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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND in Space: Day 9 – Winding Down
Day 9 Winding Down: by Tim OKeefe Yesterday was a day to wind down, catch up on some rest, and view some additional sights in Moscow. After arriving back in Moscow from Baikonir, Kazakhstan, on Wed...
Posted on 5/31/13 at 1:45 PM
ASTRO BOB How to zero in on asteroid 1998 QE2 during Friday's flyby
So we got this hefty asteroid approaching Earth tomorrow. 1998 QE2 will pass a safe3.6 million miles (5.8 million km) or 15 times the distance of the moon at 3:59 p.m. Central time tomorrow afternoo...
Posted on 5/30/13 at 10:38 AM
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
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
BEST FRIENDS ND Ride Sally Ride
American Woman Who Shattered Space Ceiling NASA, via Agence France-Presse Getty Images Sally Ride communicating with ground controllers during the six-day space mission of the Challenger in 1983.Mor...
Posted on 7/24/12 at 9:30 AM
UND grad blasts off for International Space Station 
She launched along with other members of the Expedition 36 team from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for the seven-hour trip to the ISS, more than 200 miles above the earth.
By Will Beaton , May 28, 2013
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
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