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THE DULLUM FILE Karen Nyberg
We're going to be talking soon on WDAZ News @5 with UND graduate Karen Nyberg from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia as she makes final preparations for a launch to the International Sp...
Posted on 5/4/13 at 5:30 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND Space Studies hosts alum and NASA life scientist Jon Rask, Monday, April 15
The Spring 2013 Space Studies Colloquium Series focus on the general theme "Near-Earth Asteroid Mining" and has featured several leading experts in the field. The fifth and final presentation in th...
Posted on 4/12/13 at 4:57 PM
ASTRO BOB No kidding, we might just grab, bag and drag an asteroid to Earth
Animation of NASA's Asteroid Retrieval Mission Wait a minute, let me rub my eyes again. It looks like we're about to take the first step toward retrieving an asteroid. NASA's proposed 2014 budget in...
Posted on 4/11/13 at 12:44 PM
NEW PLATEAUS Out of This World
Plans to send people to Mars are developing. Last time I shared with you the best views of this planet. But if that wasn't enough to impress you, than maybe you ought to consider these other horizons...
Posted on 12/7/12 at 10:22 AM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES A Small Step into a Giant World: A Tribute to Neil Armstrong
"That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." Those few words created waves that would shap the way we think of exploration. From the moment Earth was created, man wanted to explore ne...
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:35 AM
Spacewalking repair halts station leak - for now 
Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak.
By Marcia Dunn , May 11, 2013
NASA: Spacewalk planned to fix space station leak
Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station.
By Seth Borenstein , May 10, 2013
St Cloud State professor is part of NASA project
A St. Cloud State University physicist has learned he will be part of a NASA project that will study fluctuations in the Earth's atmosphere.
By Associated Press , April 19, 2013
HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES: NASA biologist to speak at UND
Jon Rask, a senior NASA scientist and UND alumnus, will speak at the university today as part of this spring’s Space Studies Colloquium Series about near-Earth asteroid mining.
By Herald Staff Report , April 15, 2013
UND students chosen as NASA’s ambassadors
The stars aligned for UND graduate students Annie Wargetz and Katrina Jackson when they were recently chosen as 2013 ambassadors for NASA.
By Jennifer Johnson , April 08, 2013
Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer
NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator revealed Friday.
By Seth Borenstein , April 05, 2013
UND grad returning to space in May for six months on the International Space Station
Karen Nyberg will spend six months on the International Space Station. Her launch is scheduled for May 28.
By Jennifer Johnson , March 19, 2013
Supply ship meets space station after shaky start
A private Earth-to-orbit delivery service made good on its latest shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, overcoming mechanical difficulty and delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse.
By Marcia Dunn , March 03, 2013
NASA astronaut to speak at UND Friday
Former NASA astronaut Mario Runco will deliver a public lecture at UND’s John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at 10 a.m. Friday in the lecture bowl in Clifford Hall Room 210.
By Herald Staff Report , January 24, 2013
Road trip on tap for NASA's Mars rover in new year
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Since captivating the world with its acrobatic landing, the Mars rover Curiosity has fallen into a rhythm: Drive, snap pictures, zap at boulders, scoop up dirt. Repeat.
By Alicia Chang , December 29, 2012
Astronauts, family mourn humble hero Armstrong
Neil Armstrong was a humble hero who saw himself as a team player and never capitalized on his celebrity as the first man to walk on the moon, mourners said Friday outside a private service attended by fellow space pioneers, including his two crewmates on the historic Apollo 11 mission.
By Dan Sewell , August 31, 2012
NASA rover Curiosity lands on Mars (with video)
The robotic explorer Curiosity's daring plunge through the pink skies of Mars was more than perfect. It landed with spectacular style, said a NASA scientist, describing the first images of its mechanical gymnastics.
By Alicia Chang , August 06, 2012
UND hosting party for Mars rover landing
The University of North Dakota is hosting a party in conjunction with the planned landing of NASA's new robot rover on Mars.
By Associated Press , August 04, 2012
Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61
NASA confirmed her death Monday afternoon and President Barack Obama called her a national hero. Her office in San Diego said she died of pancreatic cancer.
By Associated Press , July 23, 2012
NASA builds menu for planned Mars mission in 2030's
Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1960s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the early years of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is stirring, mixing, measuring, brushing and, most important, tasting the end result of their cooking.
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti , July 17, 2012
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