AM 1240 KLYQ » NASA http://klyq.com Hamilton's News Talk Leader Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:20:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 NASA to Pay an Absolutely Ridiculous $70 Million Per Seat to Fly to the International Space Station http://klyq.com/nasa-70-million-international-space-station/ http://klyq.com/nasa-70-million-international-space-station/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:31:58 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161270 Hitching a ride usually only costs some gas and toll money.

But you’ll have to dig really deep into your pockets for a ride into orbit.

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]]> http://klyq.com/nasa-70-million-international-space-station/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Mars Rovers on a 'Sunny' Vacation – Call Back Later http://klyq.com/mars-rovers-on-a-sunny-vacation-call-back-later/ http://klyq.com/mars-rovers-on-a-sunny-vacation-call-back-later/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:02:07 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=102134 Since April 4th, the Mars rovers Curiosity and Opportunity have "hung up" their phones.

It's a planned disconnect, though. NASA reports that every two years the Earth and Mars end up on opposite sides of the Sun as they roll around the Solar System

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]]> http://klyq.com/mars-rovers-on-a-sunny-vacation-call-back-later/feed/ 0 A recent self-portrait of the Mars rover Curiosity. (JPL/NASA) Asteroid 2012 DA14 Passes By – As Predicted http://klyq.com/asteroid-2012-da14-passes-by-as-predicted/ http://klyq.com/asteroid-2012-da14-passes-by-as-predicted/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:58:46 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=92170 It was during the noon hour Mountain Time, that Asteroid 2012 DA14 approached and passed Earth Friday, February 15. Its path went in a general south to north direction.

It didn't hit any satellites and it didn't stay around very long

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]]> http://klyq.com/asteroid-2012-da14-passes-by-as-predicted/feed/ 0 This is a visualization created by NASA's program Eyes on the Solar System. This is NOT an actual photo of the asteroid. (NASA/Eyes on the Solar System) This Giant Asteroid Is Barely Going to Miss Earth on Friday http://klyq.com/asteroid-2012-da14-pass-earth/ http://klyq.com/asteroid-2012-da14-pass-earth/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:33:42 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=155725 Seventeen-thousand miles might not sound particularly close at first listen, but when it comes to a gigantic rock the size of half a football field, it's a bit scarier.

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]]> http://klyq.com/asteroid-2012-da14-pass-earth/feed/ 0 NASA Dinosaur Footprints Excavated From NASA's Backyard http://klyq.com/nasa-finds-dinosaur-footprints/ http://klyq.com/nasa-finds-dinosaur-footprints/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:00:57 +0000 Mike Adams http://guyspeed.com/?p=109533 The coolest thing we've ever found behind the house was a cigar box with our dad's stash in it, so this NASA find is pretty exciting.

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]]> http://klyq.com/nasa-finds-dinosaur-footprints/feed/ 0 YouTube Asteroid DA14 will Slip by Earth – Very Close http://klyq.com/asteroid-da14-will-slip-by-earth-very-close/ http://klyq.com/asteroid-da14-will-slip-by-earth-very-close/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:25:55 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=88978 If you listen regularly to KLYQ's overnight program "Coast to Coast AM," you know that an asteroid is going to zip by the Earth on February 15.

Some have predicted that the rock will hit the Earth, but the scientists at NASA, who track all the "Earth-crossing" asteroids out there in the Solar System, say the path takes the asteroid between the Earth and the Moon, but it will not hit us

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]]> http://klyq.com/asteroid-da14-will-slip-by-earth-very-close/feed/ 0 NASA has determined the path of Asteroid DA14. (NASA) Wanna See Something Cool? Part One 2013 http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-part-one-2013/ http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-part-one-2013/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:31:26 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=87709 I created this series to show off some amazing photos and videos from around the world and from out in space.

I did a few of these back in 2012 and we begin 2013 with an image from New Zealand. A video using an extreme telephoto lens with some accompanying music creates a memorable scene

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]]> http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-part-one-2013/feed/ 0 Moonrise in New Zealand. (Mark Gee Video at apod.nasa.gov) NASA May Stage Angry Birds-Style Invasion of Martian Moon http://klyq.com/angry-birds-martian-moon/ http://klyq.com/angry-birds-martian-moon/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:49:36 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=180318 The Angry Birds franchise turned to NASA for the development and promotion of their game Angry Birds Space. Now it appears the space agency is turning to the super-addictive game for their latest strategy to explore the great beyond.

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]]> http://klyq.com/angry-birds-martian-moon/feed/ 0 Ravio What About the Other Rovers on Mars? http://klyq.com/what-about-the-other-rovers-on-mars/ http://klyq.com/what-about-the-other-rovers-on-mars/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:50:41 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=83606 While the headlines from the science world are coming from the Curiosity Mars rover, not much is being published about older rovers on the planet.

The trophy for the "Little Rover That Could" should go to Opportunity, which is now starting its 10th year on the red planet

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]]> http://klyq.com/what-about-the-other-rovers-on-mars/feed/ 0 The Opportunity Mars rover at Endeavour Crater. (NASA/JPL) Wanna See Something Cool? And Slightly Scary? http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-and-slightly-scary/ http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-and-slightly-scary/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:31:21 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=82024 Time for one of our regular visits to the world of science.

At the center of our Milky Way galaxy, there is a black hole. The gravity force at a black hole is so great that light can not escape

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]]> http://klyq.com/wanna-see-something-cool-and-slightly-scary/feed/ 0 Dinnertime at a black hole. (NASA/SOFIA/FORCAST team/lau et al.2013) Was "One Small Step" a Lie? http://klyq.com/was-one-small-step-a-lie/ http://klyq.com/was-one-small-step-a-lie/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 04:13:39 +0000 Joy Larson http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=123368 If you haven’t heard already, apparently Neil Armstrong lied about having not preplanned the phrase “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil had always insisted that he came up with the phrase after he landed on the moon. Neil’s brother however, is telling a different story now that Neil is dead.

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]]> http://klyq.com/was-one-small-step-a-lie/feed/ 0 Spacecraft Named by Bozeman Students to Crash Into Moon http://klyq.com/spacecraft-named-by-bozeman-students-to-crash-into-moon/ http://klyq.com/spacecraft-named-by-bozeman-students-to-crash-into-moon/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:44:30 +0000 Associated Press http://kmmsam.com/?p=105563 LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's latest moon mission is about to meet its end.

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]]> http://klyq.com/spacecraft-named-by-bozeman-students-to-crash-into-moon/feed/ 0 NASA 40 Years Ago – Apollo 17 Leaves the Moon http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-leaves-the-moon/ http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-leaves-the-moon/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:45:46 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=75114 We've been remembering the last human visit to our Moon this week. For December 14, instead of a photo, we have video.

During the three-day stay on the moon for the Apollo 17 astronauts, they were watched on every moonwalk by NASA in Houston

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]]> http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-apollo-17-leaves-the-moon/feed/ 0 December 13, 1972, the Lunar Rover camera caught the lift-off the Apollo 17 Lander. (YouTube/NASA) 40 Years Ago – Day Two on the Moon for Apollo 17 http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-day-two-on-the-moon-for-apollo-17/ http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-day-two-on-the-moon-for-apollo-17/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:34:20 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=74840 The last two men to visit Earth's Moon used the Lunar Rover to cover some ground and visit interesting places near the landing site. Here (see photo) Harrison Schmitt is photographed by Gene Cernan next to one of the larger rock samples in Taurus-Littrow Valley

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]]> http://klyq.com/40-years-ago-day-two-on-the-moon-for-apollo-17/feed/ 0 Harrison Schmitt found a few outstanding boulders on the Moon. (Apollo 17/NASA) The Final Manned Trip To the Moon Started Today – 40 Years Ago! http://klyq.com/the-final-manned-trip-to-the-moon-started-today-40-years-ago/ http://klyq.com/the-final-manned-trip-to-the-moon-started-today-40-years-ago/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:10:00 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=73728 Yes, it was 40 years ago that a Saturn 5 rocket lifted Apollo 17 into orbit from Florida in the final visit to the moon by a human for 40 years.

The mission sent the craft to a rocky area of the moon and on board was the only professional geologist ever to visit that unexplored landscape - Harrison Schmitt

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]]> http://klyq.com/the-final-manned-trip-to-the-moon-started-today-40-years-ago/feed/ 0 Harrison Schmitt at the LEM on Apollo 17 - December 1972. (Apollo 17/NASA) Mansfield Library To Display Moon Rock [AUDIO] http://klyq.com/mansfield-library-to-display-moon-rock-audio/ http://klyq.com/mansfield-library-to-display-moon-rock-audio/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:35:16 +0000 Peter Christian http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=110026 The Mansfield Library at the University of Montana will display a fragment of moon rock and hold a series of lectures in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 17 moon landing.

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]]> http://klyq.com/mansfield-library-to-display-moon-rock-audio/feed/ 0 photo courtesy of NASA/Gettyimages.com NASA and Apple Engineers Develop $11,111 Coffee Maker http://klyq.com/nasa-and-apple-engineers-develop-11111-coffee-maker/ http://klyq.com/nasa-and-apple-engineers-develop-11111-coffee-maker/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:15:54 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=155677 What happens when rocket scientists take on the coffee machine? The answer is a $11,111 coffee maker which brews java at the "perfect" temperature.

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]]> http://klyq.com/nasa-and-apple-engineers-develop-11111-coffee-maker/feed/ 0 Blossom One Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Flight http://klyq.com/space-shuttle-endeavour-makes-final-flight/ http://klyq.com/space-shuttle-endeavour-makes-final-flight/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:52:07 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=55982 End of an era.

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]]> http://klyq.com/space-shuttle-endeavour-makes-final-flight/feed/ 0 The space shuttle Endeavour on a 474 Boeing jet, leaving on its cross-country trip. (NASA/Bill Ingalls) American Spacecraft Nears Edge of Solar System http://klyq.com/american-spacecraft-nears-edge-of-solar-system/ http://klyq.com/american-spacecraft-nears-edge-of-solar-system/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:16:58 +0000 Steve Fullerton http://klyq.com/?p=53060 Farther than any of our spacecraft have ever gone.

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]]> http://klyq.com/american-spacecraft-nears-edge-of-solar-system/feed/ 0 Both Voyager spacecraft have similar instruments. (NASA) See Photos and Video From Mars Rover Curiosity http://klyq.com/mars-rover-curiosity/ http://klyq.com/mars-rover-curiosity/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:46:22 +0000 Don Deane http://thefw.com/?p=142752 More about Mars and from Mars.

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