A NASA astronaut demonstrates how to enjoy your morning beverage in zero-gravity. Add one block space ice cream for a refreshing Space Affogato!

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SCIENCE BUZZ: NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has finished its mission and powered down, and science fans will mourn its passing. As fall turns to winter on the Martian surface, the Lander will be buried in carbon dioxide ice as temperatures plummet. Its batteries are dead and the robot, which discovered the first proof of ice on Mars, has stopped transmitting. Farewell, sweet prince.

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1. Phoenix Mars Lander’s Farewell Transmission From Mars
2. Phoenix Mars Lander’s Goodbye Series on Gizmodo
3. MarsPhoenix’s Final Twitter
4. Nasa Holds An Irish Wake for the Mars Phoenix Lander
5. Phoenix Mars Mission - It’s Over

SCIENCE BUZZ: A unique perspective of a Space Shuttle liftoff. The guy with the camera sounds stoned, but you can pretty easily share the excitement.

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1. Guy Films Space Shuttle Launch from Passing Airliner

The new generation of lunar truck. A NASA engineer testing the new prototype moon truck at the Johnson space center. It’s got six sets of wheels that can move in any direction. More importantly, it’s got a bad-ass paint job.

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1. More Shots of Moon Trips Past and Future

SCIENCE BUZZ: Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, books a flight on a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. With a $5 million dollar deposit, or investment , Sergey reserved a seat on a future ride . Sergey considered purchasing the worlds largest diamond, or possibly Australia, but finally settled on the space ride. He was quoted as saying, “I was just burning my money in huge piles , but then poor people could see that from a ways off, and it became uncomfortable.”

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1. Google Co-Founder Books a Space Flight
2. Sergey Brin Makes Down Payment On Soyuz Space Flight

FOOD BUZZ: Japanese beermaker, Sapporo will be marketing their first “space beer” in November using barley from the International Space Station. They’re only making 100 bottles, which means all of us regular people unwilling to shell out more than $3 for a beer will have to stick to astronaut ice cream to get a taste of space.

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1. Japan’s Sapporo to Brew Beer from Space Station Barley
2. Sapporo Wants to Take Advantage of the Knowledge Gained through the Process
3. Researchers Foray into Agriculture in Space
4. It’s Basically a Gimmick to Sell a Bottle of Beer for an Exorbitant Amount
5. But How Will the Yeast Behave in Zero Gravity?
6. AFP: Japan plans to brew ‘space beer’