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Space Shuttle External Tank ET-128 Sets New Performance Standard During STS-124 Mission

15 years ago from Physorg

When NASA's space shuttle Discovery launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., May 31, it was lifted from the launch pad with the help of a "new" external fuel tank,...

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Uses Soil Probe and Swiss Scope

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has touched Martian soil with a fork-like probe for the first time and begun using a microscope that examines shapes of tiny particles by touching them.

NEW VIDEO: Hurricane Bertha: View from a Million Feet

15 years ago from Space.com

The International Space Station view of Hurricane Bertha barreling across the Atlantic. Credit: Space.com/NASA

MIT instrument studies edge of sun's bubble

15 years ago from Physorg

The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have traveled beyond the edges of the bubble in space where the sun's constant outward wind of particles and radiation slams into the interstellar...

ESA launches two satellites into orbit

15 years ago from UPI

PARIS, July 8 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says two telecommunications satellites were launched into orbit from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.

Magid Celebrates His 25th Anniversary

15 years ago from CBSNews - Science

This week marks my 25th anniversary as a tech columnist. "The Computer File," my syndicated Los Angeles Times column, debuted July 3, 1983.

Obituary: Harry Lange

15 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Obituary: Nasa designer, he was recruited by Kubrick to create the look of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Study: perception of hole size influenced by performance

15 years ago from Physorg

Golfers who play well are more likely to see the hole as larger than their poor-playing counterparts, according to a Purdue University researcher.

Iain Neill Reid Appointed as Head of STScI Science Mission Office

15 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has appointed Dr. Iain Neill Reid as Head of the STScI's Science Mission Office (SMO).

New Mercury Images Show Volcanoes, Magnetic Field, More

15 years ago from National Geographic

Mercury is covered by volcanoes, a mysterious ion cloud, and scars from a violent past, reveal the first in-depth studies of the solar system's smallest planet in decades.

NASA Attracts the General Public at Folklife Festival

15 years ago from Space.com

NASA is featured at the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival.

Saturn Surprises Spur Cassini Mission Reprise

15 years ago from Space.com

Cassini gets a two-year extended tour to examine Saturn and its moons.

Australia joins push for open access to particle physics

15 years ago from Physorg

Australia has joined SCOAP3, an international consortium that aims to provide free access to major particle physics journals world-wide. Six of the Group of Eight universities in Australia have agreed...

ESA plans ISS organizational meeting

15 years ago from UPI

PARIS, July 7 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency is planning a meeting during which the International Space Station's future activities will be decided.

NASA cracks the speed of light

15 years ago from Science Blog

I just found an article on NASA's web-site, which, like quite a few articles that have come from there recently, seem to be a load of poppycock. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1122.html I quote, "...the blast...

UK Mars rover hopes face set-back

15 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

Funding for UK-led science instruments on a flagship European Mars mission will be cut by 25% during their key development phase.

SSTL: DIY satellites take smaller and smaller steps for mankind

15 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Surrey team launches fridge-sized modules and helps keep Britain in the space race

Bad science: Plagues of wasps, squirrels, rats? Let's see the data

15 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Ben Goldacre finds out the truth behind the so-called 'top secret' data - collected by PR agencies

First Underwater Neutrino Telescope Has Been Constructed

15 years ago from Science Daily

Construction of the first underwater neutrino telescope has just been completed. Since early June, the last two detection lines of Antares have been probing the bottom of the Mediterranean for...

Volcanic Activity Shaped Mercury After All

15 years ago from Science Blog

Scientists have long anguished over how little is known about Mercury, the innermost of the four terrestrial planetary bodies in our solar system. read more

Mercury's core still active, scientists say

15 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

Activity in the planet Mercury's molten core has played a central role in the shaping of the planet, said scientists studying data sent from the latest NASA spacecraft to pass...

Earth from Space: California ablaze

15 years ago from European Space Agency

Billowing smoke from Northern California wildfires that have burnt more than 1400 km² of land is visible in this Envisat image acquired on 25 June 2008.

Smallest planet shrinks in size

15 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

The smallest planet in the Solar System has become even smaller, studies by the Messenger spacecraft show.

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Space "Ribbon," Calif. Wildfires, More

15 years ago from National Geographic

A beach full of red balloons, a new Argo setting sail, and a U.S. flag lit up by lightning are among this week's most colorful events.

Asteroid Impacts On Earth: A Protection Plan

15 years ago from Science Daily

A century ago this week, an event in far-off Siberia rang a cosmic wake-up call for Earth. That explosive event over remote Tunguska is generally viewed by scientists as a...

Mining For Molecules In The Milky Way

15 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists are prospecting in a rich molecular cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy. They seek to discover new, complex molecules in interstellar space that may be precursors to life. As...

Einstein Was Right, Astrophysicists Say

15 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations of a binary-pulsar star system. Eclipses in a unique system of two dead stars, called...

Neither Rain Nor Sleet Will Stop NASA's Ares Rockets

15 years ago from Physorg

Barry Roberts wants to help build a better rocket…one that can fly despite record low temperatures, one that hail and rain can`t stop.