News tagged with space program
Scientists say Obama Mars cuts to hit research (Update)
The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain.
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SpaceX flight to ISS could be late March: NASA
The first test flight of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station could happen in late March, NASA said on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Experts say Gingrich moon base dreams not lunacy
(AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There's his grand research plan to figure out what makes the human brain tick. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Russia blames radiation for space probe failure
The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that crashed to Earth this month, and suggested that a low-quality imported ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2012 |
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NASA launching multi-player game on Facebook
NASA is seeking friends for a new game the US space agency launched on Facebook.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Romney sees starships fueled by private enterprise
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's "Space Coast" Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2012 |
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Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon (Update)
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2012 |
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NASA spaceport breaks ground for shuttle display
NASA's retired space shuttle Atlantis is a step closer to completing its final journey.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2012 |
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NASA says it's working to resolve items' ownership
(AP) -- The head of NASA met Monday with former astronauts to discuss who owns space artifacts from moon shots and other missions, saying afterward that the agency will work cooperatively with them to resolve what's recently ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Lowell Randall, rocket scientist, dies at 96 in NM
(AP) -- Lowell Randall, a pioneer rocket scientist who helped launched the U.S. space program and tested intercontinental ballistic missiles, has died. He was 96.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2012 |
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New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons
The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America's resurgence in outer space, reviving "Star Trek" dreams that first interested them in science.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Growing knowledge in space
Plants are critical in supporting life on Earth, and with help from an experiment that flew onboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission, they also could transform living in space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2011 |
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NASA's Apollo 13 checklist sells for $390,000
A checklist used to guide the wounded Apollo 13 spacecraft home after the explosion that led to the famed "Houston, we've had a problem" call sold at auction in Texas Wednesday for just under $390,000.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2011 |
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NASA's Nanosail-D 'sails' home -- mission complete
After spending more than 240 days "sailing" around the Earth, NASA's NanoSail-D -- a nanosatellite that deployed NASA's first-ever solar sail in low-Earth orbit -- has successfully completed its Earth orbiting ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Benefits of future space program are intangible
(PhysOrg.com) -- As someone deeply involved in the American aerospace industry since its inception in the late 1950s, Norman Augustine says that the United States may need a "jolt" similar to the 1958 launching of the Russian ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2011 |
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