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Photo: Ice Jets Erupt from Saturn's Moon Enceladus

Towleroad  4 days ago

A very cool shot from a weekend fly-by of Enceladus by the Cassini probe. NASA writes: "Numerous plumes are seen rising from long tiger-stripe canyons across Enceladus' craggy surface.
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Shuttle docks with space station

BBC Science News  Nov 18 09

Space shuttle Atlantis has successfully docked with the International Space Station, Nasa officials say.
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NASA Launches Website to Dispel “2012″ Rumors of the Apocalypse

The Evil Beet  Nov 15 09

2012 was number one at the box office this weekend, raking in $65 mil domestically and a whopping $160 million worldwide– the fifth biggest international opening weekend ever.
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Scientists Find Large Amounts of Water on the Moon

Towleroad  Nov 13 09

The NASA probe that impacted the Moon in early October has found water: "The confirmation of scientists’ suspicions is welcome news both to future explorers who might set up home on the lunar surface and to scientists who hope that.
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'Large amounts' of water on Moon

BBC Science News  Nov 13 09

Nasa's experiment last month to find water on the Moon was a major success, agency scientists have announced.
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NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?

EnGadget  Nov 13 09

People have been trying to turn cellphones into medical and atmospheric scanners for some time now, but when it's NASA stepping up to the plate with a little device to monitor trace amounts of chemicals in the air, it's hard to not start thinking we might finally have a use for all those tricorder ringtones.
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LaserMotive finally wins NASA's Elevator:2010 Beam Power Challenge, climbs at 3.9 meters/second (video)

EnGadget  Nov 09 09

NASA has been trying to find someone that could meet its rigorous Space Elevator demands since 2005 and, after some notable failures, we finally have a winner.
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Nasa and Esa sign Mars agreement

BBC Science News  Nov 08 09

The US and European space agencies sign the "letter of intent" tying together their Mars exploration programmes.
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Messenger spies iron at Mercury

BBC Science News  Nov 04 09

The Nasa Messenger probe's observations of Mercury show the planet is even more of an "iron planet" than scientists thought.
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Rocket booster damaged on return

BBC Science News  Oct 30 09

The booster used on the Ares 1-X test rocket on Wednesday was damaged when it fell back into the ocean, Nasa says.
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Nozette's Motivation

Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish  Oct 30 09

Maybe there's a clue in this letter, where he seems to have a grudge against "the Clintonistas" who had not been fans of SDI and were too cozy with NASA.
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Nasa launches rocket successfully

BBC Science News  Oct 28 09

The US space agency has launched the Ares I-X, a prototype rocket designed to replace the ageing shuttle.
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Nasa tries again to launch rocket

BBC Science News  Oct 28 09

The US space agency will make another attempt to launch a prototype rocket designed to replace the ageing shuttle.
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Weather delays Nasa rocket launch

BBC Science News  Oct 27 09

The launch of the prototype Ares I-X rocket designed to replace the aging shuttle is delayed by bad weather.
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New Nasa rocket set for flight

BBC Science News  Oct 26 09

A rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle is set for its first test-flight, despite questions over its future.
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Ion propulsion engine could take you to Mars in 39 days

EnGadget  Oct 20 09

Ready for some interplanetary exploration? We've had the force shields, currency, and refuel stations all sorted out for a while, and now here come the ion thrusters we've been missing to make manned trips to Mars really viable.
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US scientist charged with spying

BBC Science News  Oct 19 09

A US scientist who used to work for the Pentagon and Nasa is arrested and charged with attempted espionage.
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Roll-out for Nasa's test rocket

BBC Science News  Oct 19 09

The US space agency is about to roll out its Ares 1-X rocket which is intended to test the design concept of a future astronaut launcher.
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Weekend This & That: Open Thread

Pams House blend  Oct 17 09

It's an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore, and link-share in the comment thread...
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Glimpses of Solar System's edge

BBC Science News  Oct 15 09

The first results from Nasa's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Ibex) spacecraft show unexpected features at our Solar System's edge.
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