GAO finds risks in NASA program

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office says it's found major risks to the successful development of NASA's replacement for the space shuttle.


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Astronauts say there must be life in space

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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.

EU says car pollution targets unworkable: report

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A senior EU official has said that a European Union deadline to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars by 2012 was unrealistic, according to an interview with a German newspaper.

New Water Reclamation System Headed for Duty on Space Station

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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.

Space Station Tricorder

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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

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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 ...