NASA's existing moon plans grounded in Obama's budget (Roundup)
Feb 1, 2010, 20:14 GMT
Washington - US plans to return to the moon by 2020 were brought back to Earth on Monday as President Barack Obama cut funding in his 2011 budget request for the next generation spacecraft designed to carry astronauts there. ... more
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Endeavour arrives at space station with picture window
Feb 10, 2010, 5:36 GMT
Washington - The space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing a new room and a picture window that are to be installed on the station during three spacewalks on the shuttle's 13-day mission. ... more
Massive solar storms subject of new NASA launch (Roundup)
Feb 9, 2010, 21:10 GMT
Washington - NASA planned to launch a solar probe on Wednesday to help unlock more secrets about the sun, whose massive storms affect Earth's weather and can pose danger to Earth dwellers. ... more
Massive solar storms subject of new NASA launch
Feb 9, 2010, 20:20 GMT
Washington - NASA planned to launch a solar probe on Wednesday to help unlock more secrets about the sun, whose massive storms affect Earth's weather and can pose danger to Earth dwellers. ... more
Endeavour heads for space station with picture window (2nd Roundup)
Feb 8, 2010, 16:42 GMT
Washington - The space shuttle Endeavour lit up the Florida coast before dawn Monday as it blasted off for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). ... more
Study shows sharks go their own way
Feb 8, 2010, 10:33 GMT
Sydney - Whenever there is a deadly shark attack in Australia - on average, about once a year - the cry goes up that a rogue fish is on the loose and must be hunted and killed before it strikes again. ... more
- Possible lunar lava tube could shelter moon explorers
- Archaeologists study signs of ancient civilization in Amazon basin
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In Pictures: 'Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch'
Feb 8, 2010, 11:07 GMT
Death sentence or do-over for NASA's moon ambitions? (News Feature)
Feb 2, 2010, 2:42 GMT
Washington - Has President Barack Obama just shot down NASA's moon ambitions, or given the agency a much-need do-over by killing an unsustainable programme? ... more
2009 YEARENDER: NASA remembers storied past, but looks to uncertain future
Dec 31, 2009, 15:45 GMT
Cape Canaveral, Florida - As the world marked the 40th anniversary of the first human on the moon this year, the future of the space programme that pioneering astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins helped found looks more uncertain than ever. ... more
In Pictures: 'Philippines Mayon Volcano'
Dec 27, 2009, 20:26 GMT
Five years after tsunami, warning system still patchy
Dec 13, 2009, 15:52 GMT
Bangkok/Jakarta - The biggest tragedy of the December 26, 2004 tsunami was that had people been properly warned half an hour in advance, tens of thousands of lives could have been saved. As it was, an estimated 230,000 people died in the disaster. ... more
In Pictures: 'Flame Nebula Taken by the European Southern Observatory'
Dec 11, 2009, 12:16 GMT
In Pictures: 'Flame Nebula Taken by the European Southern Observatory'
Dec 11, 2009, 11:54 GMT
