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1. China chooses first women astronauts

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Beijing (AFP) March 10, 2010 - China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

2. It’s Not Just The Astronauts That Are Getting Older

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... left on the Moon by Apollo missions 11, 14 and 15 are beginning to shows signs of age.(...) Read the rest of It’s Not Just The Astronauts That Are Getting Older (470 words) © Steve Nerlich for Universe ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

3. How ESA Got Its Tweet Back

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Cologne, France (ESA) Mar 09, 2010 - On Friday, Esa Alanen and family visited the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, as guests of ESA, to say thanks for relinquishing the Twitter name www.twitter ... Monday, 08 March 2010

4. Rocket To Go To Moon Under Design

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   Beijing, China (XNA) Mar 09, 2010 - A new heavy-thrust carrier rocket is under scientific research, with the goal of sending astronauts to the moon, scientists said. ... Monday, 08 March 2010

5. Universe Puzzle No. 4

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; planets, moons, telescopes, and so on. What's the next number in the sequence? ... Monday, 08 March 2010

6. Bolden: There is No "Plan B" In Development

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... for the newly proposed NASA budget after members of Congress indicated they wanted to reject a White House proposal to cancel the Constellation program and hire private companies to bring astronauts to ... Friday, 05 March 2010

7. Buzz Aldrin Says We Can Get to Mars by 2019

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   Image courtesy of Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin is one of the few former astronauts who have spoken out in support of the new proposed budget/direction for NASA. But, now, Buzz wants to add a little "oomph" ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

8. Get Ready for the Next Shuttle Mission, STS-131

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... for Universe Today. The astronauts are getting ready; space shuttle Discovery is getting ready. Are you ready? Preparations have begun in earnest for the next shuttle mission, STS-131. The astronauts ... Monday, 01 March 2010

9. Universe Puzzle No. 3

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... is the 'odd one out'? And why? aragonite, diamond, ice, olivine This is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

10. STS 130: Cool Night Landing Video from the Shuttle Strip

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... STS 130 and ISS astronauts & cosmonauts. As well as all the hardworking folks at NASA and the ISS partners from ESA, Russia, Canada and Japan without whom nothing would happen.(...) Read the rest ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

11. ISS Astronaut Sends Twitpics of Chile Earthquake Aftermath

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    Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, (@Astro_Soichi) who has taken full advantage of being able to use Twitter live from the International Space Station, has been sending down a stream of images he has taken of ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

12. Buy Your Own Space Underwear

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Koichi Wakata models J-Ware socks. Credit: NASA. Inset: J-Space/JAXA, via collectSPACE Remember the "long duration underwear" tested out by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata on board the ISS ... Friday, 26 February 2010

13. New Citizen Science Opportunity: Solar Storm Watch

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... are a potential radiation hazard for spacecraft and astronauts alike and together we hope to provide advanced warning of their arrival at Earth." (...) Read the rest of New Citizen Science Opportunity: ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

14. Window to the World

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    Floating just below the International Space Station, astronaut Nicholas Patrick put some finishing touches on the newly installed cupola space windows last week. Patrick was a mission specialist onboard ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

15. India Plans To Send Two Astronauts Into Space

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    Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 23, 2010 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to send two astronauts to space within six to seven years, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said. ... Monday, 22 February 2010

16. Endeavour Crew Delivered Last Major US Portion Of ISS

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    Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2010 - Space shuttle Endeavour and six astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with a 10:20 p.m. EST landing Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ... Monday, 22 February 2010

17. Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights Of Discovery

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Strasbourg, France (SPX) Feb 22, 2010 - In a week that featured astronauts adding a new observation deck to the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, the success of the Northrop Grumman ... Monday, 22 February 2010

18. US lunar pull-out leaves China shooting for moon

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    Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 - China aims to land its first astronauts on the moon within a decade at the dawn of a new era of manned space exploration -- a race it now leads thanks to the US decision to ... Monday, 22 February 2010

19. ISS Astronaut Captures Shuttle Landing from Cupola

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    Endeavour from space. Credit: Soichi Noguchi ISS astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been sharing lots of amazing pictures he's taken in space via Twitter, but this one is extra special. Noguchi was ... Sunday, 21 February 2010

20. Universe Puzzle No. 2

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... some lateral thinking. And a reminder: this is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; planets, moons, telescopes, and ... Sunday, 21 February 2010