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With 33 miners still trapped underground, Chile has looked to NASA for assistance on how to keep the miners mentally and physically fit, as they endure a complicated rescue mission that could take months to complete, according to news reports.

This week, Jupiter and the nearly full moon make great skywatching targets.

SPACE.com - A tantalizing group of alien planets that may include the smallest, most Earth-sized world yet seen has been discovered around a star like our sun, NASA announced Thursday.

SPACE.com - Astronomers studying sound waves on a distant star have discovered that it has a magnetic cycle similar to our sun's solar cycle.

157919-1 on 08/28/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 479 lbs (total) Time: 2 Leg Relay, can also fly 8/29/10 From: MYF (San Diego, CA) to VGT (Las Vegas, NV) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Cancer, Rotator Cuff injury follow up) Approx. distance: 225 nm.

157919-2 on 08/28/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 479 lbs (total) Time: 2 Leg Relay, can also fly 8/29/10 From: VGT (Las Vegas, NV) to U77 (Spanish Fork, UT) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Cancer, Rotator Cuff injury follow up) Approx. distance: 289 nm.

157921-1 on 08/29/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 310 lbs (total) Time: 3 Leg Relay From: HDC (Hammond, LA) to SLR (Sulphur Springs, TX) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Vascular problem) Approx. distance: 309 nm.

157921-2 on 08/29/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 310 lbs (total) Time: 3 Leg Relay From: SLR (Sulphur Springs, TX) to PPA (Pampa, TX) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Vascular problem) Approx. distance: 304 nm.

157921-3 on 08/29/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 310 lbs (total) Time: 3 Leg Relay From: PPA (Pampa, TX) to APA (Denver, CO) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Vascular problem) Approx. distance: 300 nm.

157924-1 on 08/30/2010. 1 passenger(s) Weight 175 lbs (total) Time: depart after 4pm From: LGB (Long Beach, CA) to OAK (Oakland, CA) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Congenital Heart Defect - Camper) -Camp Approx. distance: 307 nm.

158032-1 on 08/30/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 401 lbs (total) Time: 2 leg relay From: SMN (Salmon, ID) to SFF (Spokane, WA) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Small cell lung cancer / traveling for treatment) Approx. distance: 209 nm.

158032-2 on 08/30/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 401 lbs (total) Time: 2 leg relay From: SFF (Spokane, WA) to RNT (Renton, WA) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Small cell lung cancer / traveling for treatment) Approx. distance: 198 nm.

157957-1 on 08/31/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 449 lbs (total) Time: Arrive before 2pm From: CDC (Cedar City, UT) to VGT (Las Vegas, NV) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Soft Tissue Sarcoma) Approx. distance: 134 nm.

157957-2 on 08/31/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 449 lbs (total) Time: Arrive before 2pm From: VGT (Las Vegas, NV) to SMO (Santa Monica, CA) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Soft Tissue Sarcoma) Approx. distance: 207 nm.

157986-1 on 08/31/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 355 lbs (total) Time: 3 leg relay From: HOU (Houston, TX) to SJT (San Angelo, TX) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Brest Cancer) Approx. distance: 289 nm.

157986-2 on 08/31/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 355 lbs (total) Time: 3 leg relay From: SJT (San Angelo, TX) to ELP (El Paso, TX) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Brest Cancer) Approx. distance: 302 nm.

157986-3 on 08/31/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 355 lbs (total) Time: 3 leg relay From: ELP (El Paso, TX) to GEU (Glendale, AZ) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Brest Cancer) Approx. distance: 316 nm.

158018-1 on 08/31/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 344 lbs (total) Time: Arrive by 3:30pm From: EKA (Eureka, CA) to CCR (Concord, CA) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Endometrial Cancer) Approx. distance: 194 nm.

157958-1 on 09/01/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 449 lbs (total) Time: Depart around 11am From: SMO (Santa Monica, CA) to VGT (Las Vegas, NV) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Soft Tissue Sarcoma) Approx. distance: 207 nm.

157958-2 on 09/01/2010. 2 passenger(s) Weight 449 lbs (total) Time: Depart around 11am From: VGT (Las Vegas, NV) to CDC (Cedar City, UT) Passenger: (Patient) Illness: (Soft Tissue Sarcoma) Approx. distance: 134 nm.