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The newest generation of compact research freezers is performing well in space and have already boosted the scientific capacity of the International Space Station (ISS), said engineers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). http://www.physorg.com/news156430664.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:58:10 EST news156430664 (AP) -- NASA kept close tabs on an old piece of space junk Monday that threatened to come too close to the international space station as the shuttle Discovery raced toward the orbiting outpost for a 220-mile-high linkup. http://www.physorg.com/news156424097.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:08:47 EST news156424097 (PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crew member to the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news156395449.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:11:35 EST news156395449 (AP) -- Aiming for a Sunday evening launch, NASA began fueling space shuttle Discovery again in hopes repairs took care of a dangerous leak. http://www.physorg.com/news156339315.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:35:44 EST news156339315 (AP) -- NASA is unsure what caused the hydrogen gas leak that prevented space shuttle Discovery from flying, but nonetheless will attempt another launch Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news156278649.html Space & Earth Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:49:09 EST news156278649 (AP) -- NASA feels it has a good shot at sending shuttle Discovery to the international space station on Sunday following repairs out at the launch pad. http://www.physorg.com/news156165994.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:27:03 EST news156165994 (AP) -- The near-hit of space junk Thursday was a warning shot fired across the bow of the international space station, experts said. There's likely more to come in the future. With less than an hour's notice, the three astronauts were told they'd have to seek shelter in a Russian capsule parked at the space station in case a speeding piece of space junk hit Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news156083582.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:40:48 EST news156083582 (AP) -- NASA is replacing some space shuttle connections in hopes of plugging a gas leak and launching Discovery to the international space station on Sunday, after delays of more than a month. http://www.physorg.com/news156105508.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:39:08 EST news156105508 (AP) -- NASA has started beaming live video from just outside the International Space Station, but there's a catch: The online feeds are available only when the station's crew is asleep or off duty. http://www.physorg.com/news156012785.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:53:43 EST news156012785 (PhysOrg.com) -- Salmonella bacteria research from two recent NASA space missions discovered key elements of the bacteria's disease-causing potential that hold promise for improving ways to fight food-borne infections on Earth. http://www.physorg.com/news156009412.html Biology Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:57:50 EST news156009412 (AP) -- NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery for a night flight to the international space station Wednesday, following a month's delay to make sure the ship's valves are just right. http://www.physorg.com/news155999901.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:18:41 EST news155999901 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ahead of schedule, lasting 4 hours and 49 minutes. http://www.physorg.com/news155940871.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:55:15 EST news155940871 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor. http://www.physorg.com/news155923882.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:21 EST news155923882 (PhysOrg.com) -- An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm`s metro system. http://www.physorg.com/news155833207.html Technology Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:00:44 EST news155833207 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now scheduled to lift off to the International Space Station at 9:20 p.m. EDT on March 11. http://www.physorg.com/news155573470.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:52:47 EST news155573470 American software tycoon Charles Simonyi on Thursday shrugged off a 10 million dollar price hike by Russia for his next space flight, saying space tourism was the way of the future. http://www.physorg.com/news155481353.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:16:15 EST news155481353 A Japanese astronaut going to space this month will try to fly on a carpet, use eyedrops in zero gravity and meet a series of other off-beat challenges, a space agency official said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news155469901.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:06:24 EST news155469901 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club has produced a paper model of the International Space Station (ISS) - the first designed just for children. http://www.physorg.com/news155316262.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:25:04 EST news155316262 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. http://www.physorg.com/news155234526.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:43:22 EST news155234526 China will launch a space module next year and carry out the nation's first space docking in 2011 as a step towards its goal of building a space station, state media said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news155117562.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:13:10 EST news155117562 The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday named a Frenchman and a German who will join four Russians in an innovative 105-day isolation experiment to test whether humans can one day fly to Mars. http://www.physorg.com/news154893651.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:18 EST news154893651 NASA is aiming to launch the space shuttle Discovery next month after repeated delays caused by critical valves. Shuttle managers said Wednesday they hope to launch on March 12, a full month after the original launch date of Feb. 12. http://www.physorg.com/news154866225.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:24:18 EST news154866225 Exactly one year ago today, the European Columbus laboratory arrived at its berth on the International Space Station, signalling the start of a new era for Europe in human spaceflight. http://www.physorg.com/news153587665.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:15:07 EST news153587665 (PhysOrg.com) -- In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission sees him become the first European commander of the Station by October 2009. ESA has now given his mission the name OasISS. http://www.physorg.com/news153067418.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:44:14 EST news153067418 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life. http://www.physorg.com/news152196803.html Space & Earth Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:53:48 EST news152196803 (PhysOrg.com) -- Worms from The University of Nottingham should be checking in for a flight onboard the Space Shuttle later this year - to help researchers investigate the effect of zero gravity on the body's muscle development and physiology. Researchers are also hoping to get primary school children involved in the project. http://www.physorg.com/news151254532.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:08:52 EST news151254532 A revolutionary container-less chemical reactor, pioneered by the space research team at Guigné International Ltd (GIL) in Canada with scientists at the University of Bath, has been installed on the International Space Station. The reactor, named Space-DRUMS, uses beams of sound to position chemicals in mid-air so they don't come into contact with the walls of the container. http://www.physorg.com/news148219022.html Space & Earth Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:57:02 EST news148219022 (PhysOrg.com) -- Critics of the Space Program can utter a sigh of relief. Finally, an innovation with a good suds head on it. A colloborative effort between the Russian Academy of Science, Okayama University and Sopporo Breweries in Japan has developed a beer that uses 100-percent barley grown on the International Space Station. The barley was grown on the ISS during a five-month period along with lettuce, wheat and peas as part of a life-sustaining long term growing project. http://www.physorg.com/news147622516.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:15:16 EST news147622516 (PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies delivered to the International Space Station by the space shuttle Endeavour Nov. 14 has generated a buzz among scientists, astronauts, the news media and has even spawned an Internet video set to the music of "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider." http://www.physorg.com/news146853327.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:35:27 EST news146853327 NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can "smell" dangerous chemicals in the air. Designed to help protect crew members' health and safety, the experimental "ENose" will monitor the space station's environment for harmful chemicals such as ammonia, mercury, methanol and formaldehyde. http://www.physorg.com/news146324434.html Space & Earth Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:40:34 EST news146324434