India is well on the way to joining the select group of nations to place a spacecraft on the moon.
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Launch your own space mission
An experiment can be flown into space, recovered, and provided back to young experimenters for as little as US$2000.
Can you write a better NASA slogan?
NASA recently changed its slogan in an attempt to better articulate it's role for the American people. WIRED magazine wants to know what YOU think the new slogan should be.
Apollo mission archives now digitized and online
Johnson Space Center and Arizona State University's Space Exploration Resources are scanning and creating an online digital archive of all the original Apollo flight films. Through this online interface, users may browse through the archive and download any of the images.
Volunteers sought for 520-day Mars flight simulation
How good are you at staying sane? Does 520 days in a simulated Mars expedition module with five other crew members sound like a challenge? Then go for it, but beware, there are thousands of others who think they can make the grade too - and this isn't even a TV show, this is a real ESA project. Scientific experience, and a command of English and Russian are required.
Design a mission, win $50k
The Planetary Society is conducting a competition to design a mission to rendezvous with and "tag" a near-Earth asteroid.
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Iranian born woman to be first female space tourist next month
Anousheh Ansari has been officially named to the Soyuz TMA-9 primary crew. The first female spaceflight participant will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 14.
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Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: A New Space Launch Facility
N.S. signs private launch facility deal Space station flights planned by 2009
UK Wants In - Chinese Moon Mission
China plans to send a robotic explorer to the Moon; the UK wants to help.
Burt Rutan Interview: The Future Of Space Flight
Burt Rutan talks with Space.com about the next step in private space craft.
Double planet system found without a star
We've known for a while about "planemos" - planetary-mass objects not orbiting a star. However, this is the first time two such bodies have been found orbiting one another.
"Space Lakes" found on titan
New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to be the only body in our solar system other than Earth with lakes on its surface.
MIT envisions 1000s of mini-probes rolling, bouncing along Mars
MIT engineers and scientist colleagues have a new vision for the future of Mars exploration: a swarm of probes, each the size of a baseball, spreading out across the planet in every direction.
Take a Walk - For $15 million
Tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) now have the option of adding a 90-minute spacewalk to their trips for an extra $15 million.
Photos from the Baikonur Cosmodrome - World's Oldest Space Launch Facility
Some interesting pictures of Baikonur, site of many historic launches.
Private spacecraft successful
An experimental spacecraft bankrolled by real estate magnate Robert Bigelow successfully inflated in orbit Wednesday, testing a technology that could be used to fulfill his dream of building a commercial space station.
Magnetic sled could hurl objects into orbit
A circular magnetic sled could fling microsatellites into space cheaply.
European Space Agency testing ExoMars rover
The ESA is now testing its prototype rover for the ExoMars mission planned for 2011. ExoMars is the first step in the Aurora project which aims to land humans on Mars by 2030. This BBC News article has a link to video footage.
"Milestone" deal sees US, India exploring moon together
Under an accord between the countries' space agencies, India's first unmanned lunar mission will carry two scientific payloads from the US agency, Nasa.
Astronomers: Watch for "Red Spot Jr" to overtake the original in July
Earlier this year, astronomers reported that a second "red spot" - a giant storm - had appeared on Jupiter. Already famous for having a large red spot that is a storm that has been raging for at least 400 years, Jupiter has a treat in store for planet watchers this July. Red Spot Jr. is sneaking up on the bigger storm.
The Final Frontier: Getting A Bit Crowded?
US President George Bush called for the US to return to the moon, but any program to get there won't see any real money until at least 2010, the projected date for completing the space station and retiring the shuttle fleet.
China is developing a reasonably successful space program, and has plans to go to the moon and put taikonauts on Mars. India is also lunar bound, with the appropriately named Chandrayaan-1 the likely first step. Meanwhile, Russia appears to be shaking off its space budget blues, with Roskosmos set to receive more cash now and in the immediate future, thanks to the booming Russian economy, government budget increases and its commercial ventures. Given the Russian ability to do pretty amazing things with sometimes laughable resources, and their complex relationship with China, we'll probably see a great deal out of that country in the near future.
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