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The word shuttle can have several meanings. In general, it is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner.

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Superconductor magnet heat shield being developed

Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed

Physics / General Physics

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (40) | 28

(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 29, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (33) | 36

(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.

NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight (AP)

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.

Hubble Space Telescope resting in the Space Shuttle Discovery?s cargo bay, in 1999

Hubble: a time machine that revolutionized astronomy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

May 10, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (16) | 2

The Hubble space telescope, the object of NASA's fifth and last servicing mission next week, is a veritable time machine that has revolutionized humankind's vision and comprehension of the universe.

Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 31, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (15) | 16

Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ...

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.

Space shuttle science shows how 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by a comet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 24, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (19) | 15

The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering the Earth's atmosphere, says new Cornell University research. The conclusion ...

Space panel considers alternatives to NASA's plan for moon base

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 31, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 17

A presidential space panel on Thursday challenged NASA's vision of establishing a base on the moon and instead weighed other ambitious options that include free-ranging spaceships that could visit destinations throughout ...

US scientists plan greenhouses on the Moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Apr 15, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (11) | 1

Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon.

Astronauts hook up new camera for Hubble (AP)

Let there be light: Camera hooked up for Hubble

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (9) | 7

(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the observatory ...

NASA puts new rocket on launch pad for test flight (AP)

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...

Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (AP)

Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 23, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (12) | 23

(AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.

White House orders review of NASA space plans

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 07, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 4

(AP) -- The White House has ordered a complete outside review of NASA's manned space program, including plans to return astronauts to the moon.

Ames Laboratory scientist using low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth

Scientists use low-gravity space station lab to study crystal growth

Physics / Condensed Matter

Sep 21, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (9) | 1

A research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Equipment recently ...

NASA manager pitches a cheaper return-to-moon plan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 30, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (9) | 18

(AP) -- Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a cheaper ride to the moon.