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• Vote Now! Best Space Stories of the Week – March 9, 2014
• Live Webcast Helps Track Large Newfound Asteroid Tonight: How to Watch
• 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' Reboots Carl Sagan's Landmark TV Series on Fox Tonight
• Carl Sagan & 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey': Complete Coverage
• Best Space Photos of the Week - March 8, 2014
• Best Night Sky Photos of the Week: March 8, 2014
• NASA at SXSW: A Space Fan's Guide
• Moon Passes Brilliant Jupiter Sunday Night: How to See It
• March Stargazing: Jupiter and Gemini Twins Shine While Asteroids Fly By
• Vintage 'Cosmos' Marathon Airs This Weekend on National Geographic Channel

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NASA Watch

• Glaring Inconsistencies in U.S. Space Collaboration Policies
• Neil Tyson's Confusing Take on Space Commerce
• Looking Back On How To Look Forward in Space
• Is A NASA Mission to Europa Real?
• Science News CASIS Would Rather You Not See
• Will Ukraine Invasion Mobilize Support for U.S. Commercial Crew?
• Where Is NASA in the U.S./Russia Spat?
• Senate Appropriations Hearing on National Security Space Launch Program

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Space Daily

• NASA Tests New Robotic Refueling Technologies
• Robotic Exploration of Moon, Mars a Priority
• First Light for MUSE
• Opportunity Mars Rover Exploring Murray Ridge Area
• NASA Releases Image of GREECE Mission Launching Into Aurora
• Russia to launch three lunar rovers from 2016 to 2019
• UoSAT-2 clocks up an outstanding 30 years of in-orbit operations
• China to launch first "space shuttle bus" this year
• Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole's Spin
• A small step toward discovering habitable earths

The Write Stuff

• Elon to Texas: ‘It is looking quite good’ for Texas launch site
• All looks good for SpaceX Dragon launch at 10:10 a.m.
• NASA fully restores communication with space station; contact was lost for much of the morning
• NASA loses contact with International Space Station — all’s well; Ford: “flying straight, everyone’s in good shape”
• Fly me to the moon? Can do, for $1.5B
• UCF, FIT, Sanford-Burnham projects headed to ISS
• NASA, SpaceX join to investigate launch glitch
• Next SpaceX launch set for Oct 7 – this one counts
• Sold American: Space auction aims to raise money for Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
• NASA probe problems could add suspense to Mars landing

New Scientist - Space

• Most Mars meteorites may be from same giant crater
• Hubble catches first disintegrating asteroid on camera
• Earth raises a plasma shield to battle solar storms
• Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? Maybe…
• Daring Mars fly-by in limbo after US Congress hearing
• Moon's radio glow could keep Muslim calendars in sync
• 'Great curtains of delicate light hung and trembled'
• Father of big bang carries its hiss on his cellphone

The Space Review

• Mars 2021 and the quest for direction in human spaceflight
• The Affording Mars Workshop: background and recommendations
• Apollo 9: testing the lunar module
• Review: Microlaunchers
• Rocket science on a shoestring
• Shining light on dark matter
• Elon's elan
• Orbital debris: resource ladder to the stars
• Review: Branson: Behind the Mask
• EELV's era of transition

Yahoo! News - SPACE

• Live Webcast Helps Track Large Newfound Asteroid Tonight: How to Watch
• 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' Reboots Carl Sagan's Landmark TV Series on Fox Tonight
• Moon Passes Brilliant Jupiter Sunday Night: How to See It
• Space Camp Launches Crowd-Funding Effort to Land NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft
• Carl Sagan's Legacy: From the 'Pale Blue Dot' to Interstellar Space
• Carl Sagan's Legacy: Scientists, Fans Share Memories of Famed Astronomer
• Vintage 'Cosmos' Marathon Airs This Weekend on National Geographic Channel
• Winklevoss Twins in Space: Not the 1st Identical Siblings to Leave Earth

Cosmic Log

FLIGHT GLOBAL

• SpaceX Grasshopper moves to New Mexico
• Sierra Nevada passes second NASA commercial crew checkpoint
• IN FOCUS: SpaceShipTwo makes first powered flight
• Chinese Long March successfully puts communications satellite into orbit
• ATK reaches major milestone with SLS rocket boosters
• SpaceShipTwo ignites engine in-flight
• China and Russia successfully launch satellites
• Budget woes may mean schedule slips, employee furloughs for NASA

ESA - Top News

• Week in Images
• Catching signals from a speeding satellite
• Lava floods the ancient plains of Mars
• Name that mission
• Shenanigan training
• Touchy-feely joystick heading to Space Station
• First Copernicus satellite at launch site
• Planet hunter sharpens eye surgery

ESA - Human Spaceflight

• Name that mission
• Inspiring the next generation of space medicine experts
• Catching signals faster
• Shenanigan training
• ESA Summer Workshop for Teachers 2014
• Calling scientists: send your experiment out of this world
• Touchy-feely joystick heading to Space Station
• Bouncing Sun

ESA - Space Science

• Lava floods the ancient plains of Mars
• Star factory
• ESA selects planet-hunting PLATO mission
• Gaia comes into focus
• ExoMars orbiter core module completed
• The competition winners who helped us wake up Rosetta
• Rosetta wide awake as check-up continues
• Herschel discovers water vapour around dwarf planet Ceres

JPL Mars Exploration

• Mars Rover Heads Uphill After Solving 'Doughnut' Riddle
• NASA's Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover
• Free Mars Exploration Rover 10-Year Anniversary Event Tonight
• NASA, Smithsonian Host 10-Year Mars Rover Events
• Decade-Old Rover Adventure Continues on Mars and Earth
• Mars Rover Opportunity Heads Uphill
• Mars Rover Opportunity Working at Edge of 'Solander'
• Overhead View of Mars Rover 10 Years After Launch

Open NASA

• It’s official: we’ve moved to open.nasa.gov
• Citizen Science
• The Next Rocket Scientist: YOU
• Rethinking Engineering Culture :: Data, Openness, Social
• Houston Hack-B-Q
• Space Technology Fellowships
• LAUNCH: NASA Advisory Council Education and Public Outreach Committee Presentation
• A Path Forward

ASTRO LOG

• VIDEO: Senator LeMieux “NASA Obligated to Continue Constellation”
• VIDEO: Huston Mayor Urges Obama to save Constellation
• MSNBC VIDEO – Bill Nelson: Obama Wants to go to Mars
• Senators Bennett and Hatch are teaming up with Congressman Bishop to save Constellation
• Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Close the Space Gap, Keep America First in Space
• Aderholt “Extremely Pleased” That NASA May Be Reconsidering Ending Constellation
• SPACE ART: NASA “Plan B” Movie Poster
• Entire Florida Congressional Delegation Sends Bipartisan Letter to Obama Regarding NASA’s FY 2011 Budget
• VIDEO: NASA “Plan B”
• NASA “Plan B” Email

The New Space Race

• Tourism firm to offer space rides for $102,000
• SpaceShipTwo makes first test flight
• Virgin Galactic to fire up SpaceShipTwo in 2011
• Veil lifts slightly on Blue Origin rocket project
• NASA's space change: Renting the Right Stuff
• First U.S. commercial spaceport is taking shape
• It’s ‘Truth or Dare’ time for rocketeers
• Cosmic Log: What’s next for X?

Space Politics

• Arizona and Colorado legislatures consider space industry legislation
• Europa on five (hundred thousand) dollars a day
• Mixed reactions to NASA budget proposal
• Two key Texas races heading to runoffs
• NASA FY 2015 budget supports asteroids, Europa, and commercial crew, but sacrifices SOFIA
• What to look for on budget day
• In JSC’s district, space is a minor issue for GOP congressional candidates
• At hearing, some argue Mars flyby mission can provide direction for NASA human spaceflight program

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Discovery News Space

• There's No Planet X
• Infrared Stellar Mystery Solved With Magnetic Fuzz
• Comet Swarm Smash-Up Spied Around Nearby Star
• Martian Spring Thaws Frigid Sand Dunes: Big Pic
• Impact Crater Origin of Mars Meteorites Discovered
• Hubble Witnesses Mysterious Breakup of Asteroid
• Dinky Space Rock to Buzz Earth in Not-So-Scary Flyby
• Distant Black Hole Spins at Half the Speed of Light

Science @ NASA

• A Telescope Bigger than a Galaxy
• Hubble Witnesses Asteroid's Mysterious … sintegration
• A Breakthrough in Planet Discoveries
• Rain and Snow Satellite Set to Launch
• Supernovas Slosh Before Exploding
• Mars Rover Solves Doughnut Riddle
• 10 More Years for the ISS
• California Drought

THE FLAME TRENCH

• Mechanical problems plague China's Jade Rabbit moon lander
• Shiloh debate moves to Titusville tonight
• Shiloh's future draws spirited crowd
• Public invited to comment on proposed Shiloh launch complex
• Space Notebook: Pair headed for U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
• Glitch scrubs Morpheus test flight