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Today in Awesome

NASA’s New Class of Astronauts is Gender Equal

by Brooke Jaffe | 2:00 pm, June 17th, 2013

NASA announced today the eight members of it’s new class of astronauts– four of which were women. That is the highest percentage of women in a NASA class to date.

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It Came From Outer Space

Nine Months of Curiosity Roving in One Minute

by Susana Polo | 9:30 am, May 28th, 2013

Karl Sanford on YouTube has done the world a great service: he’s put together all of the pictures from the Curiosity Rovers first nine months in service (has it been nine months already? They grow up so fast… *sniff*) into what’s basically a one minute timelapse of the work the nuclear powered, car-sized robot that we put on Mars.

He also didn’t give it an audio track, which means I have prepared some options for you below the cut. Just hit play.

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We Have Done the Impossible and That Makes Us Mighty

Sally Ride Honored With the Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Susana Polo | 11:42 am, May 21st, 2013

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor the United States can award, created to recognize “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” In a ceremony yesterday, President Obama announced that he will be posthumously awarding the Medal to Sally Ride, the third woman, and first American woman, in space.

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Today in Awesome

Girl Expelled For Science Experiment Has Criminal Charges Dropped, Is Now Going To Space Camp

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:58 pm, May 18th, 2013

That turned out unexpectedly well. 

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To Boldly Go

Cast of Star Trek to Hail the ISS on All Frequencies

by Susana Polo | 4:11 pm, May 14th, 2013

What are you doing on Thursday morning? Get ready for it to feel lame, no matter what it is. Unless, of course, you are a Star Trek Into Darkness cast member or currently stationed aboard the International Space Station.

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To Boldly Go

At Least 78,000 Want Off Earth, Sign Up For One-Way Ticket To Mars

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:17 pm, May 10th, 2013

An application went out two weeks ago from a Dutch non-profit organization called Mars One. They were looking for a few people who want to go to Mars. Forever. They had 78,000 people respond. 

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Teen Titans Return to Television Tonight

by Susana Polo | 4:58 pm, April 23rd, 2013

Don’t be fooled by the regularly scheduled time of Cartoon Network’s DC Nation hour, Teen Titans Go! premieres tonight, at 7:30 EST. Don’t worry, Raven, we here The Mary Sue would never judge a person for watching a show intended for kids. Or whatever it is you’re hiding on that laptop screen. (Comics Alliance)

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Offered Without Comment

Scientists Update Us on Sex in Space; Thanks Scientists

by Susana Polo | 2:42 pm, April 18th, 2013

Sex in space (how to do it; what the consequences might be; and whether it’s happened already) isn’t something that most national space agencies are really comfortable putting out press releases on. I mean, except Russia. But that certainly doesn’t mean that people haven’t asked, theorized, and plotted models on it, and with more public interest from private organizations in space exploration since the end of the space shuttle program, and more public interest in Mars following the successful landing of the Curiosity rover, it seems like a good time as any to check in. Lets see what scientists have to say.

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It Came From Outer Space

If You’ve Never Wanted to Be On the Crew of a Starship Before, I Encourage You to Watch This Video

by Susana Polo | 9:30 am, April 10th, 2013

This fan video about starships and the folks who crew them, set to Niki Minaj’s “Starships,” might be a little old, but it’s the first post of the day and everybody needs a little pick-me-up. If you haven’t seen your favorite movie or television starship in the video yet, be it historically fictional, fictional, or just in that one episode of the not-usually-space-themed show that you like, just wait.

…somebody’s done one of these for Mass Effect, right?

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate

Eight-Year-Old Girl Makes Model of the Solar System Out of Peeps, Wins More Candy

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:30 pm, March 27th, 2013

2013 marks the fifth year of The Denver Post‘s Peeps diorama sculpture contest, where they invite kids and adults alike to… well, to make a diorama out of Peeps. It’s pretty much what it sounds like. The winner of the children’s division this year is eight-year-old Eleanor Clements who, as you can see, used Peeps to construct a model of the solar system. Said the third-grader: “I learned about [the solar system] in preschool, and I like looking at stars.”

Her prizes are a “giant [box] of candy from Just Born, the makers of Peeps” and our undying respect.

(Via DenverPost.com; thanks, anonymous tipster!)

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