Results tagged “nasa”

• Militants bomb Pakistan market hours after Clinton arrives in country
• Gunmen storm guest house, kill UN workers in Afghanistan
• San Francisco's Bay Bridge closed indefinitely due to fallen debris

• President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize.
• NASA's strike on moon worked, mission official says.
• House votes to expand hate crimes definition.

• Health care reform rally at the First United Methodist Church on Saturday had people shouting at each other across a median on 12th Street, (on a block between Lavaca and Colorado.) See the picture of Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) making his own devil horns!
• Three boaters rescued after being lost for 8 days in the Gulf of Mexico! They survived on crackers, gum and beer, before being picked up by a yacht where they were served steaks!
• Have you seen this escapee from the Burnet County Jail?

When the Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off for its 13-day mission this week, the crew will be carrying samples from an Austin biotech company. Astrogenetix has been working with NASA for more than a year, doing vaccine research in hopes of developing new medicines. The microgravity of space allows biological systems to interact more quickly than they do on Earth.

• Obama delivering a sort of state of the union speech tonight to Congress and America.
• Obama administration may set national policy for automobile emissions standards.
• Rupert Murdoch himself personally apologizes for last week's controversial cartoon in the New York Post.

Richard Garriott held a small video camera in one hand, capturing the moment as his Russian spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere. His other hand then enters the frame, and points to wisps of smoke snaking out from under the ship's instrument panel, alerting his fellow crew members.

Last October, gaming guru Richard Garriott blasted into space aboard a Russian rocket on its way to the international space station. On Saturday, Austin audiences will get their chance to hear what happened as Garriott gives two presentations (2:30 pm and 8 pm) at the Zachary Scott Theater Center.

Photo by smellyknee on flickr
• Sorry, Kucinich fans: Federal judge rules that he won't be on the Texas ballot.
• Downtown oil-spill sends 1,500 gallons of oil into Waller Creek, and it is still unclear where the oil came from.
• City of Hutto signs U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.