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The new iPhone 3Gs is displayed at an Apple store in June 2009 in San Francisco, California

New from NASA, an iPhone application

Technology / Software

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

NASA is coming to the iPhone. The US space agency announced on Friday that it has created a free NASA application for the popular Apple smartphone and the iPod Touch.


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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 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's new moon rocket makes first test flight (AP)

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 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.


Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds

Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- An armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn's moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid lakes.


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

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

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 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.


Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars (AP)

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (33) | comments 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.


Discoveries in the Deep

Discoveries in the Deep

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have been using Pavilion Lake as a testing ground for the future human exploration of other worlds.


NASA's Ares 1-X rocket rolled to launch pad 39-b at the Kennedy Space Center October 20, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 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.


A system of space solar power system (SSPS)

Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source

Technology / Energy

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 32

It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.


COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary

COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite rocketed into Earth orbit on Nov. 18, 1989, and quickly revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos. Developed and built at Goddard ...



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