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NASA Engages the Public to Discover New Uses for Out-of-this-World Technologies
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
The technologies NASA develops don't just blast off into space. They also improve our lives here on Earth. Life-saving search-and-rescue tools, implantable medi...
NASA Partner SpaceX Completes Review of 2014 Commercial Crew Abort Test
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
In preparation for a summer 2014 test, NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently laid out its plan to demonstrate the Dragon spacecraft's ab...
Enough lying about
Oct 28, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's volunteers recently finished their third and last session lying in bed in the interest of spaceflight and science. They can return to their normal lives a...
US firm offers 30 kilometer-high balloon ride
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Seeking to cash in on the space tourism boom, a US firm is offering rides in a helium balloon 30 kilometers (20 miles) up to gaze down on Earth. The Arizona-bas...
NASA strives to tame 'big data' flowing in from dozens of missions
Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)
NASA says new strategies will be needed to manage the ever-increasing flow of large and complex data streams from the agency's many space missions. Dozens of mi...
'Pillownauts' spend 3 weeks in bed as part of astronaut studies
Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)
The European Space Agency says volunteer "pillownauts" completed a test of 21 days in bed with their feet up, all in the interest of spaceflight and science. Wh...
Ethiopia sets sights on stars with space program
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
Ethiopia unveiled Friday the first phase of a space exploration programme, which includes East Africa's largest observatory designed to promote astronomy resear...
Who's the ace among aces?
Oct 22, 2013 (SPX)
On Oct. 30, 2007, astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery set out on a routine mission: installing two solar panels on the truss, or backbone, of the Inte...
Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meet
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
Six Chinese scientists who were banned from a NASA astronomy conference are now welcome to register, resolving an international row over academic discrimination...
Samsung to break ground at US research center
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Samsung its set to break ground at a big Silicon Valley research center on Wednesday, just down the road from its arch-rival Apple. The South Korean electronics...
US universities make big bets on startups
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
Just before graduating from the University of Michigan, Calvin Schemanski began his start-up. With two classmates, he got free office space on campus and $7,500...
Iran plans new monkey space launch
Oct 13, 2013 (AFP)
Iran is planning to send another live monkey into space within a month, a top space official said in remarks reported by media Sunday. "The second live animal w...
Scott Carpenter, second American in orbit, dies at 88
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
Scott Carpenter, who became the second US astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962, as America battled with Moscow in the space race, died Thursday in Colorado aged...
NASA ban on Chinese scientists 'inaccurate': lawmaker
Oct 08, 2013 (AFP)
A decision by NASA to bar Chinese scientists from an upcoming conference was deemed "inaccurate" Tuesday by the US congressman who wrote the law on which the re...
Naval Institute History Conference: From Mercury to the Shuttle
Oct 08, 2013 (SPX)
The following is the on scene report for the U.S. Naval Institute's 2013 annual history conference, "Past, Present, and Future of Human Space Flight," with Capt...
Non-Orbiting Space Junk
Oct 04, 2013 (SPX)
Ten days ago NASA's Inspector General, Paul K. Martin, testified before the House about the state of the agency's infrastructure. Martin started by pointing out...
Paper written as science hoax published by 157 science journals
Oct 03, 2013 (UPI)
An error-ridden science paper submitted in an effort to expose unethical academic publishers was accepted by 157 open-access science journals, its author says. ...
Tokyo gadget show offers glimpse of tomorrow
Oct 01, 2013 (AFP)
A car that drives itself and glasses that translate a menu as you read it are some of the glimpses of tomorrow on offer at a gadget fair near Tokyo that began o...
Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft
Sep 30, 2013 (SPX)
NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the spa...
GRAVITY is Almost Here
Sep 26, 2013 (SPX)
Hollywood is about to do it again. Imagery imitates a future reality. The new film, "Gravity" is about to be released. This is a 2013 American 3D film starring ...
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