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An International Space Station Resupply Mission is scheduled to launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spacep ...

Air Date: November 2, 2019

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Growing Young Green Corn Seedling Sprouts in Cultivated Agricultural Farm Field

Dinner on Mars?

A group of researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands have successfully grown edible food crops in soils that simulate the s ...

Air Date: October 19, 2019

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Dr. Robert H. Goddard is pictured working on his experimental rockets in Roswell, N.M. in an undated photo. (AP Photo)

Rocket Man

Saturday, October 5th is the 132nd birth anniversary of rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard. His was the first liquid-fueled rocket to prove ...

Air Date: October 5, 2019

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 Leonard Nimoy as Captain Spock in Star Trek, 1966.  (Photo by CBS)

Star Trekkin’

The TV series ‘Star Trek’ premiered 53 years ago. The original series only lasted three seasons on prime time, but really hit ...

Air Date: September 7, 2019

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Sirius - brightest star seen from the Earth, photographed through a telescope.

Woof Woof

Sirious, also known as the “Dog Star”, is visible in the pre-dawn sky this time of year; hence the term “dog days of su ...

Air Date: August 24, 2019

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Laying in Wait

Tardigrades, also called water bears because of their microscopic teddy or panda bear-like appearance have been known to exist in a dorma ...

Air Date: August 10, 2019

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