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NASA Ames Research Center and Google have teamed up primarily to provide more NASA information on the internet. Moon and Mars data from NASA will be put into Google Earth. Google will also include a feature to track the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle in real-time, using data provided by NASA.
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Astronomy
NASA and Google Join Forces
NASA Ames Research Center and Google have teamed up primarily to provide more NASA information on the internet. Moon and Mars data from NASA will be put into Google Earth. Google will also include a feature to track the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle in real-time, using data provided by NASA.- chron.com
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- Shuttle Endeavour Launch On Sunday Postponed
NASA on Sunday postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for the day due storms near Kennedy Space Center. NASA will next try to launch the shuttle on Monday at 6:51 p.m. Endeavour's launch was postponed twice last month because of a liquid...
- Nasa Sets Wednesday Launch Date For Shuttle Endeavour
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Google Earth has always been a great software. It allowed people to wander the globe right in front of their monitors, letting them find famous monuments and buildings, visit different countries, and most importantly, see what their house looks like from...
- Google Doodle Honours First American Woman In Space, Sally Ride
Google is celebrating 64th birth anniversary of American physicist and astronaut Sally Ride by posting an animation on its homepage. Sally was born in Los Angeles in 1951. She joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983....