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NASA's Atlantis astronauts take final spacewalk, prepare for return
Network World - Heading into their second week of space travel the crew of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis have a lot on their scheduleA neutron star is born: Stellar core just 12 miles across spotted 11,000 light years away
An infant neutron star, the super-dense core of a stellar explosion, has been observed for the first time.Inside Deep Space Boot Camp
What does it take to prep humans for a trip to an asteroid or a martian moon? Starvation? Isolation? Recycling feces for food? NASA's newest astronauts begin a grueling training regimen this fall t..8 Experts Weigh in on the Future of Human Spaceflight
The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Planes Committee is getting ready to release its full report detailing the options for the future of manned mission into space. While the discussion over the f..Why NASA barred women astronauts - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist
About 50 years ago, as the US worked towards putting its first men in space, a few people thought there was another option: women in space.Top 5 Moon Moments (VIDEO)
Lunar astronauts really CAN carry a tune, as James Williams discovers in this review of our favorite filmed moments on the moon.This Is How Total Destruction On Earth Looks from Space
Back in June, astronauts onboard the International Space Station took a few spectacular photos of the Sarychev Peak volcano as it exploded in a 5-mile high plume of ash and gas. Here's the even mor..The proof that men landed on the moon
NASA's newly launched Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped images of hardware left on the moon by the Apollo astronauts, striking a blow against conspiracy theories that the landings were a hoax.Cut Costs of Missions to Mars - Don't Bring Astronauts Back
There is a way to reduce the cost, risks and technical requirements of human travel to Mars, but it demands that we ask a vexing question: Why are we so interested in bringing the Mars astronauts h..The Dutch Discover Petrified Forests on the Moon
The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.NASA Photos of Cities at Night
To an observer in space, humanitys footprint on the surface of the Earth is large and varied. Astronauts circling the Earth have the perfect vantage point, taking in whole regions at once.Why Flying in Outer Space Might Not be a Good Idea
More and more, astronauts are increasing the time they spend in orbit and with this must come an understanding of how human health is affected by a weightless, high-vacuum environment with heavy te..Endeavor Shuttle Mission on Schedule for Mid-June
NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) announced on May 28 that the space shuttle Endeavor is on schedule for a mid-June rendez-vous with the International Space Station.New OMEGA campaign with John F. Kennedy (JFK); The Speedmaster Professional Chronograph MOON Watch
OMEGA campaigns their latest SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL CHRONOGRAPH MOON WATCH with a photo of legendary U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) performing speech on...OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Moon Watch Apollo 11 “40th Anniversary” Limited Edition
Celebrating the 40th ANNIVERSARY of the MOON LANDING, this year the official Olympics time keeper launches their Special Edition Omega Speedmaster Professional Watches.Discovery - “Home, sweet home!” | Me and my life
On Sunday Astronauts came back home from the Discovery. As I know they should land on Saturday, but in Saturday the weather was bad. And that is why they have postponed the landing.US Astronauts Declare Hubble Mission a Victory for Space Program
Flying high over the Earth Wednesday [May 20th], U.S. shuttle astronauts declared their repair of the Hubble Space Telescope a success.Astronauts start last spacewalk to fix Hubble
The space shuttle Atlantis crew began its final spacewalk to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope on Monday morning.Astronauts Watch ‘Star Trek’ From Space
Right about now in outer space, three men are crouched in a node of the International Space Station, watching J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” on a laptop.Space snuggie
University researchers have come up with a way to protect astronauts from one of spaces most troublesome threatsHubble telescope mission, Nasa's most dangerous endeavour, i
The Nasa Atlantis crew of seven astronauts will attempt to rescue the $7 billion Hubble Space Telescope from meltdown, while dodging deadly space-junk. Please come and have a look.Canadian Astronauts (CSA)
See down the page for links to astronaut biographies, training, living in space, space medicine and more!NASA says Columbia crew had no chance to survive
Astronauts on the shuttle Columbia were trying to regain control of their craft before it broke apart in 2003, but there was no chance of surviving the accident, a NASA report said on Tuesday.Physicists have found the most simple example of chaos
American astronaut Michael Fink and Russian Jury Lonchakov who is on МКС, have begun an exit in a free space, informs "Interfax" on December, 23rd.
