Weekly Space Hangout - February 28, 2014: Good NASA News and 715 Confirmed Planets!

Host:

Fraser Cain

Astrojournalists:

Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Mike Simmons

This week's stories:

Elizabeth Howell (

@howellspace

):

Mega Discovery! 715 Alien Planets Confirmed Using A New Trick On Old Kepler Data

Update on Spacesuit Leak, Part 1

Update on Spacesuit Leak, Part 2

Update on Spacesuit Leak, Part 3

Gaping Inside The Huge Vehicle Assembly Building NASA Used For Space Shuttles And Moon Missions

Casey Dreier (

Planetary.org

): What to look for in NASA's Budget Release on Tuesday - some good news for a change! Report from the 2014 Legislative Blitz

Morgan Rehnberg (

cosmicchatter.org

/

@cosmic_chatter

):

Falcon 9 gets landing legs

David Dickinson (

@astroguyz

):

Venus Occultation

More on the Venus Occultation

X-Flare

GPM Launch

Jason Major (

@JPMajor

,

LightsInTheDark.com

):

Moon gets hit by an asteroid

New Technique to Find Water in Exoplanet Atmospheres

Mike Simmons (

Astronomers without Borders

):

Uwingu

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.