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Out of this world: 'Moon and Mars veggies' grow in Dutch greenhouse
May 17, 2016 (AFP)
Establishing a human colony on the Moon and travelling to Mars has been the stuff of dreams since the dawn of the space age. But these visions face many hurdles...
Pentagon's research agency showcases future tech
May 11, 2016 (AFP)
Johnny Matheny's handshake is friendly, confident and firm -- though not in the bone-crushing manner favored by some of the alpha types here in the Pentagon. Wh...
How will people interact with technology in the future
May 11, 2016 (SPX)
New research that discusses how people will interact with technology in the future will be presented this week at one of the world's most important conferences ...
Thornton leads upgrade of ground special power for Orion
May 11, 2016 (SPX)
When Michael Thornton was growing up in the small south Florida city of Clewiston, he never dreamed of working in America's space program. Today, he not only is...
No more space race for US, rivalry gives way to collaboration
May 10, 2016 (SPX)
While many Americans celebrate May 5 as Cinco de Mayo, the anniversary of a Mexican military victory, science nerds recognize the date as a technological milest...
NASA makes dozens of patents available in public domain
May 09, 2016 (SPX)
NASA has released 56 formerly-patented agency technologies into the public domain, making its government-developed technologies freely available for unrestricte...
NASA Awards Contract for Aeronautics, Exploration Modeling, Simulation
May 06, 2016 (SPX)
NASA has selected Science and Technology Corporation of Hampton, Virginia, to provide support services at the agency's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Cali...
Michael Watkins Named Next JPL Director
May 06, 2016 (JPL)
Michael M. Watkins, the Clare Cockrell Williams Centennial Chair in Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Center for Space Research at The University of Tex...
Simulators give astronauts glimpse of future flights
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's commercial crew astronauts Suni Williams and Eric Boe tried out a new generation of training simulators at the Boeing facility in St. Louis Tuesday that ...
US to move more assets into deep space over next 4 years
Apr 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
The US government will move its space assets to deep space orbits within several years, leaving the launching of satellites into low earth orbit to commercial c...
When technology bites back
Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)
From the 1912 sinking of RMS Titanic to the Chernobyl nuclear accident 30 years ago, technology has repeatedly confounded the confidence of its creators. But it...
Tech industry titans urge US to better fund science ed
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg were among tech titans who joined school officials, non-profits and state leaders to urge the US government to better b...
Menstruation in spaceflight: Options for astronauts
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
A new paper in the journal npj Microgravity explores the options for astronauts who want to prevent menstrual bleeding during their space missions. The paper, w...
Space Subcommittee examines commercial challenges
Apr 22, 2016 (SPX)
The House Space Subcommittee has held a hearing to examine the current state of the small satellite commercial launch industry, which generates hundreds of bill...
Mobile phone technology propels Starshot's ET space search
Apr 20, 2016 (Sputnik)
The ambitious Starshot project aims to send a nanocraft to search for extraterrestrial life in another solar system, powered by a 100 gigawatt laser from Earth....
NASA blasts Orion Service Module with giant horns
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers and technicians moved the Orion service module test article into the Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility at NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Sta...
China, India pave the way to BRICS cooperation in space
Apr 14, 2016 (Sputnik)
The decision of China and India to work together on a joint system of satellites would allow the members of BRICS to be more independent and implement more comp...
Living in a bubble: inflatable modules could be the future of space habitats
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
The astronauts of the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of what we call the "Bigelow Bungalow", officially known as the Bigelow Expandable Activi...
New, fast solar wind propulsion system is aim of NASA, UAH study
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are set to use computer models to investigate the results of experimental testing at NASA'S Marshall...
A US Department of Space
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
It was heartening to see President Obama's tweet to congratulate Spacex on that picture perfect first stage touchdown on their "of course I still love you" dron...
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