 NASA official envisions six-month stays on the moon April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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NASA wants astronauts who will return to the moon to take one long step for mankind. | |
Astronauts say there must be life in space May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The human race will find life elsewhere in the universe as it pushes ahead with space exploration, astronauts back from the latest US space mission said Monday. | |
 A Super Solar Flare May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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At 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. ... | |
 The Moon and the Magnetotail April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Behold the full Moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of years. Nothing ever ... | |
 Shoulder Motor Balks on Opportunity Rover's Robotic Arm April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently. | |
 Indian rocket puts a record 10 satellites into orbit April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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An Indian rocket launched a record 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission Monday, underlining the nation's emergence as a major competitor in the multi-billion-dollar space market. | |
 SKorea's first astronaut in hospital with back pain April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon has been admitted to hospital with severe back pains caused by her rough return voyage to Earth, officials said Tuesday. | |
 Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. | |
 NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sun May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar ... | |
 NASA Statement on Student Asteroid Calculations April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has not changed its current estimates for the very low probability (1 in 45,000) of an Earth impact by the asteroid ... | |
 Cassini Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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As a powerful electrical storm rages on Saturn with lightning bolts 10,000 times more powerful than those found on Earth, the Cassini spacecraft continues its five-month watch over the dramatic events. | |
 Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate Change May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation ... | |
 NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. | |
Space station crew lucky to survive re-entry: agency April 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Three astronauts were lucky to survive a dangerous re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere last week, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a source close to an investigation into the incident. | |
 Japan to send cherry seeds into space April 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Japan's famed cherry trees have carried the hearts of a nation for centuries but they will soon enjoy another honour -- their seeds being blasted into outer space. | |
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