advisory Council this week at the agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA Invites Reporters to Tranquility Node Ceremony at Kennedy
The European Space Agency, or ESA, will transfer ownership of the Tranquility node to NASA on Thursday, Nov. 19.
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ESA Science & Technology
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http://sci.esa.int
Rosetta:Rosetta's third Earth swingby
On 13 November 2009 Rosetta will swing by Earth and pass within 2500 km of Earth's surface. The manoeuvre is the fourth and last in a series of gravity assists and will provide the spacecraft with the required orbital boost to set course for the mission's final destination: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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COROT:CoRoT mission extended until 2013
Satellite operations for the CoRoT mission have been extended until 31 March 2013. The decision by the French Space Agency, CNES, and the mission partners, including ESA, was taken on 23 October at a specially convened meeting at the CNES Headquarters in Paris.
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Hubble:Opening up a colourful cosmic Jewel Box [heic0913]
The combination of images taken by three exceptional telescopes: the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the ESO Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal, the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla observatory has allowed the stunning Jewel Box star cluster to be seen in a whole new light.
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