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NASA setting off on first-ever collision course with cometFor the first time ever, NASA is setting off on a collision course with a comet, in hopes of blasting a huge hole in the celestial snowball and gazing upon the original ingredients of the solar system preserved inside. |
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NASA’s New, Improved Fuel Tank is ReadyNASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank that has been refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the destruction of Columbia and the death of seven astronauts. |
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Space Probe Begins Descent to Saturn Moon TitanA European-designed space probe broke away from its NASA mothership on Friday on a plunge toward the mysterious Saturn moon Titan, starting a journey researchers hope will end with answers about one of the most puzzling bodies in the solar system. |
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Space Station Receives Badly Needed Food SupplyThe crew of International Space Station received badly needed supplies on Christmas day from an unmanned Russian spacecraft, enabling the mission to continue. |
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Giant Mars rover will search for lifeNASA will search for signs of life on Mars with a giant rover due to launch in 2009. The agency selected the vital instruments that the Mars Science Laboratory rover will carry on Tuesday. |
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First European Craft Enters Lunar OrbitThe first European spacecraft sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday. |
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Countdown to solar-sail voyage beginsA solar-sail spacecraft designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight will be launched early next year, the Planetary Society said Tuesday. |
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Canadian astronomer builds liquid mirror telescopeA Canadian astronomer has built a different kind of telescope that holds huge promise. It?s easy to build, cheap to operate and could have enormous value to NASA and other space programs. It?s called a Liquid Mirror Telescope. |
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Private spacecraft to launch June 21The world's first privately built spacecraft is scheduled to leave Earth on June 21 and -- if successful -- usher in a new era of spaceflight for private enterprise. |
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Science news headlines
- ‘Most Earth-like’ planets discovered
- Safer vaccine created without virus
- Asahi’s auto glass blocks UV, filters out IR rays
- Earth’s nearest solar neighborhood has a habitable planet
- New Microscopy Technique Can See The Lengths Of Atomic Bonds
- New radio telescope to watch for solar flares
- Mind-controlled helicopter aids concentration
- Fighting cancer with cell phones
- ‘Super-Earth’ exoplanet spotted 42 light-years away
- Amputee Climbs 103 Stories Using Mind-Controlled Bionic Leg
- Enjoyment of life ‘key to living longer’
- New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life
- SpaceX launches station cargo
- Energy from Solar Power now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels in 105 Countries
- Tesla Unveils Solar Powered Charging Stations
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- Robots join the fight against cancer
- Puppet experiment suggests humans are born to be fair
- Bill Nye the Science Guy asks parents not to raise creationist kids
- Male contraceptive pill ‘step closer’ after mice studies
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