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Atlantis leaves space station after making it more European Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2008 
The US space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station Monday after a nine-day visit that gave the laboratory a European annex -- and a French scientist to bolster its crew. After closing the hatch on Sunday, shuttle pilot Alan Poindexter gently unlocked latches and released powerful springs that pushed the spacecraft away from the station. "Alpha, Houston -physical ... read more |
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Earth-like planets raise prospects of extra-terrestial life: study
Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) Feb 17, 2008Planets resembling Earth can be found orbiting many sun-like stars in our galaxy, increasing the prospects of finding extraterrestial life on some of them, according to a study released Sunday. University of Arizona astronomer Michael Meyer, working with NASA's Spitzer space telescope, said his research shows that between 20 percent and 60 percent of stars similar to our sun have conditions ... more Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives At Launch Pad 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2008After safely reaching its launch pad Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-123 mission. A full launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from Feb. 23 to 25. The shuttle arrived at the pad at approximately 4:45 a.m. EST Monday on top ... more Amino Acid Ingredients Found In Distant Galaxy 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Using the giant dish at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, radio astronomers have discovered evidence of hydrogen cyanide and methanimine, two carbon compounds that can combine with water to make the amino acid glycine. Because proteins are composed of amino acids, the new results make distant space seem a bit more hospitable to life. Except that life is highly unlikely to exist in the tempestuous ... more Time flies in space, astronauts on shuttle mission say 
Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2008Astronauts helping install a European laboratory at the International Space Station said Saturday time flies out there when the work is satisfying, though weightlessness takes some getting used to. The seven crew members of the shuttle Atlantis and their three colleagues on the ISS spoke to journalists through a live link up from space. US space shuttle Atlantis has been docked to the ISS ... more Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving. "Not all water is fit to drink," said Andrew Knoll, a member of the rover science team who is a biologist at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ... more |
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Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Space shuttle Endeavour's rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has been rescheduled for 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 18. Endeavour is targeted to lift off March 11 on the 16-day STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. The first movement of the shuttle will be approximately seven hours earlier than previously scheduled. The fully assembled space shuttle, ... more NASA Ames Enables Commercial Weightless Aircraft Flights 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008Commercial, weightless flights will be offered this weekend at Moffett Field, Calif., under the terms of an agreement with the Zero Gravity Corp, Las Vegas. Although corporation officials said the first flight scheduled Saturday, Feb. 16 is already sold out, additional flights will be scheduled later this year. "We're delighted to have signed this historic agreement with ZERO-G," said Ames ... more MIT To Lead Development Of New Radio Telescope Array On Lunar Farside 
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2008NASA has selected a proposal by an MIT-led team to develop plans for an array of radio telescopes on the far side of the moon that would probe the earliest formation of the basic structures of the universe. The agency announced the selection and 18 others related to future observatories on Friday, Feb.15. The new MIT telescopes would explore one of the greatest unknown realms of astronomy, ... more US scientists pinpoint 14 top technological challenges 
Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) Feb 16, 2008The US National Academy of Engineering has announced the grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century that, if met, would improve people's lives. The list of 14 tasks was unveiled Friday by a diverse committee of experts from around the world, convened at the request of the US National Science Foundation. "Tremendous advances in quality of life have come from improved technology ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2008Two spacewalking astronauts, including a German who fell ill at the start of the shuttle Atlantis mission, successfully replaced a nitrogen tank on the orbiting International Space Station on Wednesday, NASA said. After spending the night in a decompression chamber on the ISS, the two astronauts, American Rex Walheim and his German colleague Hans Schlegel, walked out into space at 1427 GMT ... more Arecibo Observatory Astronomers Discover First Near-Earth Triple Asteroid 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 15, 2008Once considered just your average single asteroid, 2001 SN263 has now been revealed as the first near-Earth triple asteroid ever found. The asteroid -- with three bodies orbiting each other -- was discovered this week by astronomers at the radar telescope at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Cornell and Arecibo astronomer Michael C. Nolan said he a ... more Schlegel Completes First Spacewalk 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 15, 2008ESA astronaut Hans Schlegel today completed his first ever spacewalk. The second spacewalk of the STS-122 Shuttle mission lasted six hours 45 minutes. Shortly after the spacewalk officially started to 15:27 CET (14:27 UT), Schlegel and NASA astronaut Rex Walheim headed out of the International Space Station's Quest Airlock. The spacewalkers main task was to replace a nitrogen tank used to ... more STS-122 Spacewalkers Complete Second Outing As Mission Extended 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel completed the second of STS-122's three scheduled spacewalks at 4:12pm EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 45 minutes. The spacewalkers completed the removal of an expended Nitrogen Tank Assembly and the installation of a new one on the P1 truss. The tank is part of the orbital outpost's cooling system. With the help of the station's robot ... more
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