EUVE ends mission; MGS enters extended mission Posted: Sun, Feb 4 11:22 PM ET (0422 GMT) One NASA space science mission came to an end at the end of January while another completed its primary mission. NASA shut down the Extreme... It takes a Jupiter to raise an Earth Posted: Sun, Feb 4 10:43 PM ET (0343 GMT) Gas giants like Jupiter may play a more prominent role in nurturing Earth-like habitable worlds than once thought, according to a recent study. Jonathan... Report: Soyuz cleared for ISS flight despite technical issue Posted: Fri, Feb 2 2:36 PM ET (1936 GMT) Russian media reported Friday that Russia will launch a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station in late April despite the discovery of a depressurized... 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... |
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