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  • May 2008

    • Discovery Launches, With Kibo Aboard

      Associated Press  |  May 31, 08 4:31 PM CDT

      Discovery Launches, With Kibo Aboard

      (Newser) - The space shuttle Discovery blasted into a clear blue sky today, carrying Kibo, a huge Japanese laboratory for the International Space Station. The $1 billion lab will be the station’s biggest room. “This is a real milestone,” said one NASA administrator. The Discovery is also bringing a replacement for the station’s broken toilet, rush-ordered from Moscow. More »

    • NASA Deploys Mars Probe's Robotic Arm

      Associated Press  |  May 29, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      NASA Deploys Mars Probe's Robotic Arm

      (Newser) - NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander extended its robotic arm for the first time late last night, the AP reports, a day late because of a temporary radio blackout. The arm, which will unfurl over a 2-day period, will eventually be used to take samples of ice below the surface in Mars’ arctic regions to search for evidence of life. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • Arctic  • space exploration  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • soil sample

    • Houston, We Have a (Potty) Problem

      New York Times  |  May 27, 08 7:36 PM CDT

      Houston, We Have a (Potty) Problem

      (Newser) - The three-member crew aboard the International Space Station has a delicate problem—the toilet's on the fritz. The station's liquid-waste collector—a tricky system involving fans and the lack of gravity—is kaput, the New York Times reports. (The solid-waste collector still works.) Astronauts are working on a backup system and may get plumbing help when Discovery (with a crew of seven and its own toilet) launches Saturday. More »

    • Martian Arctic Says Cheese

      CNN  |  May 26, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Martian Arctic Says Cheese

      (Newser) - The Mars Phoenix Lander is sending NASA the first photos of the red planet's northern polar region, CNN reports. On its 3-month mission, the lander will “taste and sniff the northern polar site’s soil and ice,” the agency said. The photos show brown polygons checkering the landscape as far as the eye can see. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • Mars rover

    • Phoenix Touches Down on Mars

      Space.com  |  May 25, 08 7:14 PM CDT

      Phoenix Touches Down on Mars

      (Newser) - The Phoenix probe has landed safely on Mars' icy surface and begun its search for life, Space.com reports. Exultant NASA scientists are now awaiting a second radio signal to see how much power it has left—a critical element of the mission. And they await the probe's first snapshots. "I can't wait for even that first look at the surface," the mission's main investigator said. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • extraterrestrial life  • Phoenix Mars Lander

    • Odds of Cataclysmic Space-Rock Crash: 1 in 10

      Atlantic Monthly  |  May 25, 08 6:19 AM CDT

      Odds of Cataclysmic Space-Rock Crash: 1 in 10

      (Newser) - Chicken Little may have been smarter than we thought. A growing body of evidence reveals that the sky is falling, or at least gigantic space rocks are—and the Earth is at far greater risk of a catastrophic strike than previously thought, reports Atlantic . Despite the danger—an impact could make a nuclear bomb look like a firecracker—NASA is expending little effort to protect the planet. More »

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      NASA  • astronomy  • extinction  • asteroid  • space program  • crater  • comet

    • 7 Minutes of Danger in Mars Quest

      Christian Science Monitor  |  May 23, 08 2:52 AM CDT

      7 Minutes of Danger in Mars Quest

      (Newser) - The latest NASA mission searching for signs of life on Mars comes to a heart-pounding climax Sunday as the Phoenix Lander attempts to touch down at the red planet's pole in a hunt for water. The lander must perform complex maneuvers in which the whole mission is at risk for a full 7 minutes, reports the Christian Science Monitor . More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • Arctic  • water  • Phoenix Mars Lander  • life  • Opportunity  • Spirit  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory  • University of Arizona  • Tufts University  • polar region

    • Stargazers Witness Birth of Supernova

      Space.com  |  May 22, 08 3:43 AM CDT

      Stargazers Witness Birth of Supernova

      (Newser) - A  pair of Princeton astronomers have become the first people ever to witness the explosive death of a star, Space.com reports. The pair were observing another supernova in its later stages when they happened to spot a huge burst of X-rays 90 million light years away. Astronomers believe their observations will fill in some blanks in knowledge about this cosmic phenomenon. More »

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      NASA  • astronomy  • star  • star  • galaxy  • supernova

    • Space Shuttle Discovery Makes a Date

      Orlando Sentinel  |  May 20, 08 11:51 AM CDT

      Space Shuttle Discovery Makes a Date

      (Newser) - The investigation into last month's scary landing by a Russian Soyuz spacecraft is still going on, but another Soyuz at the International Space Station is off the hook, so NASA has cleared the Discovery shuttle for launch on May 31, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The shuttle is expected to attach a huge Japanese lab to the ISS. More »

  • April 2008

    • Mars Photos Suggest Ancient Hot Springs

      Washington Post  |  Apr 28, 08 3:45 AM CDT

      Mars Photos Suggest Ancient Hot Springs

      (Newser) - Scientists have found what look like the remains of hot springs on Mars—a sign life could have existed there, reports the Washington Post . Sophisticated equipment returned images of “mounds” that appear remarkably similar to springs found in Australia, according to scientists. They appear to have dried up tens of millions of years ago--fairly recently, in planetary terms. More »

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      NASA  • space  • Mars  • geology  • images

    • South Korea's First Astronaut Docks at ISS

      Space.com  |  Apr 10, 08 6:38 PM CDT

      South Korea's First Astronaut Docks at ISS

      (Newser) - South Korea’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station today, and her country must be relieved—having paid $25 million to get her there, Space.com reports. The South Korean president called So-yeon Yi’s mission a “stepping stone” in that country’s fledgling space program; lacking ships of their own, they paid the Russians to take her on an 11-day spin. More »

    • Cargo Ship Docks With ISS

      Space.com  |  Apr 3, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      Cargo Ship Docks With ISS

      (Newser) - European cargo vessel Jules Verne docked flawlessly today at the International Space Station, Space.com reports. The double-decker-sized space hauler has about 8 tons of supplies on board for astronauts at the station, including food and water, rocket propellant—even handwritten documents from the real Jules Verne, a 19th-century science fiction writer. More »