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MRO goes into safe mode Posted: Wed, Mar 12 6:56 AM ET (1056 GMT) NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft went into safe mode earlier this week because of a computer glitch, but should resume normal operations in... Soyuz returns ISS crewmembers to Earth Posted: Tue, Mar 11 6:30 AM ET (1030 GMT) A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian and one American ISS crewmembers landed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday morning. The Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft landed southeast of... NASA announces asteroid hunting contest Posted: Tue, Mar 11 6:17 AM ET (1017 GMT) NASA announced Monday that will provide $35,000 in prizes for improved computer algorithms designed to look for asteroids. The competition, being run in cooperation... Japanese astronaut takes command of ISS for the first time Posted: Mon, Mar 10 6:13 AM ET (1013 GMT) Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata took command of the International Space Station on Sunday, marking the first time an astronaut representing Japan has commanded the outpost.... Univ. of Texas to join Giant Magellan Telescope project Posted: Sat, Mar 8 9:53 AM ET (1453 GMT) The recent of the University of Texas agreed Friday to join a project to build the world's largest telescope in Chile, agreeing to contribute $... Hubble observes asteroid breaking apart Posted: Fri, Mar 7 7:12 AM ET (1212 GMT) Images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal an asteroid breaking apart into as many as ten pieces, perhaps due to the subtle influence of the... Senate committee debates EELV competition Posted: Thu, Mar 6 6:56 AM ET (1156 GMT) A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee heard dueling testimony Wednesday from the head of the company that currently provides launch services for major military... White House proposes $17.5-billion NASA budget for 2015 Posted: Wed, Mar 5 6:23 AM ET (1123 GMT) A proposed fiscal year 2015 budget released by the Obama Administration would provide NASA with $17.5 billion but could force the agency to mothball... China: "control circuit" failure on Yutu keeps rover from moving Posted: Tue, Mar 4 6:13 AM ET (1113 GMT) Chinese officials said the malfunction of a "control circuit" on its first lunar rover, Yutu, is keeping the rover from moving. The failed circuit in... DigitalGlobe stock falls after revenues miss Posted: Sat, Mar 1 9:29 AM ET (1429 GMT) Commercial remote sensing company DigitalGlobe saw its stock price plummet by 25 percent after reporting revenues below earlier projections. The company said it had revenues... |
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