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NASA's Take on 2012 December 21, 2012. It's the last date on the Mayan calendar and the cataclysmic storyline of a Hollywood blockbuster. Now NASA weighs in on what threatens to set this day apart from any other.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asteroid ThreatsIn two decades, a very large, fast and destructive asteroid is headed towards our planet ; so who's keeping an eye on these space rocks anyway?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Space ResortWell-heeled travelers will soon have the chance to get their feet far off the ground in accommodations that are out of this world!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Earth is LeakingIs Earth's atmosphere leaking out into the solar system?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Einstein's Theories TestedA race in space tests Einstein's theories of relativityListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Technologies Toll on the BrainBetween computers, cell phones, and the good old-fashioned boob tube, is technology taking a toll on some basic functions of the brain?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To Be Clean in SpaceCleanliness may be next to Godliness, but on a spacecraft it's a matter of life, death and accurate scientific research!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping Up the CommunicationOver forty years ago David Bowie's Major Tom lost communication with Earth while in space. Now the European Space Agency may have found a way to keep fiction from ever becoming fact!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Galactic NeigborsA hundred and twenty-five years ago, a cosmic misfit was unveiled as one of our closest galactic neighbors. Now, new images reveal that this glowing beauty is filled with stellar pyrotechnics and splendor!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More to the EquatorThe equator divides the earth equally, north and south. But is it just an imaginary line? Or is this a middle that makes a muddle of our planet's climate?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Airplane Sensors of the FutureWhen it comes to aircraft safety, minor dents, dings and cracks can be major. Now science is putting its energy towards early damage detection!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Extraterrestrial MineralsThey say that diamonds are a girl's best friend , but while we may live in a material world, the wealth of our planet's precious metals could have extraterrestrial origins!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Chemistry of LifeScience has yet to discover life on other planets, but the chemistry for life? Well, that's a whole new ball of gas.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Ring Around SaturnWhen it comes to giant rings, diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they ain't got nothin' on a certain planet in our solar system!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going Back to VenusThey've been out of touch for almost three decades, but now Russia is planning a reunion with Venus and inviting the international community to come along!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mysterious Magnetic FieldsUnraveling the mysteries of magnetic fields requires a closer look at plasma.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Moondust and MicrowavesNASA has another trick up its sleeve, but there's no magic hat - just moondust and microwaves!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A New Type of MessagingOnes and zero's of the digital world unite! Quantum messaging is right around the corner.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Buttering Up PilotsIf you're training for a triathlon, watching your fat intake is a good idea. But if you're piloting a fighter jet, recent findings say, - bring on the butter!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Screening Possibilities Remember when you could keep your clothes on at the airport? Those days may not be gone for good - if a new screening program proves successful.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ArterioVision TechnologyTechnology that helped us get a good look at Mars is now helping save lives here on Earth!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fall of the MayaThe Mayan civilization was a dominant force in Central America for 1200 years. Then one day, they were gone. Now, NASA technology is helping to find out why.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Insect RobotsNew research out of Oxford is generating quite a buzz - and it all centers around an insect!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Space StormsThe weather report for outer space is calling for continued cosmic ray storms and the most intense action may be yet to come!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Way to Commute?Hold on to your coffee cup, the future of mass transit is here - and your morning commute will never be the same!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wimpy Dark MatterTheories abound when it comes to Dark Matter. Some are popular one is just wimpy.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Haughton-Mars ProjectNASA is set on studying distant planets. But before blasting off, they'll spend some time navigating the next best thing - right here earth.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cliff Scaling RobotWith tips from cliff-scaling earthlings,teams of tethered rovers will really go places on Mars.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Illuminating CloudsThe eastern United States was recently covered with an unusual cloud and the event turned a dark night into an illuminating experience!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nervous System of AircraftThe next generation of jets can now detect their structural health by taking a cue from the human nervous system!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Space-based ArraysSolar Power developers are hoping to give space-based arrays, a design that's as simple as the sun.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apollo CrewThree at a time, NASA's Apollo astronauts ventured into the unknown and gave the world a new perspective of itself.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apollo 17Apollo 17 was a mission of firsts, lasts, and record-breaking endeavors for the Apollo space program.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apollo 11 Descent It took a national effort send humans to the moon but it would take the efforts of a few astronauts to give Apollo 11 a safe lunar landing.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website After the Moon LandingIn 1969, a nation was united with a footstep and a phrase ,but Apollo 11 also set the stage for future Apollo successes in engineering and science.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Before the Moon LandingThe Apollo program's ascent to glory started long before Apollo 11 touched down on the lunar surface!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apollo 11 ScienceThe Apollo 11 astronauts were the first to kick up lunar dust, but they also kicked off some serious scienceListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Apollo 11 EVAWhat's a trip to the moon with out a walk on it too?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Moon's Silicon DiscThe first crew to step foot on the moon left lasting messages from around the world.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Sea of TranquilityThe Apollo 11 mission had the world on the edge of its seat, but a well-chosen landing site brought some 'tranquility' to the historic trip.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Apollo Program OverviewNASA's giant leap to the moon was really a series of small steps, made possible by big engineering.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Space TomatoA failed space experiment has launched into a fruity success story - and it's packing a nutritional punch!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where Space StartsWhere does Earth's atmosphere end and space begin?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Different Kind of Jet FuelA new alternative fuel is ready for take-off - and it could cut the aviation industry's greenhouse gas emissions by 84 percent!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Utilizing AlgaeWhat's so interesting about algae? It could take a rocket scientist to find out.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Terrestrial or Not Terrestrial?Terrestrial or not terrestrial- that is the question asked by planet hunting scientistsListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tornadoes in SpaceNew research has revealed the cause of Earth's beautiful auroras.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNA & MarsA new DNA test designed for use on Mars might connect the dots in the sequence of life's origins.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NASA Helps HeartsAdvanced plastics designed for aircraft lead the way to a healthy heart.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | |