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Buzz’s iPhone App

The Buzz Aldrin Portal to Science & Space Exploration is on iTunes and the iPhone App store!

http://buzzaldrin.com/community/buzzs-iphone-app/

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/06/buzz-aldrin-is-not-all-that-impressed-with-walking-on-the-moon.html

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Russian Scientist: UFO Crashed Into Meteorite to Save Earth

Did a UFO deliberately crash into a meteor to save Earth 100 years ago? That's what one Russian scientist is claiming.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522217,00.html?test=latestnews

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up:

FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist. And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24070088-13762,00.html

Panel: Astronauts Lit at Launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- Astronauts flew drunk on at least two occasions despite warnings from doctors and colleagues that they posed a flight safety risk, according to a report commissioned by NASA.  

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/07/27/nasa.woes/

Physicist Hawking Experiences Zero Gravity

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking floated free in zero gravity Thursday, becoming the first person with a disability to have the experience.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/26/hawking.flight.ap/

NASA’s Plan For Unstable Astronauts: Duct Tape, Tranquilizers

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- What would happen if an astronaut became mentally unstable in space and, say, destroyed the ship's oxygen system or tried to open the hatch and kill everyone aboard?

 http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/23/astronaut.plan.ap/

STS-117: Atlantis At The Pad

At Launch Complex 39, Atlantis is awaiting further preparation for her March 15th liftoff. NASA reports:

Atlantis at the Pad

STS-117 crewmembers pose for a portrait following a pre-flight press conference at Johnson Space Center. NASA PHOTO NO: JSC2007-E-10029At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Atlantis has arrived at Launch Pad 39A following a slow and careful trek from the enormous Vehicle Assembly Building.

Poised atop the mobile launcher platform and carried by the crawler transporter, the shuttle assembly began the 3.4-mile journey at 8:19 a.m. and was 'hard down' at the pad at 3:09 p.m. EST.

Meanwhile, the S3/S4 integrated truss segments are scheduled to be installed in the orbiter's payload bay Feb. 19.

Space Shuttle Status Report - 02.16.07

NASA's Angie Brewer shares processing highlights.
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Terry Virts is replacing accused kidnapper Lisa Nowak as STS-117 capcom.

NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak Charged With Attempted Kidnapping

ORLANDO, Fla.  —  An astronaut drove from Houston to Florida, donned a disguise and confronted a woman she believed was romantically involved with a space shuttle pilot she was in love with, police said. She was charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250415,00.html

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-bk-nasaastronaut0507feb05,0,6104316.story?coll=orl-home-headlines