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IBEX Releases First-Ever All-Sky Map

Saturday, October 17th, 2009 - 14:52:18 - Anuradha Menon

IBEX spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky...

Atlantis is on the Move

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 - 12:06:22 - Anuradha Menon

Space shuttle Atlantis began its move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:38 a.m...

NASA Moon Bombing May Have Hit a 'Dry Hole'

Saturday, October 10th, 2009 - 10:15:43 - Anuradha Menon

NASA's much anticipated LCROSS mission sent two spacecraft "bombing" into the moon early this morning. The craft successfully struck their target, a...

Crash Into the Moon With LCROSS on Friday

Friday, October 9th, 2009 - 12:48:48 - Anuradha Menon

Tomorrow morning you’ll have a rare opportunity to experience a live moon crash. At 7:31 a.m. EDT, NASA’s LCROSS satellite will send a rocket...

Expedition 21 Soyuz Launch
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
The next residents of the International Space Station launched into orbit aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur...

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Expedition 21 Crew Arrives at the ISS

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 - 10:15:50 - Anuradha Menon

Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev along with spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté have arrived at the International Space Station...

Expedition 21 Crew Launches from Kazakhstan

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 09:43:18 - Anuradha Menon

Flight Engineers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev of the 21st International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the...

Astronauts Could 'Harvest' Water On The Moon

Saturday, September 26th, 2009 - 09:26:13 - Anuradha Menon

Newly confirmed water on the moon could help sustain lunar astronauts and even propel missions to Mars, if harvesting it can be made practical. A...

Ulysses' Farewell
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 - Anuradha Menon
The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have shut down Ulysses, one of the longest serving solar orbiters in history...