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. | |
 Ice Cold Sunrise on Mars 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, above the Martian arctic circle, the sun does not set during the peak of the Martian summer. | |
NASA destroys rocket after failed launch August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- NASA says it destroyed an unmanned suborbital rocket shortly after a failed launch early this morning from an island off the Virginia coast. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End August 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug. | |
Spectrograph Team Awaits October Hubble Servicing Mission August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A $70 million instrument designed by the University of Colorado at Boulder that will be inserted on the Hubble Space Telescope during an October 2008 servicing mission should help astronomers better understand how galaxies, ... | |
 Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing out of Victoria Crater August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock ... | |
Space Shuttle Atlantis To Move To Launch Pad Saturday August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
 Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will make a historic encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on 5 September 2008. | |
 Mid-Depth Soil Collected for Lab Test On NASA's Mars Lander August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the spacecraft. | |
 Living with a Star August 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of a star? | |
 The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!' August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The planned retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2010 will bring to a close an era that opened in the Antelope Valley nearly a half century ago. | |
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. | |
 Key advance toward 'micro-spacecraft' August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Fleets of inexpensive, pint-sized spacecraft are one giant leap closer to lift off. Researchers here at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society describe a new, razor thin temperature-regulating ... | |
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 Camera Sees Morning Frost at the Landing Site August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Surface Stereo Imager, or SSI, on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has seen water frost on the ground around the spacecraft's landing site. | |
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