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NASA’s veteran scientists and researchers have developed the Virtual Space Station, where astronauts can hope to find therapeutic solace. It isn’t uncommon...
made popular Aug 26 2008
NASA-backed researchers envision a combination of motion-based sensors, surface cameras and orbiter maps with a lunar navigation system that gets updated on the fly to...
made popular Aug 2 2008
Researchers from the United States have warned that inhaling fine-grained dust that covers the moon might make it difficult for the astronauts to breathe on its...
made popular Jul 15 2008
“Fewer astronauts, more robots” is the call of three European aerospace engineers, Alex Ellery, Joerg Kreidsel and Bernd Sommer.
made popular Jul 1 2008
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Astronauts debuted the international space station’s newest piece of equipment Saturday during a successful but very limited test.Space shuttle Discovery crew...
made popular Jun 8 2008
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Astronauts opened up Japan’s new billion-dollar space station lab, then got ready for another spacewalk, this time to spruce up the outside of the huge...
made popular Jun 5 2008
Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts prepared for the first spacewalk of their mission Tuesday and the installation of Japan’s giant lab to the international...
made popular Jun 4 2008
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The seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery will deliver and install Japan’s massive lab, Kibo, or Hope, at the international space station. A look at...
made popular May 26 2008
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...
made popular Apr 21 2008
Astronauts who spend too much time in space may be at risk of premature ageing and cancer, research suggests.
made popular Apr 18 2008
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...
made popular Apr 3 2008
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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...
made popular Mar 18 2008
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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...
made popular Mar 15 2008
Since the dawn of time, we have always been fascinated by the cosmos. The vast darkness filled with stars sprinkled across its breathtaking canvas, along with the...
made popular Mar 11 2008
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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...
made popular Mar 8 2008
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As NASA astronaut Daniel Tani orbited Earth, hundreds of mourners filled a suburban Chicago church Sunday to remember his 90-year-old mother as someone who endured...
made popular Dec 24 2007
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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...
made popular Dec 20 2007
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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.A preliminary...
made popular Dec 20 2007
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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...
made popular Dec 5 2007
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...
made popular Sep 22 2007
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