NASA Plans to Visit the Sun

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by smartY June 12, 2008 - 10:25
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For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there.
"We are going to visit a living, breathing star for the first time," says program scientist Lika Guhathakurta of NASA Headquarters. "This is an unexplored region of the solar system and the possibilities for discovery are off the charts."

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Buzz Lightyear, Space Station Astronaut

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by smartY June 10, 2008 - 8:13
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Disney’s Buzz Lightyear takes a tour of the International Space Station

Buzz, a space ranger from the animated 1995 film “Toy Story,” launched to the International Space Station (ISS) last week aboard NASA’s shuttle Discovery as part of an educational campaign to encourage interest in science and math among schoolchildren. He’ll stay aboard the station for about six months alongside NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff.

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