How to plan a trip to the outer solar system
6-3-2010 |
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In the late 20th century a group of scientists devised plans to send humans on a trip to the outer solar system.
Approaching "unidentified object" is space junk
6-2-2010 | 12
An object recently detected by astronomers as it whizzed past the Earth has turned out to be space junk.
Asteroid probe 'on home straight'
6-1-2010 | 3
Japan's unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft is on its way back to Earth carrying samples of the asteroid Itokawa.
Europa's ocean is rich in oxygen
5-31-2010 | 36
A new study has revealed that Jupiter's moon Europa is rich enough in oxygen to support millions of tons of fish.
Japan plans robotic moon base by 2020
5-29-2010 | 14
Japan's space agency has unveiled plans to put a base on the moon by 2020 built and populated by robots.
Mars Phoenix lander is officially dead
5-26-2010 | 10
NASA's Phoenix Mars lander is now officially out of action after it failed to survive the martian winter.
The Eridanus Void: is it a giant black hole ?
5-26-2010 | 17
A radical new theory suggests that a billion light-year void in space is actually one enormous black hole.
Amateur sky watchers solve X-37B mystery
5-24-2010 | 14
Sky watchers have determined that the secretive X-37B which launched last month went up to test a new spy satellite.
Neil Armstrong blasts Obama's NASA plans
5-23-2010 | 4
Neil Armstrong has blasted President Obama's decision to cancel NASA's plans to return to the moon.
NASA planning to send "robonaut" to the moon
5-22-2010 | 13
NASA have revealed plans to send a humanoid robot to walk on the surface of the moon within 3 years.
Japan prepares launch of first true solar sail
5-15-2010 | 9
The Japanese space agency will be launching the first ever spacecraft fully propelled by a solar sail.
Jupiter loses one of its stripes
5-14-2010 | 22
Jupiter has lost one of its distinctive red stripes and scientists are perplexed as to what happened to it.
Has someone been tampering with Voyager 2 ?
5-13-2010 | 34
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has baffled experts after it started sending back encoded data messages.
Space cloud holds clues to massive star birth
5-13-2010 | 3
A vast interstellar cloud has been discovered that can produce massive stars that completely dwarf our own sun.
Piece of Newton's apple tree to fly in to space
5-11-2010 | 23
In tribute to Isaac Newton a piece of the original tree from which an apple fell on his head is being flown in to space.
Massive black holes could kill whole galaxies
5-5-2010 |
Super massive black holes contain enough energy to cause untold galactic devastation scientists have found.
Japan to put humanoid robot on moon by 2015 ?
5-4-2010 | 7
A new proposal by several Japanese companies is aiming to put an android on the moon within just 5 years.
James Cameron and NASA to shoot Mars in 3-D
5-2-2010 | 16
Avatar director James Cameron has convinced NASA to install a high resolution 3-D camera on its next Mars rover, Curiosity.
NASA may stretch out Mars missions
4-29-2010 | 0
NASA may get around their low budget by stretching out missions to bring back samples from Mars.
NASA's final shuttle flight slips to November
4-27-2010 | 1
The date for the last ever Space Shuttle flight has been pushed back to November, officials have said.
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