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NASA Television to air live coverage of record breaking Asteroid Flyby of Earth

 

Written by Dr. Tony Phillips
Science at NASA

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationWashington, D.C. – NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 2:00pm EST (1:00pm CST) on Friday, February 15th, during the close, but safe, flyby of a small near-Earth asteroid named “2012 DA14.”

NASA places a high priority on tracking asteroids and protecting our home planet from them. This flyby will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to study a near-Earth object up close.

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Austin Peay State University’s Provost Lecture Series To Discuss the Effects of Tuberculosis On Vulnerable Populations

 

Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University mathematics faculty member will discuss how the incidence rate of tuberculosis in vulnerable populations give a measure of the socio-economic well-being and degree of social justice in a country as part of the next Provost Lecture Series at APSU.

Dr. Folashade Agusto, assistant professor in the APSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, January 17th in the Morgan University Center, Room 307. All sessions of the Provost Lecture Series are free and open to the public.

Dr. Folashade Agusto

Dr. Folashade Agusto

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NASA Ready for Launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover

 

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPasadena, CA – NASA’s most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which will examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars, is in final preparations for a launch from Florida’s Space Coast at 10:25am EST (7:25am PST) on November 25th.

The Mars Science Laboratory mission will carry Curiosity, a rover with more scientific capability than any ever sent to another planet. The rover is now sitting atop an Atlas V rocket awaiting liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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