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NASA, European Space Agency Want To Go To Mars
Slashdot - Thu Nov 12, 11:46 am ET
coondoggie writes "NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are aiming to cooperate on all manner of robotic orbiters, landers and exploration devices for a future trip to Mars. Specifically, NASA and ESA recently agreed to consider the establishment of a new joint initiative to define and implement their scientific, programmatic, and technological goals for the exploration of Mars. The program ...
Venus fades while Mars grows mighty
Tallahassee Democrat - Thu Nov 26, 2:08 am ET
Cool news: On Nov. 13, NASA announced that a "significant amount" of water had been found on the moon. The finding expands our understanding of the Earth's closest neighbor and opens new opportunities for human exploration.
Sam Rockwell Remembers His Year Of Space Travel And 'Iron Man 2'
Vh1 - Tue Nov 24, 3:13 pm ET
Sam Rockwell talked about his 2009 with us, a year of space travel in "Moon" and shooting his part for the upcoming "Iron Man 2."
NASA Honors Biloxi's Apollo Astronaut Fred Haise With Moon Rock
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 1:54 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will present astronaut Fred Haise, Jr., with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Gorenflo Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. Haise will present the award, consisting of a moon rock encased in Lucite for display, to Paul Tisdale, superintendent of the Biloxi Public ...
NASA Hurricane Satellite Fails
Central Florida News 13 - Sat Nov 28, 11:14 am ET
A NASA satellite that helps forecasters measure hurricane winds has failed.
Cosmic Log: Play the galactic slots
MSNBC - Mon Nov 23, 7:18 pm ET
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Galaxy Zoo's latest online experiment is a “cosmic slot machine” that matches galactic smash-ups with computer simulations. The payoff? Pure science.
Clearwater astronaut returns to Earth
FOX 13 Tampa Bay - Fri Nov 27, 9:48 am ET
Space shuttle Atlantis glided safely back to Earth this morning, ending Clearwater astronaut Nicole Stott's three months in space.
Fossilized Bacteria May Point to Life on Mars
Fox News - 2 hours 16 minutes ago
NASA scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists on Mars
The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon
SpaceRef - Tue Nov 24, 5:33 pm ET
A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D.
NASA tech simulates moon landing (audio slideshow)
CNET - Fri Nov 27, 9:09 am ET
Inside the massive Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., engineers test designs for next-generation lunar landers.