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Tucson-based company plans to offer balloon rides to edge of space.

Tucson's World View Picking up Altitude With NASA Contracts

Sep 12, 2016 Each new flight has company building its potential, official says.
An Atlas V rocket with the OSIRIS-REx spaceraft atop, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Sept. 8, 2016.

UA Mission to Asteroid: 'Hopes, Dreams, Hard Work'

Sep 9, 2016 Flawless liftoff leaves scientific team ecstatic; much work lies ahead.

UA's OSIRIS-REx Launch: 'We Got It Exactly Perfect'

Sep 8, 2016 University of Arizona asteroid mission spacecraft begins multi-year journey to asteroid.

Mapping the Intersection of Food, Energy and Water

Sep 8, 2016 NAU professor's research aimed at helping communities head off future crises related to water scarcity.

Does 'Planet Nine' Exist? NAU Astronomer Says Maybe

Sep 8, 2016 Three objects discovered at edge of solar system may lead to planet's existence.

Hours Remain to Scheduled Launch of OSIRIS-REx

Sep 8, 2016 Mission leaders expect success in launch that will start 7-year journey.
The OSIRIS-REx rocket is moved to the launch pad on Sept. 7, one day before the opening of the launch window.

One Day Remains to Launch of UA Asteroid Mission

Sep 7, 2016 Chance blastoff will be postponed is minimal, researchers say.
"OSIRIS-REx: Countdown to Launch" is an in- depth look at the science and scientists behind OSIRIS-REx …the University of Arizona based mission to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect a sample, then return that sample to earth.

Countdown Under Way for UA Mission to Asteroid

Sep 6, 2016 OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scheduled for launch Thursday to bring back soil sample.

Just Days Remain Until UA's Asteroid Mission Launch

Sep 5, 2016 University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx aims to bring back a few ounces of Bennu by 2023.

Bus Fare Debate: Tucson Wants Revenue; Riders Say No

Sep 2, 2016 Plus: Election Recap, OSIRIS-REx Preview, and US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speech.

Meet Marshall Flippo, an 89-Year-Old Square Dance Caller Who Still Loves His Work

Sep 1, 2016 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Results from the state primary; the impending launch of OSIRIS-REx; and Gene Wilder remembered.
An aerial view of Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral, Fla., the site where a Falcon 9 rocket from the private company SpaceX exploded on Sept. 1, 2016.

NASA: UA Space Launch On Track Despite Rocket Explosion

Sep 1, 2016 Incident at adjacent launchpad prompts look at potential effects on asteroid mission.
A Mayan pyramid on the Belize-Guatemala border, where NAU scientists found a secret tomb.

NAU Expedition Uncovers Mayan Tomb in Belize

Aug 29, 2016 Burial chamber 5 times as large as typical Mayan tomb found at Xunantunich.
Kuiper Space Sciences Building at the University of Arizona.

Asteroid Mission Focus of UA Planetary Science Open House

Aug 26, 2016 Next door, the Flandrau Science Center will unveil its renovated planetarium theater.
Water pours from two spigots.

Hopi Cultural Center to Reduce Arsenic in Drinking Water

Aug 25, 2016 EPA orders center to come up with measures as part of multiyear management plan.
As of 2005, scientists say there were 29 surviving populations of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse in the Southwest, but biologists say they believe there may be fewer now.

Team 'Inks' Endangered Mouse in Arizona, New Mexico

Aug 24, 2016 NAU researchers confirm species' range in region using special inkpads.

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