KODAK Digital Technology to Provide Mission-Critical Images for Space Flight bi2691924 On the upcoming flight of shuttle Discovery, planned for launch on May 31, 2008, KODAK Digital Technology again be instrumental capturing critical images and helping to safeguard the well-being of shuttle astronauts during re-entry back to earth

Scientists spot gigantic earth-sized tornadoes on Sun (New Kerala) bi2691924 Washington, May 28 : Scientists have spotted gigantic earth-sized tornadoes twirling on the surface of the sun and firing white-hot charged particles interplanetary

13:06 (BST), 29/05/2008 Space Station Sim Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRE bi2691924 Station Sim, a new simulation game for PC, has been announced by Avanquest Software. The game provides an out of world experience as players manage the creation of an international station true 3D construction

Google Earth's 3D landscapes now available through browser plug-in (BetaNews) bi2691924 With a simple tweak to the JavaScript code that embeds a Google Maps control a Web page, your site can now have a fully operational Google Earth control

Valley View School Board hires 13 teachers (The Scranton Times-Tribune) bi2691924 ARCHBALD ? Valley View School Board hired 13 teachers Wednesday, but not before two hours of discussion and an admonishment from a teacher candidate for not hiring a single male elementary teacher

In and Around the Garden: Perspectives East and West on View at The Ackland A bi2691924 Catherine Chalmers: Safari from American Cockroach, 2006; video still. Courtesy of the artist. CHAPEL HILL, N.C.- A deep appreciation for the cultivated earth has been central to human culture for millennia

Is mankind contaminating space? (News-Medical-Net) bi2691924 Life outer an absolute certainty, and likely to be more familiar than we might think, according to an article the May issue of Microbiology Today. Ever the start of the race we have sent more than just satellites and astronauts : craft are not routinely decontaminated and are teeming microbial life

7 astronauts taking Japan's lab to space station (AP via Yahoo! News) bi2691924 The seven astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery deliver and install Japan's massive lab, Kibo, or Hope, at the international station. A look at the six men and one woman who tackle the job:..

UPDATE: Video: To Infinity and Beyond! Disney Parks and NASA Send Buzz Lighty bi2691924 It's a dream come true for Buzz Lightyear as Disney Parks and NASA send the 12-inch-tall action figure "to infinity and beyond!"..

High-ranking Google Earth programmer departs (CNET) bi2691924 Wes Thierry, who for six years led development of the Google Earth software that runs on people's PCs, leaves to join a virtual reality company

Pope says save earth for future generations (The New Zealand Herald) bi2691924 SYDNEY - Pope Benedict called on Thursday for the earth to be protected for future generations, saying the world had been "scarred" erosion and deforestation and oceans squandered to fuel an insatiable consumption

Scientists wonder: Can we engineer a cooler Earth? (Arizona Daily Sun) bi2691924 Launch myriad mirrors to deflect a fraction of sunlight from reaching Earth. Seed the stratosphere sulfur or other particles to cut some of the sun's rays. Bioengineer trees to soak up huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the air. Scatter unmanned self-powered ships to roam the world's oceans funneling sea spray high the sky to help form protective clouds

Pope Warns Of Earth's Squandered Resources (CBS News) bi2691924 The world's natural resources are being squandered the pursuit of "insatiable consumption," Pope Benedict XVI has warned a speech that also slammed television and the Internet for exalting violence as entertainment

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