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  • May 2008
    • Old Columbia Test Sheds Light on Ketchup

      Old Columbia Test Sheds Light on Ketchup

      (Newser) - A hard drive recovered from the Columbia shuttle disaster confirms an old theory about why people shake ketchup before pouring it, LiveScience reports. Astronauts on the craft were conducting a zero-gravity experiment with xenon, a gas, to study viscosity, but scientists feared the results were lost after Columbia burned up 5 years ago. More »

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      astronauts   Columbia Space Shuttle   experiments   Columbia disaster   shuttle Columbia   zero gravity

  • March 2008
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  • January 2008
    • '08 NASA Missions Called Risky

      '08 NASA Missions Called Risky

      (Newser) - NASA is speeding up its space shuttle flight schedule to meet the 2010 deadline for the completion of the International Space Station. This year alone, the space agency will launch six missions—twice the number of the last two years—and some experts worry that the crunch is a recipe for a Columbia-like disaster. "Something has to give," one told the Washington Post . More »

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      NASA   International Space Station   space   space shuttle   Atlantis   Columbia disaster

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