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NASA is looking for public input for its Von Braun Collection
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NASA is seeking public input into a presentation of the notes and works of Werher von Braun, and offering a slew of activities to celebrate Apollo 11's 40th anniversary...

What if…? Steve N. Lee tried to Save the Children
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A significant portion of the purchase price of every copy of Steve N. Lee's thriller What if…? goes to the charity Save the Children...

Unthinkable's West Coast Release Party
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Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles is hosting the 10 June "West Coast Release Party" for Mark Sable's Unthinkable...

Crater on Mars named for Isaac Asimov
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Science fiction icon Isaac Asimov has had a crater on Mars named for him...

First non-US crew launches to ISS
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A crew of three, which included no US astronauts, launched for the ISS Wednesday morning, heralding the era of six-person crews permanently in space...

NASA's next Mars rover has a name
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NASA has chosen a name suggested by a12-year-old Kansas student for the next Mars rover—to be launched in 2011—after a contest with more than...

Nathan E. Lilly combines Thaumatrope with Convention Finder to put fiction in programs
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Nathan E. Lilly is offering fiction from his Thaumatrope to conventions via his Convention Finder, to fill the gaps in programs...

Super Para Natural Manga Day in NYC on 17 May
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As part of the run-up to this September's convention, the New York Anime Festival is hosting a day of Japanese comics and animation at Kinokuniya Bookstore this Sunday...

Death Note, Ai Kawashima, and cosplay celebrations in NYC
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New York City's Kinokuniya bookstore will host a day of Death Note: L, change the WorLd events, followed by another day with Japanese pop star Ai Kawashima. Following both is the Sakura Matsuri festival in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where Japanese culture...

Auction of The Alleged Haunting of B—— House to benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards
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A charity auction to benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards is offering a first edition of the 1899 book The Alleged Haunting of B—— House, which is generally assumed to be the inspiration for Jackson's own The Haunting of Hill House...

ISS componenet Node 3 to be called Tranquility, despite Stephen Colbert
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NASA asked the public to name the newest International Space Station component, and despite a campaign by Stephen Colbert to use his name, the public and NASA chose to honor the Apollo 11 mission with the name Tranquility...

Ackerman auction set: massive amounts of memorabilia on the block
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The Profiles in History auction of Forrest J Ackerman's collection will be 30 April and 1 May 2009. Among the hundreds of lots on the block will be these remarkable pieces...

Robert A. Heinlein's Colorado house is on the market
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Science fiction grandmaster Robert A. Heinlein designed much of his Colorado Springs home (which has since been substantially rebuilt). It is now on the market for...

Help NASA name the next Mars rover
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NASA is soliciting votes on the name of its next Mars rover, which is scheduled to launch in 2011...

Help name the newest Space Station component
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NASA is soliciting votes for the name of Node 3, scheduled to be attached to the International Space Station late this year...

Kids Valentine's Day party in Chicago celebrates launch of Tiny Titans
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Chicago's Challengers Comics is hosting a kid-friendly Valentine's Day/release party for the first trade paperback collection of Tiny Titans...

Forrest J Ackerman's collection to be auctioned off
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Los Angeles auction house Profiles in History will be auctioning off much of Forrest J Ackerman's collection of movie and sf memorabilia in late April...

Shirley Jackson Award fund-raiser offers unique and valuable items in a lottery
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As a fund raiser for the Shirley Jackson Award, many authors and editors have donated books, manuscript critiques, Tuckerizations, and other unique items for an on-line lottery commencing 9 February...

"Grasping for the Wind" is grasping for sf/f/h reviewers
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Author Diana Pharaoh Francis and reviewer John Ottinger III are organizing a book reviewer database...

BOOM! Studios Open Holiday Party
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BOOM! Studios holiday party is open to all their fans and customersx, and will be at Meltdown Comics & Collectibles in Los Angeles on 17 December...

Le Guin donates Miyazaki figurines for Endeavour Award
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Ursula K. Le Guin has donated two figurines—given to her by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki—as a fund-raiser for the Endeavour Award...

Rare Buffy the Vampire Slayer collection for sale
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A disabled fan is selling her collection of rare and uniqure BtVS and other collectibles...

Asian space race heads to the Moon
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India just launched its first lunar probe, becoming the third Asian nation and sixth overall to send a robot to the Moon. The $80 million mission is expected to map the surface and look for...

The Deadbooks Project to be film/book/series/something on the web
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Hasso Wuerslin's internet story will be a hybrid of a book, television series, music, and who knows what...

Branson and Rutan unveil WhiteKnightTwo
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Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson and Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan unveiled the carrier airplane which will be the backbone of VG's planned space tourism venture...
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