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Europe and Japan Ponder Space Station's Long-term Needs
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.
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Wheel Stalls Hinder Stuck Mars Rover Again
Mars rover Spirit hit another snag in attempt to free itself when one of its wheels stalled.
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NASA Spends Half of Stimulus Money on Moon Program
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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Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known
Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star.
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World's Largest Milky Way Image Unveiled
The world's largest image of Milky Way goes on display.
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See Venus Before It Bids Farewell
Take a last look at Venus as it disappears behind the sun for a few months.
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Harness the Sun: Space Solar Power Concepts Taking Shape
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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Zenit Rocket Delivers New Communications Satellite to Orbit
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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Russian Satellite Debris Zooms by Space Station
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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Another Mars Orbiter Goes Into Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has memory glitch, goes into safe mode.
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Super Earths May Be Superior at Fostering Life
space.com — Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to... 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to the 'Fermi Paradox': Why haven't we been ... (more) Super Earths May Be Superior at Fostering Life
Hubble Photographs Billowing Clouds of Cosmic Dust
A new Hubble image reveals mounds of dust in a star-forming nebula.
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Crew Undocks From Space Station
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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MISSION UPDATE: Space Station Crew to Depart ISS Tonight
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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Presto! Black Hole Creates a Galaxy
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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Space Station Crew Will Shrink to Two
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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Clue Found to Origin of Cosmic Misfits
Spitzer Space Telescope spots youngest possible brown dwarf pair yet found.
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Japan Launches Spy Satellite Under Veil of Secrecy
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.
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Old Rocket Junk Poses No Threat to Space Station
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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Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely in Florida
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in Florida early Friday to end an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.
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