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Spacecraft Named by Bozeman Students to Crash Into Moon

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:44:30 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's latest moon mission is about to meet its end.

Did NASA Try to Cover Up A UFO Siting This Easter?

Cole — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:42:56 +0000

Watch the video starting from the 4:00 minute mark to get a full idea of what the video is showing. The camera takes an abrupt angle change around 4:40 to point up at the three (possibly four) objects. The commentator then begins to explain that the objects are reflections off of tin foil. We will let you be the judge on what the objects are. Let us know in the comments below.

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Emily Dickinson Students Choose First Student-Selected Moon Images [PHOTO]

Cole — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:30:45 +0000

Fourth Grade students of Bozeman's Emily Dickinson Elementary School were honored with choosing the first photos to be released from the two satilites, Ebb and Flow, orbiting the moon. The students won this honor by submitting the winning names, Ebb and Flow, for the two satellites in a national contest. The photo they chose gives a great depiction of the far side of the moon along with Earth just off the horizon. Two things you never get to see while stationed here on Earth.

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NASA Releases Amazing Hi-Res Photo of Earth [PHOTO]

Don Deane — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:08:14 +0000

Photos of the Earth taken from space are nothing new, but you’ve never seen the planet like this before, guaranteed. Dubbed “Blue Marble,” this NASA photo is a staggering 64-megapixels with an 8000 x 8000 resolution.

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NASA Says 2011 Was Insanely Warm on Planet Earth

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:49:50 +0000

Some people may think climate change is just a myth, but there’s no arguing with this: NASA scientists say the earth’s surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880. What’s more, nine of the 10 warmest years in modern recorded history have occurred since the year 2000.

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Emily Dickinson Fourth Graders Name NASA's Moon Crafts

Cole — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:13:51 +0000

In September of 2011 two space crafts were sent up to orbit and document the Moon's surface. NASA held a national competition to collect name submissions for the two Moon Crafts and Nina DiMauro's Fourth Grade Class at Emily Dickinson Elementary in Bozeman won with the names 'Ebb' and 'Flow'.

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NASA Confirms Possibly Habitable Planet Similar To Earth

1450 KMMS AM — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:46:40 +0000

NASA revealed yesterday that its Kepler Mission has confirmed the existence of a habitable planet. The planet is 2.4 times the size of Earth and it orbits its star at a distance that would allow liquid water. The planet is named Kepler-22b.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off for Final Mission [PHOTOS]

1450 KMMS AM — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:56:26 +0000

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission Friday morning.

Thousands gathered to watch the blast off, the final of the 30-year-old shuttle program, CNN reported.

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NASA Captures Massive Solar Flare On Camera (VID)

1450 KMMS AM — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:24:31 +0000

It’s an amazing sight — and something you’ll never see it on this planet. A 90-minute storm on the surface of the Sun was captured on video by NASA last week.

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MSU satellite set to launch Feb. 23 on NASA mission

Mark Allen — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:44:39 +0000

The first Montana satellite chosen to ride on a NASA space mission -- a small research satellite that involved more than 125 Montana State University students over five years -- is set to launch on Wednesday, Feb

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Challenger Shuttle Explosion: We Must Learn From Our Mistakes

1450 KMMS AM — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:41:40 +0000

It has been 25 years today since the Challenger tragedy that left millions of Americans in disbelief. The explosion of the space shuttle still looms in the minds of most which raises the question, "When will NASA make it's next big move, and will we ever make it to Mars?"

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