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Expedition 19 Crew Docks with Space Station
Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt of the 19th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-14 to the International Space Station at 9:05 a.m. EDT Saturday.
New Crew Arrives at Space Station
A Russian spacecraft carrying a space tourist, a rookie astronaut, and a veteran cosmonaut docked at the International Space Station today.
Recycled Astronaut Urine to Ride Shuttle Home
Water from recycled astronaut urine will return to Earth with space shuttle Discovery.
Astronaut Gloves Tested for Biological Contamination
A space station device can test spacewalker gloves for biological contamination.
Hubble ID's massive star that exploded
GREENBELT, Md., March 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says the Hubble Space Telescope has identified a star that was 1 million times brighter than the sun...
Spacewalkers stymied by jammed station platform
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two astronauts used pry bars and brute force but failed to free jammed equipment outside the International Space Station on Monday during a spacewalk to prepare the...
NASA's Mars Program in Disarray
The robotic Mars program is sort of a planetary Dead Man Walking these days.
Finding twin Earths: Harder than we thought!
Does a twin Earth exist somewhere in our galaxy? Astronomers are getting closer and closer to finding an Earth-sized planet in an Earth-like orbit. NASA's Kepler spacecraft just launched to...
Hearts of galaxies close in for cosmic train wreck
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with...
Feature: Images caught of raging Saturn
A Saturn storm larger than Australia has been caught on tape – Trevor Barry was one of the few humans to observe this event.
NASA's early lunar images, in a new light
Pictures from the mid-1960s Lunar Orbiter program lay forgotten for decades. But one woman was determined to see them restored. ...
The Island | Roslyn Heights: Topping Science Prize With Obama Visit
A Long Island teenager wins a prestigious Intel Science Talent Search scholarship with a study on parental links to teenage drinking.
Scientists find solution to solar puzzle
Scientists from the University of Sheffield and Queen's University Belfast have made a unique discovery which will help us understand one of the most puzzling features of the Sun. The...
DEIMOS Joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor
The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS. This DEIMOS, however, is an...
Space Station at Full Length, Full Power
With the International Space Station's spine and power grid complete, here's a look at its 9-year construction.
New aerosol observing technique turns grey skies to blue
Tiny, ubiquitous particles in the atmosphere may play a profound role in regulating global climate. But the scientists who study these particles - called aerosols - have long struggled to...
NASA researchers find clues to a secret of life
NASA scientists analysing the dust of meteorites have discovered new clues to a long-standing mystery about how life works on its most basic, molecular level...
Feinstein seeks block solar power from desert land
(AP) -- California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and...
University of Washington scientists one step closer to stopping bone loss during spaceflight
Bone loss in long-duration spaceflight has been identified for decades as a significant problem affecting astronauts. More recently, scientists have found that the absence of gravity is causing astronauts on...
Aid for Solar Firm Is First From 4-Year-Old Program
The Energy Department’s alternative-energy loan guarantee program is meant to create jobs and develop carbon-free power sources.
Observatory: Those Gymnastic Bats, Landing Upside Down
Scientists have now shown how bats land, hanging upside down from their heels.
Astronauts Patch Up Space Bicycle
After days of downtime because of jammed pedals, Discovery's astronauts can now bike their cares away thanks to the determination of two spaceflyers who pried open the high-tech cycle and...
Brines on Mars
Salty subsurface oceans may exist on the Red Planet and could force scientists to rethink their view of the planet
Queen's scientists discover giant solar twists
Scientists at Queen's University have made a finding that will help us to understand more about the turbulent solar weather and its affect on our planet. Along with scientists at the...
Knoxville Site of Global Quark Matter Conference, March 30-April 4
Physicists from 35 countries and nearly 200 institutions are coming to Knoxville, Tenn., March 30-April 4, for the International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus Collisions, hosted by the Department of Energy's...
Mars Orbiter Spies Rust Deposits
ESA's Mars Express finds concentration of rust in Aram Chaos crater.
Bronx Zoo Fights for Funding with Video Starring Porcupine
A NYC-based zoo agency has released a video starring a porcupine to convince state legislators to fully fund zoos in 2010.
Space Commander Has Cake, Eats it Too
Discovery skipper Lee Archambault made sure his crew packed away a small chocolate cake for NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, who celebrated his 42nd birthday last Saturday.