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Two teens send a Lego man into near space
Two Canadian high school students have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80,000 feet above sea level--high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth. Now the results of their experiment have gone viral, racking up more than 600,000 views on YouTube in just two daysand inspiring the young [...]
Robots – The Future For NASA?
Robots - The Future For NASA? By Doug Wetzel Impossible. That's what the 2009 Augustine committee reported about prospects for NASA's human exploration of space, at least for the next seven years. NASA's budget issues remain at the top of the list holding humans from space but the same future may not hold true for its robots. Two recent [...]
Private Space Flight Traveling Out of This World
Private Space Flight Traveling Out of This World By Lance Winslow Extreme Adventure Travel is about to take flight, and in doing so take well-to-do traveling public where no tourist has gone before. Indeed, they will boldly go, but they will also boldly pay for that opportunity, as well as take a little bit of risk as [...]
Will This Current Solar Maximum Hurt the Fledgling Private Space Flight Industry?
Will This Current Solar Maximum Hurt the Fledgling Private Space Flight Industry? By Lance Winslow "To boldly go where no man has gone before," a phrase we all know, and one we grew up with. Today, it is more than likely that private citizens will actually get that chance. No, they may not go very far into space, but they may very well [...]
Experts count down to doomed Russian probe’s last hours
Experts count down to doomed Russian probe's last hours. By Leonard David updated 1/14/2012 5:27:21 PM ET Russia's botched Mars probe mission Phobos-Grunt is fast approaching a fiery death, with just one or two days remaining before it falls from space, experts and Russian space officials say. "The European Space Agency's current [...]
NASA hopes to answer questions about the Moon
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy NASA hopes to answer questions about the Moon A team of NASA scientists will be monitoring a pair of spacecrafts orbiting the Moon, hoping to answer some age-old questions in what's being described as the biggest Moon mission since man first landed there more than 40 [...]
NASA’s twin moon probes to land this weekend
NASA's twin moon probes to land this weekend. A pair of NASA spacecraft is getting set to orbit the moon this weekend, a move that will kick off the probes' effort to study Earth's nearest neighbor from crust to core. NASA's twin Grail spacecraft are slated to start circling the moon one day apart, with Grail-A arriving on Saturday and [...]
Year in Space 2011
Year in Space 2011. Year in Space 2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45754299/ns/... Explore the slideshow 'Year in Space 2011' on msnbc.com
NASA announces design for new deep space exploration system – Astronomy Magazine
NASA announces design for new deep space exploration system - Astronomy Magazine. The new heavy-lift rocket will take humans far beyond Earth. By NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. — Published: September 15, 2011 NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System (SLS) that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than [...]
Comet turns into a Christmas star
Comet turns into a Christmas star. If anyone questioned whether Comet Lovejoy would become the star of the season — and a lot of people did — the pictures of the past few days have removed any doubt. In the Southern Hemisphere, the death-defying comet is truly this year's "Star of Wonder." Not only do we have an amazing video of the [...]
