Iran launches home-built satellite rocket August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Iran said it had launched a rocket carrying a test-satellite into space on Sunday, in a move that could further exacerbate tensions with the West over its nuclear drive. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Martian Water July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced ... | |
 Virgin Galactic unveils space tourism craft 'WhiteKnightTwo' (Update 2) July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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British tycoon Richard Branson on Monday unveiled a futuristic aircraft that will ferry tourists to the edge of the heavens as part of Virgin Galactic's much-anticipated space program. | |
 Space Shuttle successor will not fly before 2014: NASA August 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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NASA announced it has pushed back the launch of the Orion, the spacecraft designed to replace the agency's aging space shuttle fleet, by one year to 2014. | |
NASA fixes moonship shaking with shock absorbers August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A space-age version of the rusty springs under old pickup trucks will help NASA fix the most pressing technical problem with its high-tech new rocket to send astronauts back to the moon. | |
 Iran's space agency says it will send man to space August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- State TV says Iran's space agency aims to send an astronaut to space within 10 years. | |
US-Russia chill threatens NASA space program August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Working With Sticky Soil July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers on NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission spent the weekend examining how the icy soil on Mars interacts with the scoop on the lander's robotic arm, while trying different techniques ... | |
 Martian soil may contain detrimental substance August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy. | |
 Rocket Racing Could be Futuristic NASCAR Sport July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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With its first demonstration of a rocket-powered plane, the Rocket Racing League is hoping to have invented a new sport. Thousands of spectators witnessed the league´s first flight, held at the Experimental ... | |
NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design August 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday. | |
 Jupiter and Saturn full of liquid metal helium August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A strange, metal brew lies buried deep within Jupiter and Saturn, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and in London. | |
 Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Scientists have confirmed that at least one body in our solar system, other than Earth, has a surface liquid lake. Using an instrument on NASA's Cassini orbiter, they discovered that a lake-like feature in ... | |
 Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11. | |
 Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image of Martian Dust Particle August 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope. | |
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