Bill Housley
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Into the Dark–Escape of the Nomad
In a world where space travel is forbidden, former astronaut Stan McPherson wants to return to space but finds himself caught up in a dangerous game of interstellar cloak-and-dagger. Click the image above to read Chapter 1 online for free.
Where’s The Cat?
On a long cargo flight to the outer solar system, Pauline gets a visitor she didn't expect, and learns of a marvelous friend she never knew she had. Click on the image above to read this short fiction online for free.
Another Man’s Terrorist
Two orphaned child soldiers sell all they have to leave their war-torn planet on a quest for peace, but when they arrive at their new home they find that the war has beaten them there. Now the older sister Jessica must struggle to keep the only family she has left from being lost in a conflict that she no longer wants. Click the image above to read this story for free online. For a limited time only!
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- Will We Ever Stop Using Rockets to Get to Space? August 19, 2018On March 16, 1926 in Auburn, Massachusetts, American engineer Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. The flight lasted a mere 2.5 seconds and ended anticlimactically 181 feet away in a snow-covered cabbage field.
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- This NASA Video of the Moon's Lunar Landmarks Is Simply Amazing August 19, 2018A new NASA video tour of the moon captures breathtaking views of the lunar surface.
- 'Hard-Rock Excavation' Begins for Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile August 19, 2018The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) has now entered the "hard-rock excavation" phase, which will make way for the huge structure's foundations, leaders of the $1 billion project announced on Tuesday (Aug. 14).
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- Melting Permafrost Below Arctic Lakes Is Even More Dangerous to the Climate, NASA Warns August 18, 2018Scientists have worried for years now that climate change will free carbon trapped in frozen soil in the Arctic, triggering faster climate change — but now they believe abrupt thawing below lakes is even more dangerous.
- Photo Tour: Inside Boeing's CST-100 Starliner Spaceship Hangar August 18, 2018Take a look inside the CST-100 Starliner hangar, where Boeing is building the private space capsules that will fly NASA astronauts and more into space!
- 'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock (Photo) August 18, 2018On Monday (Aug. 13), Curiosity photographed an odd, flat object that mission team members initially thought might have fallen off the car-size robot. But the "debris" turned out to be a Red Planet rock.
- Exos Aerospace Reschedules First Suborbital Launch August 18, 2018Exos Aerospace, a Texas company developing a reusable suborbital rocket, now plans to carry out a first flight of its vehicle in late August as it sets its sights on a follow-on orbital vehicle.
- Water on Mars: Exploration & Evidence August 17, 2018Mars has water trapped in the polar ice caps. More water may lie just beneath the surface. A new study suggests that water also flows on the surface.
- NASA Solar Probe Hits 1st Deep-Space Milestones On Its Way to the Sun August 17, 2018The Parker Solar Probe, which launched early Sunday morning (Aug. 12) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, is notching flight milestones according to plan, NASA officials said today (Aug. 17).
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- The Most Amazing Space Photos This Week! August 17, 2018Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.
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- 15,000 Galaxies Shine in This 1 View from the Hubble Space Telescope August 17, 2018The Hubble Space Telescope has been at work for almost three decades, but it's still learning new skills — like how to squeeze an incredible 15,000 galaxies into a single image.
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- Rocket On! These Cool Student Experiments Just Launched to Space August 17, 2018Dozens of students got to see their experiments travel from school to space. A sounding rocket soared from a NASA rocket facility in Virginia Tuesday (Aug. 14), carrying several student experiments under the RockSat-X program.
- NASA's Opportunity Rover on Mars Still Silent 2 Months into Epic Dust Storm August 17, 2018Opportunity has been silent since June 10, when a monster Red Planet dust storm began blocking sunlight from reaching the solar-powered rover. But Opportunity's handlers still hope to get a ping once the dust has cleared.
- 'Space Heroes' Trading Card Game Sets Up Space Race Between Players August 17, 2018Do you hold the cards to win a space race? That is the challenge laid out by "Space Heroes: Journey to Space."
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- Helium Was Discovered 150 Years Ago. Here's Why It's So Important August 19, 2018Aside from balloons and making our voice squeaky, what use is helium?
- 15,000 Galaxies Shine in This 1 View from the Hubble Space Telescope August 19, 2018The Hubble Space Telescope has been at work for almost three decades, but it's still learning new skills — like how to squeeze an incredible 15,000 galaxies into a single image.
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- Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week August 18, 2018Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
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- New NASA Images Show California's Largest Wildfire from Space. Canadian Blazes, Too August 18, 2018The Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest blaze in California's history, releases clouds of smoke in new photos from NASA, and fires blazing over Canada are visible from a million miles away in space.
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: Guidelines, Options and Risks August 17, 2018Colorectal cancer is preventable. Here are the types of colorectal cancer screenings and when you should get tested.
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- Flu Shot Facts & Side Effects (Updated for 2018-2019) August 17, 2018The seasonal flu shot is a yearly vaccine administered to protect against the flu, or influenza. In the United States, flu shots are recommended for everyone ages 6 months and older.
- Egyptian Papyrus Reveals Rare Details of Ancient Medical Practices August 17, 2018New translations of ancient medical texts detail Egyptians' scientific and medical knowledge.
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- The Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened Nearly 650 People Was Caused by This Bacteria August 17, 2018The source of the outbreak that sickened nearly 650 people at a Chipotle in Ohio last month has been identified.
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- This 1491 Map May Have Influenced Christopher Columbus August 16, 2018A 1491 map that likely influenced Christopher Columbus's conception of world geography is getting a new lease on life, now that researchers have revealed its faded, hidden details with cutting-edge technology.
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- Huge Tsunamis May Have Ravaged Ancient Mars May 25, 2016When Mars was a wet world, did its oceans experience powerful tsunamis spawned by meteorite impacts?
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- NASA Probe Tracks Object in Solar System's Badlands May 23, 2016While coasting through the outer solar system, NASA's New Horizons is busying itself with astronomical observations of a distant Kuiper Belt Object.
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- LHC Opens the Quantum Physics Floodgates May 20, 2016As it restarts its mission to discover weird and exotic things about our universe, the Large Hadron Collider is about to become a firehose of quantum data.
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- The galaxy is full of ‘water world’ exoplanets where life could evolve August 17, 2018Analysis of data from 4000 exoplanets reveals that around a third are rich in water – and many have more water than Earth
- Oldest galaxies in the universe discovered right on our doorstep August 16, 2018Astronomers have previously looked for ancient galaxies by peering into the deep reaches of the universe, but it turns out they were right here all the time
- Why the US is worried a Russian satellite might be a space weapon August 16, 2018A Russian satellite has been getting closer to Earth without a clear reason and US officials are concerned that it could be a space weapon
- Doctors will grow human tissue on the International Space Station August 15, 2018Liver tissue and muscle fibre are going to be grown on the ISS, to see if we can one day grow human organs in space
- Weird circles in the sky may be signs of a universe before ours August 15, 2018A theory suggesting that the universe is constantly reborn could be proved right by ‘Hawking points’ – signs of evaporated black holes from a time before the big bang
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