2003
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Artificial Cells
May 29, 2003
NASA-supported researchers are learning to make designer cells for dehydrated blood supplies and space-age medicines.
Eggs in a Rocket
March 21, 2003
The first-ever national high school rocketry competition will send dozens of eggs hurtling into the air.
Guiding Light
July 25, 2003
A new kind of glass pane containing liquid crystal droplets might have applications ranging from improving the Internet to discovering new planets.
Rocks in your Gas Tank
April 17, 2003
Experiments onboard the International Space Stationcould accelerate the drive toward a hydrogen-based economy.
A Rare Meteor Shower
Feb. 28, 2003
Earth is approaching a cometary debris stream that might trigger an unusual Antarctic meteor shower this weekend.
Anticipating Earthquakes
Aug. 11, 2003
High above Earth where seismic waves never reach, satellites may be able to detect earthquakes--before they strike.
Close Encounters with Mars
Aug. 25, 2003
This week Earth makes its nearest approach to Mars in almost 60,000 years. Everyone on our planet will be close to Mars--but somewhere, someone will be the closest of all. Where?
Space StationIngenuity
Sept. 25, 2003
Researchers have dreamed up some ingenious experiments using odds and ends onboard the International Space Station.
A Star with Two North Poles
April 22, 2003
Using a supercomputer and data from NASA's Ulysses spacecraft, scientists are beginning to understand a curious event two years ago when the Sun sprouted two north poles.
A Flame Ball Named Kelly
Jan. 31, 2003
Onboard the Space ShuttleColumbia (STS-107), experimental flame balls have been doing some strange and wonderful things--e.g., flying in corkscrew patterns and beating like human hearts.