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Internet moguls Musk, Bezos shake up US space race
Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)
The space race to end America's reliance on Russia escalated this week with a multibillion-dollar NASA award for SpaceX's Elon Musk and an unexpected joint vent...
Space: The final frontier ... open to the public
Sep 19, 2014 (SPX)
Historically, spaceflight has been reserved for the very healthy. Astronauts are selected for their ability to meet the highest physical and psychological stand...
NASA Chooses American Companies to Transport US Astronauts to ISS
Sep 18, 2014 (SPX)
U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts ...
Spaceship designer who helped send Gagarin into orbit dies at 92
Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)
A spaceship designer who worked on Yury Gagarin's Vostok spaceship and was the last to shake his hand before liftoff, Oleg Ivanovsky, died on Thursday at 92, th...
MIT researchers developing tight-fitting space suits of the future
Sep 18, 2014 (UPI)
The next generation of space suits look less Apollo 11 and a lot more Apolo Ohno, less Michelin Man and more Silver Surfer -- that is, out with the bulky, gas-p...
Space: China's final tourism frontier
Sep 16, 2014 (SPX)
One night in a Beijing gym when the rain was pouring down outside, Tong Jingjing cried after being repeatedly knocked down by her boxing coach, tears and sweat ...
The long descent
Sep 15, 2014 (ESA)
ESA's five 'cavenauts' and their instructors are set to explore the caves of Sardinia, Italy, where they will live and work during their six-day stay. After a w...
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Nears Completion, Ready for Fueling
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the...
Tech giants bet on 'smart home' revolution
Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)
It's long been the stuff of science fiction, but tech giants hope the "smart home", where gadgets talk to each other and the fridge orders the milk, will soon b...
Top trends at IFA 2014, Europe's biggest gadget fair
Sep 10, 2014 (AFP)
From smartwatches to "phablets" to precision robot vacuum cleaners, Europe's IFA consumer electronics show showcases the latest in gadget wizardry. Here are the...
More Than Meets the Eye: NASA Scientists Listen to Data
Sep 08, 2014 (SPX)
Robert Alexander spends parts of his day listening to a soft white noise, similar to water falling on the outside of a house during a rainstorm. Every once in a...
Russia's Space Geckos Die Due to Technical Glitch Two Days Before Landing
Sep 03, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The five geckos onboard Russia's Foton-M4 satellite died simultaneously two days before landing because of a technical malfunction, the head of the experiment, ...
Aurora Season Has Started
Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)
September kicks off more than football - it's aurora season! Join Marshall Center scientist Jim Spann on Tuesday, Sept. 9 to chat about auroras. The chat window...
Russian, US Scientists to Prepare Astronauts for Extreme Situations in Space
Sep 03, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
Russian and American scientists are starting a large-scale study into the cognitive psychology of astronauts to develop new technologies to adjust them for oper...
25 Years After Neptune: Reflections on Voyager
Aug 25, 2014 (JPL)
Neptune is in view. It is the middle of the night and everything is happening fast at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Voyager team mem...
US to Stop Using Soyuz Spacecraft, Invest in Domestic Private Space Industry
Aug 25, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
NASA is expected to sign a multibillion-dollar deal with a private company to launch US astronauts from the United States instead of paying Russia to use its So...
Long-term spaceflights challenged as harm to astronauts' health revealed
Aug 22, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
NASA is looking into whether astronauts can survive long-term spaceflight, with the latest study identifying possible health risks including asymptomatic infect...
Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton
Aug 22, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. Like an old film, Voyager's historic foo...
NASA Selects 26 Space Biology Research Proposals
Aug 22, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Space Biology Program will fund 26 proposals to investigate how microbes, cells, plants and animals respond to changes in gravity. The research will be c...
China to spend $1-bn. on massive Caribbean resort
Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese investors are to plunge more than US$1 billion into developing Antigua and Barbuda's first mega-resort, creating 1,000 jobs for the tiny cash-strapped n...
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