SpaceX Successfully Lauches Falcon 9 Rocket
Today’s launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is an important development in the future of privately funded space flight. Although the Obama administration...
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NASA Announces Breakthrough in Astrobiology
NASA’s anticipated press conference concerning a breakthrough in astrobiology proved once again that life is stranger than scientists had known, but not as...
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NROL-32 Spy Satellite Launched by the United States
From Cape Canaveral last Sunday evening, the Air Force, in conjunction with United Launch Alliance (ULA), launched a “massive, secret spy satellite” according...
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Pentagon: “Mystery Missile” off California Was a Plane
Quoted in several news reports on November 10 and 11, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Col. Dave Lapan said that the elusive...
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NASA’s “Solar Shield” Will Warn of Solar Weather
According to an old quote often attributed to Mark Twain, everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Most...
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Have Scientists Found an “Earth-like” Planet?
The discovery of a planet circling Gliese 581, a red dwarf star, has led to a round of press reports discussing the existence...
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Congress Approves New NASA Budget
Nearly a year has passed since President Obama’s controversial Augustine Committee’s report recommended a dramatic change in the future of NASA’s manned space...
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UN May Appoint Ambassador to Outer Space
Since the signing of the United Nations charter in 1945 the international institution which has grown since that day has made a point...
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Boeing Prepares to Shuttle “Space Tourists”
President Obama’s proposed changes to NASA’s plans for manned space flight have implications for many aspects of the aerospace industry. Following the recommendations...
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2012 — Global Blackout or Another Y2K?
When the year 2012 is mentioned, one usually assumes the worst. Dave Reneke, an Australian astronomy lecturer and columnist, may have just given...
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Black Hole Eruption Compared to Volcano in Iceland
A giant black hole is putting on a spectacular show and scientists at NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory have captured the action. The black...
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Scientists Find Abnormally Large Star
A scientist working at the University of Sheffield in the UK has discovered the largest star ever found. ...
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South Korean Rocket Fails Again
After a day's delay in liftoff due to a malfunctioning fire extinguishing system on the launchpad, on June 10 at 5:01 p.m. South...
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Rocket to Orbit
In the aftermath of President Obama’s decision to dramatically curtail NASA’s manned space program, many observers wondered what the future of America’s participation...
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Obama: Expand NASA’s Budget; Change Its Mission
The Obama administration’s proposed budget will radically change the agenda for NASA, while increasing the agency’s budget. ...
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