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Space officials in Europe and Japan are considering plans to build and launch additional indigenous cargo ships to the International Space Station if the program is extended beyond 2015.
Physical Science
Mars rover Spirit hit another snag in attempt to free itself when one of its wheels stalled.
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Mars
NASA
NASA spent roughly $570 million of its $1 billion in stimulus funds, with nearly half of those dollars going toward its embattled Constellation program.
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NASA
Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.
Physical Science
Take a last look at Venus as it disappears behind the sun for a few months.
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Venus
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Space solar power advocates may soon get their day in the sun, but one scientist worries that a U.S.-based project is promising too much, too soon.
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Earth
A new satellite to broadcast video and data services to Russia and the Middle East was successfully released in geosynchronous transfer orbit Monday.
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A tiny piece of a defunct Russian satellite zipped by the International Space Station Tuesday, but far enough away to pose no threat to the crew.
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Super Earths are named for their size, but
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A Canadian, a Russian and a Belgian astronaut have left the International Space Station to land aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
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Space Station Crew to Depart ISS Tonight 30 November 2009 5:00 p.m. EST Three spaceflyers on the International Space Station (ISS) plan to depart the orbital lab tonight and land in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The crew plans to say farewell to their station crewmates at 7:30 ...
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NASA
Astronomers have long wondered which came first, the black hole or the galaxy around it. The leading theory holds that the two co-evolve, starting small and building over time.
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The International Space Station, which was crowded last week with 12 astronauts onboard, is set to go down to a crew of two Tuesday.
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NASA
Spitzer Space Telescope spots youngest possible brown dwarf pair yet found.
Physical Science
In an unpublicized launch lacking fanfare, an H-2A rocket successfully boosted Japan's most advanced spy satellite to orbit on Saturday from the country's island space center.
Physical Science
The International Space Station won't have to fire its thrusters Saturday to avoid a close call with chunk of a spent rocket that launched a comet probe 10 years ago, NASA officials said.
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NASA
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in Florida early Friday to end an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.