Private Space Flight Nearing Launch
As NASA’s manned space efforts falter in the face of the looming conclusion of the shuttle program and by a finding of the...
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CERN Atom Smasher Sets New Record
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has developed the fastest proton accelerator in the history of science — the Hadron Collider, which...
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Augustine Committee Issues Final Report on Manned Space Program
Six weeks after the release of the committee’s preliminary report, the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee has released its final report. The...
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Cassini Mission to Saturn Continues to Make Discoveries
Launched in 1997, the Cassini probe to Saturn completed its initial four-year mission in June 2008. The trip from Earth to Saturn took...
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NASA Prepares to Launch New Rocket for Manned Space Program
With the release of the full report by the Augustine Committee only days away, NASA is making preparations to test a rocket vital...
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LCROSS Space Probe Hits Moon
NASA normally strives to keep its robotic probes from crashing, but today’s conclusion to a mission to the Moon was a break in...
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Canadian Clown the Latest “Space Tourist”
With NASA Administrator Charles Bolden taking tentative steps toward more free market possibilities for America’s space program—and even mentioning the once-unspeakable topic of...
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Lunar Probe Finds Water on the Moon
NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) has verified an discovery important for the future of manned space flight: there is water on the Moon....
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Jupiter Had Temporary Moon for 12 Years
Standing outside on a clear night, people all over the world look up and see a sight familiar throughout the generations of mankind:...
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Report Calls Continued Space Program Into Doubt
The U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee on September 8 released its Summary Report, projecting a bleak future for NASA’s role in manned...
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Space Exploration Cost Overestimated, Study Finds
From deficit estimates to the cost of a socialized health care system, the Obama administration is encountering substantive challenges regarding the accuracy of...
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Private Companies compete for Google Lunar X Prize
The recent launch of South Korea’s Naro-1 rocket marked the emergence of the 10th nation with the capacity to launch payloads to orbit....
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South Korea Launches First Rocket
After a six-day delay caused by a faulty valve, South Korea has launched its first rocket, the Naro-1, from the Naro Space Center...
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NASA Committee Weighs Future of Manned Space Program
In an age of out of control government spending — over $30 billion a week in budget deficits, 130,000 troops in Iraq and...
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The Private Sector and the future of Space Exploration
An article at Wired.com (“Rocket Booster: Let Private Sector help NASA”) keeps a free-market focus on the future of American space exploration: “After...
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