NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Passes Major Review

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation ...

UK climate scientist to temporarily step down

Space & Earth / Environment

Dec 01, 2009 | 3 / 5 (11) | 32

(AP) -- The chief of a prestigious British research center caught in a storm of controversy over claims that he and others suppressed data about climate change has stepped down pending an investigation, the ...

Planet 51 Star Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 20, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration ...

NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian

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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis ...

Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

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Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (25) | 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight.

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 25, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 5

NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.

Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 10, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (19) | 11

(AP) -- NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but ...

NASA probes hit moon twice (Update 2)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 09, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 11

NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the moon's surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft's instruments ...

School Kids Track LCROSS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Using a colossal radio telescope in the Mojave Desert, school kids around the world are helping NASA track the LCROSS spacecraft as it heads for a crash landing on the Moon.

Rebirth of an icon: Hubble's first images since Servicing Mission 4

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 09, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (24) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers today declared the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory ready for a new decade of exploration, with the release of observations from four of its six ...

Obama space panel says moon return plan is a no-go (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 08, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (15) | 40

(AP) -- A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA's return-to-the-moon plan just won't fly.

Problem cancels moon rocket test firing in Utah

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- A mechanical failure forced a NASA contractor on Thursday to call off the first test firing of the main part of NASA's powerful new moon rocket.

To the moon, NASA? Not on this budget, experts say

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use.

Discovery Set for Aug. 25 Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Flight Readiness Review for space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission has concluded, setting the launch date for Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT.