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Nasa Warms up the back-up shuttle.

By Joe Weber | Published: May 12, 2009
1. You know it’s a dangerous NASA Mission when there’s a backup Shuttle on Standby - The new mission to upgrade the Hubble is risky enough that NASA has one of their remaining shuttles on the extra launch pad, ready to go in case the shuttle in orbit gets hit by space junk and can’t come [...]
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Lincoln’s 200th Birthday

By Joe Weber | Published: February 12, 2009
1. Happy Birthday Mr. 16th President Abraham Lincoln would have been 200 yrs old today. Test what you think you know about him, with a nifty quiz from the PBS show “Looking for Lincoln.” And don’t forget to watch “Looking For Lincoln too.” Which you can do, online, right here… (From Whitehouse.gov, and [...]
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