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Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft Model Passes Water-Recovery Tests
Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing recently demonstrated that astronauts in its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 capsule will be able to safely exit the spacecraft during an emergency w...
NASA names Kennedy Space Center building for Neil Armstrong
Jul 21, 2013 (UPI)
A building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where Apollo astronauts once trained, was named in honor of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the mo...
NASA announces funding for far-out space research
Jul 20, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected a dozen concepts familiar to readers of science fiction for funding. They include research i...
New Flight Projects Building Boasts First NASA Goddard 'Green' Roof
Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)
Excavation is now underway for the new Flight Projects Building, Building 36, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The building was designed ...
The Zero Gravity Coffee Cup
Jul 18, 2013 (SPX)
High above our planet in the realm of satellites and space stations, the familiar rules of Earth do not apply. The midday sky is as black as night. There is no ...
Outside View: Future science fiction
Jul 16, 2013 (UPI)
The 1973 science fiction movie "Soylent Green" focused on a futuristic world plagued by rising temperatures, pollution, depleted resources, overpopulation, dyin...
Technology Could Curtail Astronaut Conflict
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists aim to equip manned crews to Mars with innovative devices that keep track of social interactions and provide instant feedback when conflict and other...
NASA Selects Seven Projects for 2014 X-Hab Innovation Challenge
Jul 11, 2013 (SPX)
NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have selected seven projects from six universities to participate in the 2014 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic ...
Space seeds could benefit traditional Chinese medicines
Jul 08, 2013 (XNA)
The growth cycle of seeds for two plant species, which are used as raw materials for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), could be shortened after being bred in ...
Kennedy Facilities Key to NASA's Transition
Jul 04, 2013 (SPX)
As Kennedy Space Center transforms from a government-only launch facility into a multiuser spaceport, the Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Progr...
Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier Of Our Solar Bubble
Jul 01, 2013 (JPL)
Data from Voyager 1, now more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from the sun, suggest the spacecraft is closer to becoming the first human-made obje...
NASA's Voyager 1 approaches outer limit of solar system
Jun 27, 2013 (AFP)
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is approaching the outer limit of the solar system but remains months or even years away from the farthest reach of the sun's magnetic ...
Orion's parachutes help it land safely after 10-second free fall
Jun 26, 2013 (UPI)
NASA's Orion capsule is one step closer to the real deal after the spacecraft's parachute system was successfully deployed yesterday. In a trial run late Wednes...
PayPal launches quest for intergalactic currency
Jun 26, 2013 (AFP)
Earthbound financial transactions service PayPal late Wednesday launched a quest for an intergalactic currency, saying it is time to figure out what space trave...
Britain shut down UFO desk after finding no threat: files
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
Britain's defence ministry shut down its UFO unit four years ago after concluding that extra-terrestrials likely did not exist, and in any case did not pose a t...
NASA Bill Would 'End Reliance on Russia,' Nix Asteroid Capture Project
Jun 21, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
A Republican-backed bill released Wednesday that would authorize NASA programs for the next two years backs a $500 million project to develop crew transportatio...
New Zealand emerges as guinea pig for global tech firms
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
When Google chose New Zealand to unveil secret plans for a balloon-driven wi-fi network last weekend, it cemented the country's reputation as a test bed for glo...
Lebanese start-ups seek tech boom
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
Lebanon has long suffered with some of the slowest Internet speeds in the world, but a new crop of online entrepreneurs believes their country is primed for a t...
NASA announces eight new astronauts, half are women
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
The US space agency announced the appointment of eight new astronauts on Monday, and a record half of NASA's first astronaut class since 2009 are women. The ast...
China confident in space exploration
Jun 16, 2013 (XNA)
China's Shenzhou-X manned spacecraft successfully completed an automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space module Thursday, proving China has mastered ...
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