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Week in review: August 7-13

By Joseph Carson
August 13, 2019 12:00 AM
Hong Kong, electric scooters, NASA and more — in lieu of our regular print paper, here is an audio recap of this week's top stories.
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Technology

Music and Mars: Interning with NASA

By Lauren Lethbridge
August 07, 2019 12:00 AM
First in a series.
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Nation

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later

By Associated Press
July 16, 2019 12:00 AM
In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Michael Collins, right, speaks to Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Launch Complex 39A, about the moments leading up to launch at 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, and what it was like to be part of the first mission to land on the moon. Collins was orbiting in the Command Module, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the surface in the Lunar Module. (Frank Michaux/NASA via AP)
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Nation

Armstrong's famous "one small step" quote -- explained

By Associated Press
July 15, 2019 12:00 AM
What did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon?
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Devotionals and Forums

BYU 2019-2020 Forum schedule: 'The Pursuit of Democratic Character'

By Emma Benson
July 08, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU released the 2019-20 Forum schedule with the theme, 'The Pursuit of Democratic Character.'
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Business

BYU Student Innovator of the Year wins $7,000

By Madison Everett
March 28, 2019 12:00 AM
Riley Meik, a representative from Sugarhouse Aerospace, receives the $7,000 award for Student Innovator of the Year. (Savanna Richardson)
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Campus News

BYU Rocketry Club sets world record

By Madison Everett
January 26, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU Rocketry Club members, from left, Riley Meik, Zachary Lawless, Alex Laraway and Mark Johnson at the Kennedy Space Center for the Bayer U.S. Alka Rocket Challenge. (BYU Rocketry Instagram)
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Nation

NASA flight surgeon researches effects of space travel on human body

By Jessica Olsen
November 11, 2016 12:00 AM
Astronaut Reid Wiseman, on left, and flight surgeon Blake Chamberlain prepare to fly to Stennis Space Center in the T-38 in September 2016. Chamberlain flies with astronauts to see them in an operational environment and experience being part of the crew. (Blake Chamberlain)
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Campus News

BYU engineering team building satellite slated for NASA launch

By Emily Sorensen
August 05, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU undergraduate students work to build a satellite to be launched by NASA. They will have it completed in October 2017. (Emily Sorenson)
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Technology

International Space Station makes 100,000th orbit of Earth

By Alayna Pehrson
May 16, 2016 12:00 AM
On Monday, May 16, 2016, the International Space Station made its 100,000th orbit circling of the world. NASA says these 100,000 orbits are akin to traveling more than 2.6 billion miles. (Associated Press)
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Technology

NASA salvages Mars mission that should have launched by now

By Alayna Pehrson
March 09, 2016 12:00 AM
An artist's rendering provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech depicts the InSight Mars lander studying the interior of Mars. NASA said it's shooting for a 2018 launch of the InSight spacecraft. The robotic lander was supposed to lift off in March 2016, but was grounded in December by a leak in a French instrument. Project managers said the device should be redesigned in time. (Associated Press)
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Life

Teacher-in-Space finalists gather for Challenger disaster's 30th anniversary

January 28, 2016 12:00 AM
This NASA photo shows the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission 51L. All seven members of the crew were killed when the shuttle exploded during launch on Jan. 28, 1986. (Associated Press/NASA)
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Nation

17-year-old works for NASA and captures attention as teen prodigy

November 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Moshe Kai Cavalin at the DEF CON 23 hacker's conference in Las Vegas. He works for NASA, where he is developing aircraft tracking technology. (Associated Press)
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Technology

BYU professor earns one of the best faculty awards

By Jordan Hammond
November 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Professor Howell explains how the compliant mechanism functions to the students. One of the biggest research projects Howell is working on deals with complaint mechanisms. (Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo)
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Local

Flying fireball seen over BYU and BYUI

By Josh Johnson
February 24, 2015 12:00 AM
A fireball seen crossing the night sky both in Provo and in Rexburg, Idaho, turned out to be space debris from a Chinese rocket burning up in the atmosphere.
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Technology

New BYU alternate reality game targets women to increase STEM interest

By Seth Yeanoplos
February 02, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU students helped create an educational new science-based video game with a very specific target audience: girls aged 13-15 who aren't interested in science.
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Local

Jupiter and moon to share astronomical crossing

By Tim Shaw
January 18, 2013 12:00 AM
NASA representatives told Utah residents to look to the east Monday (Jan 21) night and watch the moon cross the night sky.
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Nation

Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream

September 27, 2012 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists say NASA's newest Mars rover has found signs that a stream once flowed across the surface near the site where it landed.
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