DARPA envisions recycling defunct satellites
11-1-2011 |
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Department of Defense is working on a robot that will recycle usable parts of defunct satellites.
NASA sting operation retrieves lunar dust
10-26-2011 | 10
NASA launches elaborate mission to recover moon rock the size of a grain of rice from a grandmother.
Will China win the ultimate moon race?
10-25-2011 | 47
A US space executive is concerned that China will stake a claim on the moon before the US does.
NASA considers orbiting fuel departments
10-24-2011 | 7
Refuelling stations could be placed in orbit to allow departing spacecraft to fill up before heading out.
Cool brown dwarf star discovered
10-23-2011 | 11
A star so cold that you could go for a walk on it has been found by the Spitzer space telescope.
Exploring Titan with a balloon
10-19-2011 | 3
A company in Oregan are working on a balloon that could be used to explore Saturn's moon Titan.
Comet impact narrowly avoided in 1883
10-18-2011 | 36
A huge comet narrowly missed hitting the Earth when it passed within 5,000 miles of us in 1883.
Mars was earthlike for a few hours a day
10-15-2011 | 156
New research has suggested that Mars would have once enjoyed earthlike conditions for short periods.
Ozone layer discovered on Venus
10-8-2011 | 3
A very thin ozone layer has been discovered around the planet Venus by the Venus Express spacecraft.
Which solar system should we visit first ?
10-6-2011 | 46
If mankind were to develop interstellar space travel, where in the galaxy should we go first ?
ESA planning ambitious mission to the Sun
10-5-2011 | 11
The European Space Agency will send a spacecraft to within 42 million km of our star.
Mars lander targets unusual crater
10-3-2011 | 50
The team behind the car-sized Curiosity rover is hoping to explore an unusual crater called "Gale".
China space lab launch a success
9-29-2011 | 22
China's space agency has successfully launched their first space laboratory, Tiangong-1.
Neil Armstrong decries US space program
9-27-2011 | 41
The former astronaut condemned the state of the space program as "embarrassing" and "unacceptable."
NASA to spend $1.6 billion on space taxis
9-25-2011 | 9
NASA is offering to fund a private company who can provide manned trips to and from the space station.
NASA satellite crashes down to Earth
9-24-2011 | 58
Debris from the satellite is believed to have fallen over Canada and three of the world's largest oceans.
Mystery surrounds dinosaur-killing asteroid
9-23-2011 | 6
Doubt has been cast on where the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs would have come from.
China prepares to launch "space lab"
9-22-2011 | 8
The unmanned module will later join with another module to test docking procedures in space.
Dark matter theory may be wrong
9-19-2011 | 21
The idea that dark matter makes up most of the mass of the universe has been called in to question.
Planet discovered orbiting two stars
9-18-2011 | 10
Astronomers have identified a Saturn-sized planet 200 light years away orbiting around two stars.
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