 Finally, urine recycler passes astronauts' test November 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- After several days without luck, astronauts finally ran a successful test on equipment that turns urine into drinking water - a necessity for supporting the international space station's crew, which ... | |
 Space Sportilization: Former Redskin Player Ken Harvey Offers A 21st Century Game on the Moon November 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ken Harvey, former linebacker for the Washington Redskins is trying to capture the imagination of young people by proposing a 21st century game of "Float Ball" to be played in zero-gravity. ... | |
 NASA Prepares for New Juno Mission to Jupiter November 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter. | |
 Astronauts step out for final spacewalk of mission November 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Astronauts are carrying out the last spacewalk of this mission to finish a clean and lube job that they began a week ago at the international space station. | |
 Chandrayaan-1 starts observations of the Moon November 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Indian Space Research Organisation's lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 released a probe that impacted close to the lunar south pole on 14 November. Following this, the instruments on the spacecraft ... | |
 Last chance: Astronauts venture on final spacewalk November 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Three spacewalks down. One to go. Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Robert "Shane" Kimbrough venture outside the international space station Monday for the fourth and final spacewalk of space shuttle Endeavour's ... | |
Behind spacesuit technology stands astronaut's ‘leap of faith' November 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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This is a story about a man and his suit. His $12 million suit - the most complex wardrobe known to man. David Wolf was 8 years old when he first saw someone decked out in a spacesuit. That's when astronaut Ed White became ... | |
 Astronauts venture on 4th, final spacewalk November 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Three spacewalks down. One to go. Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Robert "Shane" Kimbrough venture outside the international space station Monday for the fourth and final spacewalk of space shuttle Endeavour's ... | |
Witnesses: Large meteor streaks across Canada sky November 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Scientists say they hope to find remnants of a meteor that brilliantly lit up the sky before falling to earth in western Canada. | |
 Astronauts try to work out kinks in urine machine November 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Astronauts hope they have a solution for getting a pivotal piece of equipment working so it can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water and allow the international space station to grow to six ... | |
 Astronauts step out for longest, hardest spacewalk November 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Astronauts stepped out for the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday to wrap up greasy repair work on a gummed-up joint at the international space station. | |
 Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair November 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Astronauts up on the international space station faced the longest and hardest spacewalk of their mission Saturday, a seven-hour-plus excursion to wrap up repair work on a gummed-up joint. | |
 NASA's space water recycling system has hiccups November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- NASA's revolutionary new space water recycling system is having serious hiccups. The $154 million device for turning astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water aboard the international space ... | |
NASA scales back flagship Mars mission November 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- NASA is scrapping a controversial piece of hardware from its next-generation Mars rover that would have allowed the spacecraft to store rock fragments in a mini-basket for a future mission. | |
Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21M back November 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favorite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen. Now he claims the company that was supposed make his dream come ... | |
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