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Station Alarms Delay Second Spacewalk
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two spacewalkers halted a body-conditioning sleepover in a low-pressure chamber on the International Space Station on Saturday after a false depressurization alarm
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NASA hopes to free Mars rover from sand
- 83 Minutes ago
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Earth-bound controllers are ordering Spirit, the aging Mars rover stuck in a deadly Martian sand trap since April, to start spinning its wheels in a last-ditch effort to make the little vehicle dig itself
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NASA Puts Social Media on Rocket Trajectory
- 7 Hours ago
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NASA's move to give 100 Twitter users front-row seats at the Kennedy Space Center for the Nov. 16 liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis propelled the US space agency into the stratosphere of trending
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Stuck Mars Rover Finally Budges, a Little (SPACE.com)
- 3 Hours ago
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NASA's stuck Mars rover Spirit took a tiny step Thursday, its first progress in months, during the latest attempt to extricate the robot from deep Martian sand. On Thursday, Spirit inched forward slightly
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2nd Night of False Alarms on Space Station
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Depressurization and smoke alarms woke the shuttle and station crews for a second consecutive night on Friday. Flight controllers quickly determined they were false alarms, but the station's ventilation
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Spacewalkers work outside International Space Station
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Two US astronauts left the safety of the International Space Station Thursday to install spare parts that will help it continue running smoothly in the future. Space shuttle Atlantis crew members Michael
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Astronaut in space while wife giving birth
- 73 Minutes ago
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Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle
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Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race
- 7 Hours ago
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By Vladimir Isachenkov - THE SSOCITED PRESS Last Updated: 20th November 2009, 9:52am Size Share with: vine MOSCOW (P) Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and will likely fall
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Smithsonian Museum Receives Former Hubble Components
- 9 Hours ago
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This May, the space shuttle Atlantis flew the fifth and final repair flight to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. The changes weren't purely aesthetic. A number of instruments, including the Wide Field
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NASA unleashes the Galactic Ghoul?
- 11 Hours ago
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As I've mentioned before, I love a good outrageous space headline -- and the more they personify science or mold it to sound like a space opera, the better. But it's interesting to note that the "great
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Galactic Glare Reveals Birthplace of Cosmic Rays
- 12 Hours ago
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Astrophysics: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Cosmic rayscharged particles that hurtle through space at nearly the speed of lighthave long baffled scientists. How do they acquire such tremendous velocities? Two
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Hayabusa May Come Home After All
- 13 Hours ago
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, it seemed as if the Hayabusa asteroid explorer mission was dealt a fatal blow when the third of its four ion engines failed. But the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced yesterday
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Astronaut Glove Challenge Winners Announced
- 13 Hours ago
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NASA's Astronaut Glove Centennial Challenge contest was held yesterday at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Florida, and two contestants walked away with a total of $350,000 in prize money for
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Video of Utah Fireball
- 13 Hours ago
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Early Nov. 18th, eyewitnesses reported an explosion in the atmosphere above Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho in the western United States. Some said the fireball 'turned night into day' and produced
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Plasma Rocket Could Help Pick Up Space Trash
- 13 Hours ago
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Franklin Chang Diaz's proposed VASIMR rocket engine could create very versatile spacecraft. Not only does the plasma-fueled rocket have the potential to make a , it could also help clean up space trash
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Black Hole Drive Could Power Future Starships
- 13 Hours ago
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Image credit: NASA What would happen if humans could deliberately create a black hole? Well, for starters we might just unlock the ultimate energy source to create the ultimate spacecraft engine a potential
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Where In The Universe #80
- 13 Hours ago
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Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here's #80! Take a look and see if you can name where in the Universe this image is from. Give yourself extra points if you can name the spacecraft responsible
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Anti-Gravity Treadmill Developed from NASA Technology
- 13 Hours ago
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Ever wonder what it would be like to walk on the Moon or run on Mars? A treadmill developed using NASA technology can provide users the feeling of moving about in less than 1 G. Anti-gravity treadmills,
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ALMA Telescope Makes First Observations
- 13 Hours ago
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The ALMA telescope located high in the Chilean Andes made its first measurements on Tuesday using just two of the eventual 66 antennas that will comprise the array. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter
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Kid's Astronomy: Celestial Birds Migrate West?
- 13 Hours ago
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Hello, Cosmic Kids! As the seasons change, not only do the Earthly birds migrate, but so do the celestial ones. In the Northern Hemisphere, it's not unusual to see large flocks of our feathered friends
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