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space exploration

Launch your own space mission

Submitted by Zinger on September 12, 2007 - 09:23. | |

An experiment can be flown into space, recovered, and provided back to young experimenters for as li

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Can you write a better NASA slogan?

Submitted by Zinger on September 7, 2007 - 14:58. | | |

NASA recently changed its slogan in an attempt to better articulate it's role for the American peopl

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Apollo mission archives now digitized and online

Submitted by Zinger on August 10, 2007 - 08:46. | | | | |

Johnson Space Center and Arizona State University's Space Exploration Resources are scanning and cre

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Volunteers sought for 520-day Mars flight simulation

Submitted by tigerincanada on June 21, 2007 - 20:16. | | |

How good are you at staying sane? Does 520 days in a simulated Mars expedition module with five othe

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Design a mission, win $50k

Submitted by Zinger on December 16, 2006 - 10:53. | | | | |

The Planetary Society is conducting a competition to design a mission to rendezvous with and "tag" a

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Iranian born woman to be first female space tourist next month

Submitted by Zinger on August 27, 2006 - 20:45. | | | |

Anousheh Ansari has been officially named to the Soyuz TMA-9 primary crew. The first female spacefli

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Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: A New Space Launch Facility

Submitted by Zinger on August 16, 2006 - 20:00. | | | | |

N.S. signs private launch facility deal Space station flights planned by 2009

UK Wants In - Chinese Moon Mission

Submitted by Zinger on August 13, 2006 - 08:13. | | | |

China plans to send a robotic explorer to the Moon; the UK wants to help.

Burt Rutan Interview: The Future Of Space Flight

Submitted by Zinger on August 12, 2006 - 07:11. | | | | |

Burt Rutan talks with Space.com about the next step in private space craft.

Double planet system found without a star

Submitted by tigerincanada on August 5, 2006 - 09:23. | | |

We've known for a while about "planemos" - planetary-mass objects not orbiting a star. However, thi

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"Space Lakes" found on titan

Submitted by Zinger on July 30, 2006 - 12:08. | | | | | |

New images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to be the only body in o

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MIT envisions 1000s of mini-probes rolling, bouncing along Mars

Submitted by Zinger on July 22, 2006 - 20:38. | | | |

MIT engineers and scientist colleagues have a new vision for the future of Mars exploration: a swarm

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Take a Walk - For $15 million

Submitted by Zinger on July 22, 2006 - 20:35. | | |

Tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) now have the option of adding a 90-minute spacewal

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Photos from the Baikonur Cosmodrome - World's Oldest Space Launch Facility

Submitted by Zinger on July 18, 2006 - 20:49. | | | | | |

Some interesting pictures of Baikonur, site of many historic launches.

Private spacecraft successful

Submitted by Zinger on July 15, 2006 - 10:14. | | |

An experimental spacecraft bankrolled by real estate magnate Robert Bigelow successfully inflated in

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Magnetic sled could hurl objects into orbit

Submitted by Zinger on May 22, 2006 - 20:23. | | |

A circular magnetic sled could fling microsatellites into space cheaply.

European Space Agency testing ExoMars rover

Submitted by tigerincanada on May 13, 2006 - 16:28. | |

The ESA is now testing its prototype rover for the ExoMars mission planned for 2011. ExoMars is the

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"Milestone" deal sees US, India exploring moon together

Submitted by Zinger on May 10, 2006 - 08:56. | | | | | |

Under an accord between the countries' space agencies, India's first unmanned lunar mission will car

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Astronomers: Watch for "Red Spot Jr" to overtake the original in July

Submitted by Zinger on May 6, 2006 - 09:42. | | | | | |

Earlier this year, astronomers reported that a second "red spot" - a giant storm - had appeared on J

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The Final Frontier: Getting A Bit Crowded?

Submitted by PJ on April 17, 2006 - 21:11. | | | | |

US President George Bush called for the US to

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