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NASA's robot may get Japanese space companion

Posted February 23, 2011 - 7:22 pm

The space shuttle Discovery is slated to take off tomorrow carrying a humanoid robot that could be joined by 2014 by a second robot sent from Japan.
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Materials research needed to make space elevator a reality

Posted August 16, 2010 - 8:17 pm

While much of the first day of the Space Elevator Conference was dedicated to the problem of space trash, the concept also faces another significant challenge.
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Newton's apple tree experiences zero-G

Posted May 21, 2010 - 6:59 am

A sliver from the famous tree goes where no tree has gone before: low earth orbit.
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What killed Yuri Gagarin?

Posted January 17, 2010 - 6:02 pm

The first man in space died in a jet fighter training accident just seven years after his famous flight. But the reasons for that crash have always been mysterious -- until now.
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Scientists preparing $400 million "space boat"

Posted December 27, 2009 - 9:49 pm

The recent discovery of oceans of liquid methane on Titan have encouraged scientists to work on a seagoing craft to explore that Saturnian moon.
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Space agency wants volunteers to fly to Mars. Sort of.

Posted October 27, 2009 - 8:39 pm

The European Space Agency wants volunteers to take the 520-day trip to Mars. Well ok, a simulated version of the red planet voyage but you would get to go to Moscow and pretend you were on a spaceship.
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Twittering the final frontier

Posted May 14, 2009 - 8:10 am

Lots of us follow stars on Twitter but that has become rather passé; the new big thing in the Twitterverse? Going to the stars.
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China's first lunar probe crashes into the moon

Posted March 2, 2009 - 9:36 am

China's first lunar probe made a planned crash into the moon Sunday, completing the first phase of a lunar program partly meant to solidify Beijing’s status as a space power.
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Xinhua runs spacewalk story before astronauts leave Earth

Posted September 26, 2008 - 11:10 am

China's official Xinhua News Agency ran a story on Thursday announcing ground controllers were tracking Chinese astronauts sent aloft for the country's first spacewalk, complete with details and quotes from the astronauts. There was just one problem: the astronauts had yet to blast off for the spacewalk, which is scheduled for the early hours of Saturday morning, Beijing time.
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Going up: Slow progress on 'space elevator'

Posted July 20, 2008 - 8:09 pm

Disney World, Epcot, Universal Studios and ... Space Orlando. In the future, Florida could be the site of a simulated "elevator" that allows people to check out life on a space station, virtually.
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