Space Exploration

SpaceX Capsule's Historic Return To Earth

Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Space Taxis, Nasa, Video, Spacex, Space Exploration, Space, Dragon Capsule, International Space Station, Elon Musk, spaceX Return, Science News

UPDATE: The capsule's successful splashdown was confirmed at 11:42 EDT. by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Date: 31 May 2012 ...

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The New Space Era Takes Big Steps Forward

William Bradley | Posted 05.30.2012

For all the Star Wars and Star Trek resonances in this mission, Robert Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon seems a better fictional precursor.

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Space Scientists Gear Up For Rare Celestial Event

Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Skywatchers, Video, Venus Transit, Planets, Nasa, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Shuttle-Atlantis-Hubble-Telescope, Space, June, Sun, Venus, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 05/29/2012 02:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com Scientists are gearing up for the upcoming transit of Venus, an extremely ra...

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Encounter With Comet Bob: An Adventure at the New York City Center for Space Science Education

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Challenger Learning Center, Education, Nasa, Space Exploration, Children, Space, Mission Control, Science, Astronauts, Space Shuttle, Future, School, Comets, Science Education, Science News

After dealing with a buildup of static electricity and a few other minor problems, an announcement suddenly flashed across the main TV screen -- an unknown object had been detected, on a collision course with the Spacecraft!

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How To See SpaceX Capsule In Night Sky

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Spacex Dragon, Nasa, Video, Spacex, See Spacex, Skywatching, Space Exploration, Skywatch, International Space Station, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/22/2012 12:43 PM EDT on SPACE.com The private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully launched an unmanned cap...

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Audacious Space Initiative Aims To Turn Sci-Fi Into Reality

Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: SETI Institute, Nasa, Video, Enterprise, U.S. Military, Space Exploration, 100 Year Starship, Space, Astronauts, Mae Jemison, Darpa, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/21/2012 05:34 PM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Star Trek's bold vision of the stars...

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Virtual Exploration, Virtually Everywhere

Jim Bell | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Space, Oceanography, Robotics, Space Exploration, Mining, Uavs, Telerobotics, Science News

What surprised me in the symposium, however, is how much telerobotics and telepresence is being used today, right here on our own planet, enabling people to survey, explore, mine, and even kill from great distances.

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A Bold New Chance for Mars Exploration!

Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Exploration, BOLD Mars, Nasa Mars, Space Exploration, Mars, Space Exploration Technologies, Mars Exploration, Nasa Space Program, Science News

Certainly, there is no replacement for Earth, and Mars will never be a replacement for Earth. But we do need to move forward, and mission proposals, such as BOLD, will be the first step toward a grand vision.

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Huge Asteroid's Weird Feature Explained By NASA 'Fly-by'

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Nasa, Video, Asteroids, Space Exploration, Space, Asteroid Crater, Vesta, Dawn Spacecraft, Asteroid Collision, Crater, Science News

LOS ANGELES -- The giant asteroid Vesta got clobbered not once but twice, and it has the scars to prove it. Ever since the Hubble Space Telescope spi...

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Ancient Rock Helps Unlock Secret Of Planet's Past

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mars Atmosphere, Planets, Video, Mars Volcano, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Space, Earth, Mars, Atmosphere, Volcano, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/09/2012 06:45 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new look at an ancient volcanic blast on Mars suggests that the Red Planet...

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NASA Orbiter Yields Big Surprise About Sand Dunes On Mars

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Sand Dunes, Mars Atmosphere, Video, Space Exploration, Climate, Space, Mars Orbiter, Mars Sand Dunes, Mars, Erosion, Weather, Atmosphere, Science News

By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 05/09/2012 01:15 PM EDT on SPACE.com Towering sand dunes on Mars, once thought to be ancient and unchanging, are...

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WOW: Ancient Stars Swarm Like Bees At Milky Way's Edge

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Chile, European Space Observatory, Stars, Video, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Sagittarius, Milky Way, Space, Milky Way Galaxy, Star Cluster, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/09/2012 10:12 AM EDT on SPACE.com SCROLL DOWN FOR HUGE PHOTO. A ball of some of the oldest stars in the unive...

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Space Scientists Beaming Over Historic Super Earth Discovery

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Super Earth, Video, Nasa, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Space, Telescope, Jpl, Spitzer Space Telescope, Science News

By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/08/2012 05:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com Light from an alien "super-Earth" twice the size of our own Earth has ...

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Space Means Business? Space: The Business Frontier at Harvard Business School

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Michael Griffin, Boston University, Virgin Galactic, Space Travel, Space Exploration, Harvard University, Space, Spaceport Sweden, Boston, Richard Branson, Science, Space Tourism, Harvard Business School, Business, College News

I'd never heard of a space conference for business majors before. How exactly would students in BU's School of Management or the equivalent elsewhere explore space?

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NASA Probe Has Close Encounter With Saturn's Icy Moons

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Cassini Probe, Nasa, Video, Space Exploration, Saturn, Cassini Spacecraft, Saturn's Moons, Space Photos, Dione, Enceladus, Cassini, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/04/2012 03:12 PM EDT on SPACE.com NASA's Cassini spacecraft zoomed by two Saturn moons this week to take what ...

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Life Could Lurk Beneath Planet's Rugged Rocks, Scientists Say

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Life on Mars, Video, Nasa, Planets, Opportunity, Space Exploration, Space, Mars Rocks, Solar System, Mars Rover, Mars, Water on Mars, Science News

By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 05/03/2012 02:06 PM EDT on SPACE.com Beneath their rugged exterior, some Martian rocks could be hiding life, sci...

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Astronomers Agog Over Black Hole's Strange Activity

Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Black Hole, Spiral Galaxy, Nasa, Video, Space Exploration, Astronomy, X Ray Burst, m83, X Ray, Chandra, Chandra X Ray Observatory, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 05/02/2012 07:13 AM EDT on SPACE.com A NASA space telescope has detected an incredible energy burst from a distan...

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"Everybody Say 'Poyekhali'!" -- Yuri's Night in Boston

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Yuri's Night, Boston, Spaceflight, Boston University, Harvard University, Space Exploration, Astronomy, Museum of Science, Yuri Gagarin, Space History, College News

After two more people had arrived, the decision was made to dim the lights and start the movie First Orbit. This unique film shows a nearly continuous orbit of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station, simulating what Yuri Gagarin would have seen on his flight.

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Thinking in Three Dimensions

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Nasa, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Space, Science, International Space Station, Solar System, Astronauts, Nicholas Patrick, College News

It turned out that the time Dr. Nicholas Patrick had actually spent flying in space had accounted for only .6 percent of his total time as an astronaut! However, the way he spent 1/3rd of his time was something he found just as satisfying -- engineering.

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What NASA Budget Woes Mean For Next Mission To Mars

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Nasa, Video, Space Exploration, Man on Mars, Budget Cuts, Budget, Mars Mission, Mars, Martian, Nasa Space Program, Space-Program-Budget, Science News

LOS ANGELES -- Know how to go to Mars cheaply? NASA can use your help. The space agency on Friday put out a call for ideas for the next Mars mission ...

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LOOK: First Photo Of Auroras On Uranus

| Sid Perkins | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Magnetic Field, Planetary Science, Planets, Video, Hubble Telescope, Space Exploration, Space, Uranus, Solar System, Planetary Systems, Aurora, Science News

WASHINGTON – For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how ...

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The Deadly Folly of Nuclear Power Overhead

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Plutonium, Space, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Accidents, Space Technology, Nuclear Free, Space Exploration, Nuclear Reactors, Science News

These missions don't present threats to life on Earth -- unlike the use of nuclear power overhead. Also, the production of nuclear fuel on Earth for use in space -- or in the atmosphere for drones -- constitutes danger, too.

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Happy Aerospace Holidays: Music for Yuri's Night

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Yuri's Night, History, Cosmonauts, Celebration, Space Exploration, Party, Space, Playlist, Yuri Gagarin, Science, Astronauts, Music, Space Playlist, Culture News

In 2001, space enthusiasts decided April 12th was the perfect day to throw a party celebrating space exploration, and in the 11 years since, it's grown by leaps and bounds.

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A Turning Point at Mars

Jim Bell | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Planetary Science, Mars, Nasa, Space Exploration, Federal Budget, Life on Mars, Mars Rover Curiosity, Mars Rover, NASA Funding, Science News

The time has come, from both a scientific and exploration standpoint, for NASA to embark on a robotic mission to bring rock and soil samples back from Mars, but the Agency -- and the administration -- appear to be shying away from the challenge.

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Space and NASA: The Truth

Aaron Wang | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Nasa, Space Exploration, Nasa Budget, Nasa-Budget-Cut, Teen News

Space exploration unites us as a species. In space, we are more than just Muslims, Christians, Israelis, or Palestinians -- we are human.

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