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International Partnership Releases Space Exploration Benefits Paper
Sep 24, 2013 (SPX)
NASA and the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) released a white paper Friday outlining benefits of human exploration of space. The docu...
NASA study is enough to make a person want to stay in bed
Sep 20, 2013 (UPI)
If you're willing to lie down on the job, NASA may have something for you -- a research study in which subjects lie in bed for 70 days. NASA is recruiting volun...
Iran to send second monkey into space
Sep 19, 2013 (XNA)
Iran plans to send its second monkey into space onboard the home-made rocket named Pishgam ( Pioneer) II within 45 days, Iran Space Agency director Hamid Fazeli...
Voyager's departure from the heliosphere
Sep 19, 2013 (JPL)
New data from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been hurtling away from the Sun since it was launched in 1977, indicates that the spacecraft has indeed lef...
Voyager 1 spacecraft reaches interstellar space
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett says there is solid evidence that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to reach inters...
Q and A: John Richardson and John Belcher on Voyager 1's crossing and interstellar exploration
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
On Sept. 12, scientists announced that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft had gone where no man or machine has gone before: beyond the solar system, and into interstel...
Voyager 1 Spotted from Earth with NRAO's VLBA and GBT Telescopes
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and Green Bank Telescope (GBT) spotted the faint radio glow from NASA'...
Iran looks to put Persian cat into space
Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)
Iran has settled on a Persian cat as the best candidate for its latest trial for a manned space mission it hopes to make by 2020, state media reported Monday. T...
Astronauts prepare for deep space -- by going deep underground
Sep 13, 2013 (UPI)
The European Space Agency says it has begun training a new group of astronauts for the International Space Station -- by sending them deep underground. Six astr...
From Elvis to E.T.? The Voyagers' extraordinary tale
Sep 13, 2013 (AFP)
America in 1977 was mourning the sudden death of Elvis Presley when NASA launched two probes on an unprecedented mission to explore the Solar System's giant out...
NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space
Sep 13, 2013 (JPL)
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 bi...
NASA's Voyager first spacecraft to exit solar system
Sep 12, 2013 (AFP)
Never before has a human-built spacecraft traveled so far. NASA's Voyager 1 probe has left the solar system and is wandering the galaxy, US scientists said Thur...
Elite Group of Young Scientists Embark on DARPA Research Efforts
Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)
A group of early-career scientists at research universities have received grants totaling more than $12 million for basic research to address some of the Depart...
SpaceShipTwo commercial space liner breaks sound barrier in test
Sep 05, 2013 (UPI)
Virgin Galactic says its SpaceShipTwo broke the sound barrier over California, a milestone in the company's drive to operate the first commercial space liner. T...
Andreas Mogensen set for Soyuz mission to ISS in 2015
Sep 03, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been assigned to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in September 2015 for a mi...
NASA awards nearly $1.5B in support contracts
Aug 22, 2013 (UPI)
NASA, the U.S. space agency, says it has issued new contracts to support its human flight programs, project engineering and research and development efforts. Sc...
NSBRI and NASA Reduce Space Radiation Risks by Soliciting for Center of Space Radiation Research
Aug 22, 2013 (SPX)
The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) is soliciting for program proposals to establish a Center for Space Radiation Research (CSRR). The CSRR...
Next Generation of Explorers Takes the Stage
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Tuesday formally welcomed the eight newest candidates to the astronaut corps and unveiled a space exploration roadmap that ...
Has Voyager 1 Left The Solar System?
Aug 21, 2013 (VOA)
by Matthew Hilburn Eleven billion miles and 36 years after its launch, some researchers say the Voyager 1 spacecraft has finally left our solar system and enter...
Groundbreaking space exploration research at UH
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
On the desolate slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island, 8,200 above sea level, sits a geodesic dome. A remote habitat where the University of Hawai?i at Manoa an...
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