NEEMO Undersea Crew Tests Tools and Techniques For Future Spacewalks

This photograph of NASA astronaut Serena Aunon (@AstroSerena) moving tools and equipment underwater was taken during the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 20 mission. NEEMO 20 is focusing on evaluating tools and techniques being tested for future spacewalks on a variety of surfaces and gravity levels. via NASA http://ift.tt/1I7kFb3

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Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains of Mars

Seasonal frost commonly forms at middle and high latitudes on Mars, much like winter snow on Earth. However, on Mars most frost is carbon dioxide (dry ice) rather than water ice. This frost appears to cause surface activity, including flows in gullies. via NASA http://ift.tt/1LZCz3H

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Africa and Europe from a Million Miles Away

Africa is front and center in this image of Earth taken by a NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Ky6MX2

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Lone Star Agrees to Buy Quintain of Britain for $1.1 Billion by CHAD BRAY

By CHAD BRAY

The British property investment company is developing land near Wembley Stadium in London and plans to build about 5,500 homes there.

Published: July 29, 2015 at 08:00PM

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A Conversation With Neo Que Yau by VIVIAN MARINO

By VIVIAN MARINO

Mr. Neo, 56, is chief of the Euro Properties Group, a real estate development company based in Hong Kong. The firm is working on its first project in New York.

Published: July 28, 2015 at 08:00PM

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Round of Testing Completed on Webb Telescope Flight Mirrors

This July 11, 2015 photograph captures one of the final, if not the final, James Webb Space Telescope flight primary mirror segments to be processed through NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility (CIAF). via NASA http://ift.tt/1JODnSV

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Activity at Klyuchevskoy Volcano

This photograph, taken on May 4, 2015 by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station, highlights one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth: the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia. The three largest volcanoes visible at image center include Kliuchevskoy, Bezymianny, and Ushkovsky. via NASA http://ift.tt/1VJ4BUb

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David Politis of BetterCloud: Start by Working Beyond Your Résumé by ADAM BRYANT

By ADAM BRYANT

The chief executive of the cloud-based software company BetterCloud advises college graduates to begin their careers in a job where they can make a difference.

Published: July 25, 2015 at 08:00PM

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Pluto Dazzles in False Color

Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with color data from the Ralph instrument to create this enhanced color global view of Pluto. via NASA http://ift.tt/1VF7vsW

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July 23, 1999, Chandra X-ray Observatory Awaits Deployment

This 70mm frame shows the 50,162-pound Chandra X-ray Observatory before it was tilted upward for its release from the Space Shuttle Columbia’s payload bay on July 23, 1999, just a few hours following the shuttle’s arrival in Earth orbit. Chandra was spring-ejected from a cradle in the payload bay at 6:47 a.m. Central time. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IgnfbE

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Soyuz Rocket Boosts Expedition 44 Crew to the International Space Station

The Soyuz TMA-17M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 5:02 p.m. EDT (3:02 a.m. on July 23 Baikonur time). via NASA http://ift.tt/1CVFJ5f

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Expedition 44 Launches to the International Space Station

The Soyuz TMA-17M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 5:02 p.m. EDT (3:02 a.m. on July 23 Baikonur time). via NASA http://ift.tt/1RRKjZ8

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Smoke Over the Greenland Sea

The 2015 wildfire season in the Arctic has been very intense – and very smoky. As of July 15, over 3,190,000 acres had burned across Canada, according to Natural Resources Canada. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), more than 600 fires had burned millions of acres in Alaska as of July 7. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Oxot7X

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NASA’s New Horizons Finds Second Mountain Range in Pluto’s ‘Heart’

Pluto’s icy mountains have company. NASA’s New Horizons mission has discovered a new, apparently less lofty mountain range on the lower-left edge of Pluto’s best known feature. via NASA http://ift.tt/1gMQrRI

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NASA Captures “EPIC” Earth Image

A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KgqOm1

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Paid Notice: Deaths KESSEL, GEORGE by Unknown Author

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KESSEL–George, of Delray Beach, FL, on July 07, 2015, formerly of Bergenfield, NJ. George was born and raised in Bergenfield. He graduated Bergenfield High School and attended Newark College of Engineering. He is survived by his loving wife Joan,…

Published: July 9, 2015 at 08:00PM

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Frozen Carbon Monoxide in Pluto’s ‘Heart’

Peering closely at the “heart of Pluto,” in the western half of what mission scientists have informally named Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), New Horizons’ Ralph instrument revealed evidence of carbon monoxide ice. The contours indicate that the concentration of frozen carbon monoxide increases towards the center of the “bull’s eye.” via NASA http://ift.tt/1fb6Vlr

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