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European space probe completes asteroid fly by - Reuters BBC NewsEuropean space probe completes asteroid fly byReuters - 8 hours agoBERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency obtained on Saturday the first images of an asteroid 360 million km (224 million miles) from earth, part of a space mission which scientists hope will Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Asteroid to Miss Earth Tonight - Washington Post Canada.comAsteroid to Miss Earth TonightWashington Post - 2 hours agoAn asteroid as wide as the length of three football fields will be speeding past Earth at the astronomical equivalent of a rather close shave: less than one-and-a-half times the distance to the moon. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Space Shuttle Completes 16-Day Mission, and Lands - New York Times Malaysia StarSpace Shuttle Completes 16-Day Mission, and LandsNew York Times - 2 hours agoNASA/AP By WARREN E. LEARY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour returned safely to earth on Wednesday evening, completing a record-breaking 16-day mission to the Int Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Wannabe Space Tourist Wants $21 Million Back Over Scuttled Mission The Japanese internet tycoon who paid $21 million to become the first space tourist to walk outside the International Space Station wants his money back. In a lawsuit, Daisuke Enomoto, 37, claims that Space Adventures, the private firm with connections to the Russian Federal Space Agency, "dece Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Wannabe Space Tourist Wants $21 Million Back Over Scuttled Mission The Japanese internet tycoon who paid $21 million to become the first space tourist to walk outside the International Space Station wants his money back. In a lawsuit, Daisuke Enomoto, 37, claims that Space Adventures, the private firm with connections to the Russian Federal Space Agency, "dece Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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NASA probe zips above surface of planet Mercury
(Reuters) Reuters - A car-sized NASA probe zoomed about 126 miles above the rocky, crater-scarred surface of Mercury on Monday, becoming the first spacecraft since 1975 to fly past the closest planet to the sun. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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NASA probe zips above surface of planet Mercury WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A car-sized NASA probe zoomed about 126 miles above the rocky, crater-scarred surface of Mercury on Monday, becoming the first spacecraft since 1975 to fly past the closest planet to the sun. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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European probe aims for Mercury The European Space Agency signs the industrial contract to build a spacecraft to send to the planet Mercury in 2013. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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European probe aims for Mercury The European Space Agency signs the industrial contract to build a spacecraft to send to the planet Mercury in 2013. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > BBC |
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European lab spacewalk delayed for a day
(Reuters) Reuters - U.S. space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, but the installation of its primary cargo, a European science laboratory, will be delayed for a day due to an astronaut health problem, NASA said. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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European lab spacewalk delayed for a day HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, but the installation of its primary cargo, a European science laboratory, will be delayed for a day due to an astronaut health problem, NASA said. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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The Space Tourist Who Wasn't I met Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto in Star City, Russia, in August 2006. Enomoto, 37, is slight with tired eyes and a shock of bleach-blond dyed hair. His idea of space travel comes from comic books and Star Wars. He grew up as a self-described otaku, coding his own computer games and dreaming of s Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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NASA warns of 'space Katrina' radiation storm Ill solar winds blow nobody any good A study funded by NASA has flagged up yet another terrible hazard for those no longer able to get excited about nuclear war, global pandemics, terrorism, climate change, economic meltdown and asteroid strike. Top space brainboxes say that even if the human rac Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Aug. 20, 1960: Back From Space, With Tails Wagging 1960: Belka and Strelka, a couple of stray mutts impressed into the Soviet space program, become the first living creatures to return alive from an orbital flight. The Russians had been using dogs for experimental high-altitude flights long before Belka (Russian for "squirrel") and Str Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Aug. 20, 1960: Back From Space, With Tails Wagging 1960: Belka and Strelka, a couple of stray mutts impressed into the Soviet space program, become the first living creatures to return alive from an orbital flight. The Russians had been using dogs for experimental high-altitude flights long before Belka (Russian for "squirrel") and Str Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Microsoft faces two new European antitrust cases The European Commission has opened two new antitrust investigations of Microsoft's activities.The first case is in response to a complaint from the European Committee for Interoperable Systems, a Brussels-based Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Competition for Asteroid Hunter Announces Winner The Planetary Society announces the winners of a contest to design a satellite mission that would collect data on a large asteroid. The "Apophis" (asteroid 2004 MN4) has a slim chance of smashing into the Earth in 2036. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Mars Weather Looks Good for Phoenix Probe's Sunday Landing - Space.com PBSMars Weather Looks Good for Phoenix Probe's Sunday LandingSpace.com - 1 hour agoBy Andrea Thompson PASADENA, Calif. - It's going to be a nice day on Mars when NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander makes its planned touchdown in the northern plains of the red planet on Sunday, m Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Mars Phoenix Lander completes its mission - CNET News RTE.ieMars Phoenix Lander completes its missionCNET News - 1 hour agoNASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has died, running out of power after the Red Planet moved into low light conditions. The lander successfully performed scientific missions for more than five months.Mars Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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European space centre for UK The European Space Agency (Esa) is to open a UK research centre, to concentrate on space robotics and climate change. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |