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NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Research

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

In an effort to advance basic and applied research for lunar and planetary science, and advance human exploration of the solar system though scientific discover...

Trump, NASA and a rare consensus: mission to Mars

Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the US space agency's main goal in the decad...

Two more spacewalks for Thomas Pesquet

Mar 21, 2017 (ESA)

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will make two more spacewalks under NASA's plans to maintain the International Space Station during his mission. Though intended fo...

Russia to Build First New-Generation 'Federation' Spacecraft by 2021

Mar 21, 2017 (Sputnik)

The first Russian next-generation manned spacecraft called the Federation, which is 80 percent built of composite materials, will be manufactured by 2021, Russi...

COBALT Flight Demonstrations Fuse Technologies to Gain Precision Landing Results

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

Many regions in the solar system beckon for exploration, but they are considered unreachable due to technology gaps in current landing systems. The CoOperative ...

Aiming Higher: High School Students Build Flight Hardware Bound for Space

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Students at an Alabama high school have done so well in a NASA program that they are now making parts for use on the International Space Station. For more than ...

Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth science

Mar 16, 2017 (AFP)

Under US President Donald Trump's proposed budget, NASA's funding would stay largely intact but the space agency would abandon plans to lasso an asteroid, along...

Student Scientists Select Menu for Astronauts

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

If you've ever had a cold preventing you from really tasting your food, you've experienced what astronauts aboard the International Space Station encounter at e...

Fly me to the Moon: Russia seeks new cosmonauts

Mar 14, 2017 (AFP)

Russia's space agency on Tuesday announced a recruitment drive for young would-be cosmonauts who it hopes will become the country's first on the Moon. And women...

3D Pizza Printer to Feed Hungry Astronauts in Deep Space

Mar 13, 2017 (Sputnik)

Has this ever happened to you? You're drifting through the vacuum of space, millions of miles from Earth, when suddenly you have a craving for pizza. To satisfy...

US Strategic Command Awards Contract for Human Space Flight Services

Mar 13, 2017 (Sputnik)

US-based Mantech Advanced Systems International has received an $8.6 million Air Force contract to provide services in support of the US Strategic Command (STRA...

Campaign Tests Parachutes Designed to Provide Astronauts a Soft Landing

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

A flight-sized boilerplate of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner touched down gently under parachutes against the backdrop of the San Andres Mountains in late February,...

Lonely Out in Space: Congressional Move to Scrap NASA-Russia Ties 'Unrealistic'

Mar 13, 2017 (Sputnik)

Pointing to the adoption of an ambitious five-year program for the development of astronautics in the United States, US legislators urged NASA to abandon its co...

Visions of the Future: Planetary Exploration Through 2050

Mar 13, 2017 (SPX)

When you're in the business of unlocking the secrets of the universe, making plans 40 years in advance doesn't seem like a stretch. That's why hundreds of visio...

International space docking standard updated

Mar 13, 2017 (ESA)

The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board has approved a major update to the station docking system standard. First released in 2010, the ...

Indicators show potatoes can grow on Mars

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

The International Potato Center (CIP) launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions and thereby prove they...

ECLSS Put to the Test for Commercial Crew Missions

Mar 09, 2017 (SPX)

Extensive evaluations are underway on the life support systems vital to successful flight tests as NASA prepares to return human spaceflight to the United State...

Space Tourism and Business Looking Up

Mar 09, 2017 (VOA)

It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASA's Apollo ...

NASA Releases Free Software Catalog

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

NASA has released its 2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications, all fre...

New Plant Habitat Will Increase Harvest on International Space Station

Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)

A new, nearly self-sufficient plant growth system by NASA is headed to the International Space Station soon and will help researchers better understand how plan...