 The International Space Station, a test-bed for future space exploration July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The Heads of the International Space Station (ISS) Agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, to review ISS cooperation. | |
NASA moon capsule running late, full of problems July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Money problems will likely force NASA to abandon its ambitious internal goal of having a new moon spaceship ready by 2013, a top space agency official told The Associated Press Wednesday. | |
 Phoenix Rasps Frozen Layer, Collects Sample July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successfully drilled into the frozen soil and loosened material that was collected in the lander's scoop. | |
 Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA’s Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos. Passing within 100 km of the surface, Mars Express will conduct some of the ... | |
 Researchers reveal widespread, hardworking water on ancient Mars July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists have theorized – romanticized, even – that Mars has harbored water. The evidence has grown stronger as recent missions to the Red Planet have revealed in stunning detail ... | |
 Two Russian cosmonauts make new space walk July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Two Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station made a new space walk to finish off work begun during an earlier operation last week, the Russian space centre said. | |
NASA to workers: Go boldly (in cup) for science July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The No. 1 need right now for some of the builders of the nation's next spaceship: Lots of No. 1. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Extending Trench July 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is using its Robotic Arm to enlarge an exposure of hard subsurface material expected to yield a sample of ice-rich soil for analysis in one of the lander's ovens. | |
Astronauts take another spacewalk for tamer job July 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The space station's two Russian astronauts stepped outside for the second time in less than a week Tuesday, taking a spacewalk that promised to be tame compared to last week's work with explosives. | |
 NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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(AP) -- By day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design. These dissenting scientists and their backers insist they have created an alternative ... | |
 Station Crew Relaxes Before Second Spacewalk July 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Soaring high above the Earth, the Expedition 17 crew members aboard the International Space Station spent some time Monday relaxing before their second spacewalk, which is slated for about 1:10 p.m. EDT Tuesday. ... | |
 Mars bake test hastened after oven short circuit July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Will the Mars lander's next baking test of soil and ice be its last? Scientists worry that it could be, thanks to an electrical glitch that threatens the $420 million quest to find the chemical ingredients ... | |
 Space Shuttle External Tank ET-128 Sets New Performance Standard During STS-124 Mission July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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When NASA's space shuttle Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 31, it was lifted from the launch pad with the help of a "new" external fuel tank, ET-128, which featured design changes ... | |
 What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing) July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Stop the presses! The sun is behaving normally. So says NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. "There have been some reports lately that Solar Minimum is lasting longer than it should. That's not true. The ongoing ... | |
Astronauts handling explosives on daring spacewalk July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Two space station astronauts took a daring spacewalk Thursday to cut into the insulation of their descent capsule and remove an explosive bolt with firecracker force - enough to blow off their hands. | |
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