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Thiokol changes hands again Posted: Fri, Feb 2 2:18 PM ET (1918 GMT) Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced this week it was acquiring the Thiokol Propulsion division of Alcoa for $685 million in cash. Thiokol, best known for making... Charles Elachi named new JPL director Posted: Thu, Feb 1 3:21 PM ET (2021 GMT) Veteran JPL employee Charles Elachi was named director of the NASA-funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Wednesday. Elachi, a researcher and manager at the Caltech-... NEAR Shoemaker to land on Eros February 12 Posted: Thu, Feb 1 11:29 AM ET (1629 GMT) NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker mission will come to an end this month when the spacecraft attempts a landing on the asteroid... "Cell-like" structures created in interstellar ice Posted: Wed, Jan 31 2:46 PM ET (1946 GMT) Scientists have managed to create complex organic compounds and even cell-like structures in icy materials like those that existed in the early history of... Tito cleared for ISS flight — if he's healthy Posted: Wed, Jan 31 2:26 PM ET (1926 GMT) The Russian space agency Rosaviakosmos gave the green light Tuesday for California millionaire Dennis Tito to fly to the International Space Station in late April... Delta 2 launches GPS satellite Posted: Tue, Jan 30 2:37 PM ET (1937 GMT) A Boeing Delta 2 booster successfully launched an Air Force Navstar GPS satellite early Tuesday. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on schedule... A new military emphasis on space Posted: Mon, Jan 29 9:55 PM ET (0255 GMT) The new year -- and the new administration -- has brought with it the hints of a change in U.S. national space policy, highlighted by two... Rotary Rocket to close Roton facility Posted: Sat, Jan 27 2:24 PM ET (1924 GMT) Rotary Rocket, a company that tried to develop a low-cost reusable launch vehicle, will close and auction off the California facility where it built... Glitch hits Mars Global Surveyor Posted: Sat, Jan 27 12:45 PM ET (1745 GMT) A short circuit has disabled one of the reaction control wheels on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft, but officials say the problem should... Progress docks with Mir Posted: Sat, Jan 27 12:26 PM ET (1726 GMT) A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft successfully docked with the Mir space station early Saturday, the next major step towards deorbiting the 15-year-old station.... |
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