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NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted ...

WISE satellite blasts off on space-map mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 4

NASA launched Monday a new breed of satellite called WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids.

Missile defense test aborted when target fails

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed.

Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 10, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 2

(AP) -- On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing ...

WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours. At the soonest, launch now will be Saturday, Dec. 12, during a ...

New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 10, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 24

Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.

NASA's WISE Set to Blast Off and Map the Skies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The countdown clock is ticking, with just days to go before the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rockets into space on a mission to map the entire sky in infrared light.

Robot completes first underwater crossing of Atlantic Ocean

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (11) | 2

Spain on Wednesday handed back to the United States a robot which last week completed the first underwater crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to help monitor climate change by tracking temperatures.

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 ...

Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 07, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 2

SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, VMS Eve (WhiteKnightTwo) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test ...

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