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1. Tools Get Loose During ISS Spacewalk

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... rendezvous on the Rassvet module, which was delivered on the last space shuttle mission to the ISS. Additionally, the pair of spacewalkers routed and mated Command and Data Handling cables on the Zvezda ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

2. Did Kepler Scientist Leak Data? Um, Not Really

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   ... on both accounts in regards to the Kepler mission. Just last month, the Kepler team announced they had found over 750 candidates for extrasolar planets, and 706 of these candidates potentially are planets ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

3. Researchers Say Asteroid Has 1 in 1,000 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2182

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   ... miss the Earth. 1999 RQ36 is an asteroid that has been suggested for a robotic sample return mission, to help us learn more about the makeup of NEOs, especially those that have a potential threat to Earth. ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

4. Is the Moon Really a 'Been There Done That' World?

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   The Moon. Credit: NASA If there's only one thing we've learned from all the highly successful recent Moon missions – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1 and Kaguya — ... Monday, 26 July 2010

5. Prometheus: the Michelangelo of Saturn

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... the mission's imaging team lead, mentioned on Twitter that Saturn's moon Prometheus is akin to Michelangelo, I had to take a look. Wow, this gorgeous image is suitable for framing! Visible ... Monday, 26 July 2010

6. Dreamy, Young Stars

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... 2009, marking the beginning of its "warm" mission. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

7. Astronauts in the Oval Office

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer; STS-132 Mission Specialists Piers Sellers, Garret Reisman, and Steve Bowen; President Obama; STS-132 Mission Specialist Michael Good; and STS-132 Pilot Tony Antonelli. Official ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

8. Curiosity Rover Takes First Test Drive

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... drive in the JPL clean room where it is being built. This video was captured from live broadcast on July 23, 2010. Cheers and commentary provided by mission team members who watched the event from a viewing ... Sunday, 25 July 2010

9. WISE Mission Completes All-sky Infrared Survey

   Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

   ... on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have no pity for you. Their spacecraft just finished photographing the entire sky in exquisite detail: a total of 1.3 million photos. "The ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

10. Lunar Forums and Anniversaries

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... here. I'll try to report as much news as I can, although my real mission here is to interview the lunar scientists for more NLSI/365 Days podcasts. It's fitting that the Lunar Forum is held ... Tuesday, 20 July 2010

11. Celebrating Apollo 11

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    NASA and Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) officials joined with flight controllers to celebrate the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission in the Mission Control Center. From left foreground ... Monday, 19 July 2010

12. Symbol of Cooperation

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... and Valeriy Kubasov. During their joint mission, the astronauts and cosmonauts assembled this commemorative plaque in orbit as a symbol of the international cooperation. The American side is blue with ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

13. Senate's New NASA Plan: Heavy Lift, Extra Shuttle Mission, Less Commericial and Tech Development

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation today unanimously approved legislation that would add a shuttle mission and jump start work on a heavy-lift rocket next year. The NASA Reauthorization ... Thursday, 15 July 2010

14. Aerojet AJ26 Rocket Engine Arrives at Stennis

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... II mission will be flown in support of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services cargo demonstration to the International Space Station. Orbital's Taurus II design uses a pair of Aerojet AJ26 rocket ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

15. External Tank for Final Scheduled Shuttle Mission Arrives at KSC (Gallery)

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... the external tank for the final scheduled space shuttle mission, STS-134. Enjoy this gallery of images, (because it is something that might only happen one more time…). There was also a surprise ... Wednesday, 14 July 2010

16. In the Constellation Cassiopeia

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... Previous observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicate that the nature of the light that WISE sees from the supernova remnant is emission from dust heated by the shock wave. To the right is a ... Tuesday, 13 July 2010

17. Robonaut Getting Ready for ISS Mission (Video)

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... is ready for its first mission. R2 will become a permanent resident of the International Space Station, and will launch on space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-133 mission, currently planned for ... Tuesday, 13 July 2010

18. Securing a Place for History

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    A piece of NASA history landed at the Glenn Research Center's Visitor Center, now located at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The Apollo Command Module, used for the Skylab 3 mission ... Sunday, 11 July 2010

19. Mini Moons Are Buzzing Through Saturn's Rings

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    Scientists for NASA's Cassini mission noticed some weird-looking propeller-like shapes in the outer edge of Saturn's A ring. What could be creating these unusual contours? A closer look revealed ... Friday, 09 July 2010

20. Tanks for the Memories

    Category: Space News Section/Space News Category

    ... scheduled to fly on a shuttle mission was rolled out of the Michoud Assembly Facility on Thursday. The tank, ET-138, traveled on a wheeled transporter one mile to the Michoud barge dock, accompanied by ... Friday, 09 July 2010