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Friday, Apr 17
Shuttle Dodges Space Junk Risk
Despite the recent rash of space-debris problems, the risk that the space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope will have a catastrophic collision with space junk and micrometeoroids won't exceed NASA guidelines. NASA said Thursday the new orbital...
Wednesday, Apr 8
High-Tech Weights for Space Workout
NASA Offers $5000 a Month For You to Lie in BedQ&A: NASA Scientist Answers Your Questions About Lying in Bed for 90 DaysNASA Bed Rest Lab Photo: Could You Spend 90 Days Here?No Pain, No Gain in Space: Astronauts Need Better Workouts Image: International Space Station/Japan Aerospac...
Monday, Apr 6
No Pain, No Gain in Space: Astronauts Need Better Workouts
Without stricter workouts, the bodies of long-distance space travelers will be ravaged by the time they return to Earth, or reach another planet. A NASA-funded study of astronauts freshly returned from six-month stays aboard the International Space Station found that...
Wednesday, Mar 25
Scientists Wish Upon Shooting Star, Find Super Rare Meteorites
There's nowhere else to find this sort of information, he said, because you need the planet forming process to stop before it becomes a full-fledged planet. This is highly unusual," Mancinelli said. "It is key to understanding the early solar system."
Friday, Mar 13
Defense Firm's Global Warming Solution: More Drones
At Northrop Grumman, we’re already thinking along these lines. We build the Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System, which can fly at altitudes of 65,000 feet for more than 30 hours at a time. Global Hawks traditionally carry out military missions and are currently providing intelligence,...
Tuesday, Feb 24
The 5 Worst U.S. Space Launch Failures
NASA's Carbon Satellite Fails, See Video of LaunchSpaceX: 'We have heard from launch control that there has been an anomaly'Oh, Hubble, Can This Really Be the End?Hubble to Finally Get Some Astronaut LoveLost in Space: 8 Weird Pieces of Space Junk Space flight is a tough business. In the 5...
Tuesday, Oct 21
India Launches Lunar Probe, Hopes and a U.S. Ice-Hunting Radar
India's orbiter will have the company of lunar satellites from Japan and China, and will be joined by the United States' Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in early 2009. See Also: Japan Captures HDTV of Full Earth "Rise" from Lunar OrbitFirst Moon Picture Back from China's Chang'e ProbeA Use...
