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NASA Shelves Ambitious Flagship Missions to Other Planets
There's no room for multibillion-dollar exploration efforts in the current NASA budget.
Russia launches European telecoms satellite
A Russian Proton-M rocket completed the successful launch Wednesday of a European telecommunications satellite after a two-month delay.
The Best Science Photos of the Week - Feb. 11, 2012
From worlds in a water droplet to a black hole eating asteroids, here's a look at the week in science images.
China Unveils Best Moon Map Yet from Lunar Orbiter
The new Chang'e 2 map is the best view yet of the entire moon, Chinese officials say.
NASA Fixes Computer Glitch on Mars-Bound Rover
The spacecraft once again has the Red Planet in its sights.
Janice Voss, Shuttle Astronaut and Scientist, Dies at 55
Dr. Voss explored the behavior of fire in weightlessness, how plants adapt to extraterrestrial flight and an array of other phenomena while logging nearly 19 million miles circling Earth.
Roger Boisjoly, Engineer Who Warned of Challenger Shuttle Disaster, Dies at 73
Roger Boisjoly warned that launching a space shuttle in cold weather could be disastrous.
NASA confident in Russia despite space accidents
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Despite a spate of Russian space accidents last year, NASA remains confident in its partner's ability to fly crew and cargo to the International Space...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Jasmine over Vanuatu and New Caledonia
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Jasmine on Feb. 8, 2012 as it was passing between Vanuatu and New Caledonia. NASA imagery showed Jasmine had a 20 nautical mile-wide...
TV's Stephen Colbert Stars in NASA Video for Space Fans
Space fan Colbert salutes NASA with the Vulcan hand sign.
When stars play planetary pinball
Many of us remember playing pinball at the local arcade while growing up; it turns out that some stars like it as well. Binary stars can play tug-of-war with an...
Obama launches Extreme Marshmallow Cannon – video
The White House science fair launches with a bang on Tuesday as Barack Obama shoots marshmallows at the wall in the state dining room
Europe and Russia Plan Trips to Mars—But Maybe Without NASA
The European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, are making plans to...
'Doomsday Preppers' are ready for anything
"Doomsday Preppers," a weekly TV documentary premiering on the National Geographic Channel Tuesday, takes viewers on a shocking tour of modern-day apocalypse paranoia.
Images: Airplanes of Tomorrow, NASA's Vision of Future Air Travel
See illustrations of potential future aircraft inspired by NASA research for 21st century air trvel.
Hidden Galaxies May Swarm Near Our Own Milky Way
Thousands of mini-galaxies have been predicted but never seen in what's called the missing satellites problem.
The search for life's stirrings
Scientists studying how life arose on Earth are stumped by several key steps in that eventual process, but a Harvard scientist studying the earliest cells says that seemingly intractable problems...
Skydiver planning 36km record bid
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.
Jupiter spacecraft adjusts its course
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. space officials say the Juno probe's five-year mission to Jupiter is on course following a firing of rocket thrusters to better aim...
Photos: Red Planet Views from Europe's Mars Express
Europe's Mars Express probe was launched in June 2003 and arrived at the Red Planet in December of that year.
NASA watches a Gulf Weather system for unusual subtropical development
Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico doesn't begin until June 1, 2012, but a low pressure area in the Gulf called System 90L, is being watched...
Navy to begin tests on electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher
The Office of Naval Research (ONR)'s Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program will take an important step forward in the coming weeks when the first industry railgun prototype launcher is tested at...
Fission power back on NASA’s agenda
Fission power back on NASA’s agendaNature 482, 141 06022012 doi: 10.1038/482141aEric HandSpace-technology report prioritizes nuclear propulsion.
Latin American countries launch biomedicine network
Science institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are collaborating on the study of high-impact diseases in the region.
ESO team succeeds in linking telescopes at Paranal Observatory into giant VLT
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working as part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at the Cerra Paranal Mountain Observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile, have succeeded in virtually connecting all...
Asteroid Vesta floats in space in high resolution 3-D
The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies Eastern Hemisphere taken by NASAs Dawn Asteroid Orbiter.
Sun's Super Bowl Spitfire: Pre-Game Solar Fireworks
The Sun unleashed a whipping filament hundreds of thousands of miles long on Sunday February 5th, starting around 1:45pm EST. The display was caught by the many different filtered camera's...
Mars cooperation near collapse
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.