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Funding threatens US return to moon by 2020

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 2

US ambitions of returning to the moon by 2020 and then heading to Mars risk being grounded because of "unrealistic" funds allocated to NASA, said Senator Bill Nelson, a former space shuttle astronaut.

Era Ends for Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Program

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 31, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With 520 seconds of shake, rattle and roar on July 29, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center marked the end of an era for testing the space shuttle main engines that have powered the nation's ...

China picks first female astronaut candidates

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- China's military-backed space program has selected 45 astronaut candidates, including its first women hopefuls, for a training program less than a year after the country completed its first spacewalk.

Return-to-moon plan gets boost on Capitol Hill

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- NASA's weakened return-to-the-moon program has gotten a lift on Capitol Hill. The head of a special expert panel conceded to Congress on Tuesday that the moon program could work if given enough money. That would ...

Veteran crew named for final space shuttle flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- NASA's chief astronaut will shut off the lights on America's space shuttle program.

NASA denies new space program is too risky, pricey

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 30, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 8

(AP) -- Engineers designing NASA's next moon rocket denied Wednesday that the human space flight program dubbed "Constellation" is too expensive, too risky and would unnecessarily delay man's return to space.

China breaks ground on space launch center

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- China broke ground on its fourth space center Monday, highlighting the country's soaring space ambitions six years after it sent its first man into orbit.

Father of China's space tech program dies at 98

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 31, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 2

(AP) -- Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China's space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.

NASA Announces Screening of Space Shuttle Artifacts

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA is inviting eligible educational institutions, museums and other organizations to begin registering to screen potential space shuttle artifacts.

Lockheed Martin aerospace division to cut 800 jobs

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a division of US global security firm Lockheed Martin Corporation, said Monday it would cut about 800 jobs by year-end to improve its competitiveness.

US sends 2 missile defense satellites into orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 25, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 4

(AP) -- Two satellites are heading to orbit as part of a missile defense program demonstration.

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