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Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere

May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s) | No comments yet

Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere.


Russian cargo ship docks with the ISS

19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A Russian Progress M-64 cargo ship docked Saturday with the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported.


NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder

May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 2

New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.


Russian scientists announce 'spaceroach' grandchildren: report

May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Russian space scientists announced on Thursday a new breakthrough in a long pedigree of firsts: the birth of 30 grandchildren of a "space cockroach" who spent 12 days in orbit.


Wandering poles left scars on Europa

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Curved features on Jupiter’s moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90°, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and University of California, ...


Russia, Europe ink deal on new manned spacecraft

May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

The Russian and European space agencies have signed a deal to build a six-seat manned spacecraft to travel to the Moon, a Russian space official said Wednesday.


NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 26 vote(s) | User comments: 1

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red ...


NASA's GLAST gets shades, blankets for the beach

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

GREENBELT, Md. - NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. The ...


Astronaut health on moon may depend on good dusting

May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

Lunar dust could be more than a housekeeping issue for astronauts who visit the moon. Their good health may depend on the amount of exposure they have to the tiny particles.


Space Station Tricorder

May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Any Trekkies out there? Remember the tricorder? Dr. McCoy and Mr. Spock both carried them, and they came in mighty handy exploring "strange new worlds ...where no one has gone before."


Intense Testing Paved Phoenix Road to Mars

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

When NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander descends to the surface of the Red Planet on May 25, few will be watching as closely as the men and women who have spent years planning, analyzing and conducting tests to prepare ...


Russian cargo ship lifts off for International Space Station

May 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Russian cargo ship Progress M-64 set off from Kazakhstan overnight on Wednesday for the International Space Station, the centre for control of space flights (Tsoup) told national news agencies.


Satellite communications by laser

May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Satellites currently use radio waves to exchange data. Now the data rate has been increased a hundredfold by using lasers instead of radio signals. Two test satellites each carried a diode laser pump module developed with ...


Astronauts say there must be life in space

May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 5

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.


New Water Reclamation System Headed for Duty on Space Station

May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

International Space Station crews soon will have a new water reclamation system that will recycle wastewater, allowing up to six crew members to live aboard the orbiting laboratory.


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