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A Russian space capsule touched down in Kazakhstan after hurtling through Earth’s atmosphere in a steeper-than-normal descent, subjecting the three-nation-crew to severe G-forces and landing hundreds of miles off target.
It was the second time in a...
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Need a break from the working, walking, and standing required by the demanding and stressful life you lead?
Well, pack your bags for Houston because NASA wants to pay...
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The ancient catastrophe that gave birth to the Moon may have produced additional satellites that lingered in Earth’s skies for tens of millions of years.
A new...
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When I get really down after reflecting on the state of the world: a war in Iraq and Afghanistan, disengagement and heightened tension with North Korea and Iran, a...
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NASA has just released CAPS, which is short for Communication Alert and Prediction System. This system enables that anyone can get a model of the Earth’s Ionosphere...
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NASA-funded researchers have just released CAPS, which is short for Communication Alert and Prediction System.
This system enables that anyone with internet access can...
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People got very excited in 2004 when NASA’s rover Opportunity discovered evidence that Mars had once been wet. Where there is water, there may be life. After more...
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NASA’s final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed at least a month, until the fall, because of extra time needed to build the shuttle fuel tanks...
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The NASA inspector general says the space agency is breaking the law by allowing conflicts of interest on a board overseeing the building of a new spaceship to return...
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This is truly a technological splendor as it not only performs at a scale that has been long considered almost impossible but it does so in the cleanest possible...
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The US space agency hopes to build moon bases that can house astronauts for stays of up to six months, with an intricate transportation and power system
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A Bahamian girl’s seaborne school project has landed on the sandy doorstep of NASA.
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NASA says it is extending the international Cassini mission that is touring Saturn and its moons for another two years.
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Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public, NASA’s top...
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All of us can’t be scientists working with the NASA although a lot of us aspire to be, me certainly dropping out of that category. No it’s not that I don’t like...
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To fix a potentially fatal shaking problem on its snazzy new moon rocket, NASA is considering something that works for mud-stained pickup trucks: heavy-duty shock...
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More than 8,000 NASA contractor jobs in the nation’s manned space program could be eliminated after the space shuttle program is shut down in 2010, the agency...
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NASA shut down a massive air-safety survey project without ever properly evaluating, explaining or publicizing its purpose and results, and thus lost a chance for...
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NASA’s next space shuttle launch has been delayed until May 31, nearly a week late because of extra time needed to get the fuel tank to Florida.
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Astronauts who spend too much time in space may be at risk of premature ageing and cancer, research suggests.
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Europe’s sophisticated new space truck, the ATV, is set to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).
The unmanned vessel will deliver just under five...
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Astronauts prepped Dextre the robot for its big move to a new perch outside the international space station on Tuesday after devoting nearly a week to putting together...
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Astronauts got power flowing to the international space station’s new robot Friday night, overcoming a problem that had threatened to disrupt shuttle...
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Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a “monstrous” two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein...
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An astronaut aboard the international space station went back to work Thursday even as he grieved for his mother, who was killed a day earlier when a train struck her...
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The 90-year-old mother of a NASA astronaut aboard the international space station died Wednesday when a train struck her vehicle, police said.
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Atlantis’ seven-man crew is short on space experience, but that’s on purpose. NASA wants to give as many rookie astronauts a shot at space before the...
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It seems that everyone is talking about the Moon these days — not just how to get there, but what to do once landed there! NASA is planning to reach the moon and...
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After some delays and controversies, Mission STS-118 got off to a brilliant start as the seven-member crew headed into space in space shuttle Endeavour at planned 2336...
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I always wondered what the astronauts cooked up for lunch in space. It seems like my staple food Ramen, has sneaked it’s way in the Astronaut menu. Along with Top...
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I like the beauty of life – but some prefer an intimate relationship between life and death. They like extreme sports, the adrenal thrill of challenging limits and...
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NASA is aiming to build an outpost on the moon by the end of 2020. The space research organization’s plan is commendable, but have they thought of all the astronauts...
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Fancy going on a trip to the planet Mars?
The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to make a ‘pretend trip to Mars’.
The duration of the trip would be two...
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A male astronaut has been dismissed by the US space agency, due to some confrontation that occurred in Florida airport between female astronaut and some other woman. A...
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Valentina Tereshkova, who pioneers amongst the female astronauts celebrated her 70th birthday on Tuesday and asserted that she still dreams of flying to Mars - even on...
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US Space monitors have stated that parts of Russian rocket have re-entered the atmosphere are showering western US with space debris.
Till now no damage has been...
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