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March 2008
- Endeavour Docks After New Damage Check
  
  Associated Press | Mar 13, 08 3:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Endeavour docked with the international space station without a glitch yesterday just after the shuttle was again examined for damage, AP reports. The craft did a full backflip before docking so every inch of it could be inspected. Launch videos first revealed that something may have hit the shuttle's nose seconds after lift off. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space • astronauts • space shuttle • Endeavour
- Shuttle Safe, Mission On
  
  Houston Chronicle | Mar 12, 08 4:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is on course to dock with the international space station with apparently no damage to the heat shield during takeoff, the Houston Chronicle reports. Tracking cameras indicated possible debris near the shuttle just after launch that may have struck near the ship's nose. Detailed inspections have become routine on missions since the loss of the Columbia in 2003. The shuttle is delivering a robot repairman and a Japanese space lab. More »
  
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  NASA • space shuttle • Endeavour • European Space Agency • Jules Verne • Garrett Reisman • debris • Dom Gorie
- Endeavour Blasts Into Space
  
  Houston Chronicle | Mar 11, 08 6:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The shuttle Endeavour thundered off its launch pad early this morning, carrying seven astronauts and two major pieces of hardware to the International Space Station. On board is a $1 billion science module that contains research gear for the station's lab, the first Japanese contribution to the orbital base, reports the Houston Chronicle . Also accompanying the astronauts is a 12-foot, spacewalking Canadian robot bearing the name Dextre. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space • astronauts • space shuttle • spacewalk • Endeavour • Dextre
- Europe to Launch Space Truck
  
  BBC | Mar 8, 08 3:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Europe is about to launch its most sophisticated spacecraft ever, the BBC reports. The “Jules Verne,” set to take off tomorrow, will deliver supplies to the International Space Station while nudging the station higher into its orbit to prevent it from falling to Earth. The freighter is fully automated—no humans aboard—marking a major step toward manned European missions. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space • Europe • astronauts • space shuttle • European Space Agency • ATV • rockets
- Suspect Charged in Auburn Killing
  
  Associated Press | Mar 8, 08 2:18 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A man has been arrested and charged with killing 18-year-old Auburn University student Lauren Burk, thanks to a photo enhanced with help from NASA, the AP reports. Police arrested Courtney Lockhart, 23, in Phenix City, Ala., after a car and foot chase. He was initially sought as a suspect in a string of robberies. Police did not say where they got the photo, but it may have come from a gas station camera, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. More »
  
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  crime • NASA • shooting • University of North Carolina • Auburn
- Astronauts Will Have to Hitch Rides With the Russians
  
  Washington Post | Mar 7, 08 2:04 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - When NASA retires its fleet of space shuttles in 2010, the agency will have no way of sending men into space until 2015, at the earliest, the Washington Post reports. To carry astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station, largely funded by American taxpayers, the US will have to rely on the only other country that can send men into space: Russia. And we'll have to pay for the privilege. More »
  
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  Russia • NASA • International Space Station • astronauts • space shuttle • space travel • Russian space program • cosmonauts
February 2008
- NASA to Smash Moon in Hunt for Lunar Ice
  
  Space.com | Feb 27, 08 8:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - No, they're not angry at the moon—but NASA is preparing two spacecraft for head-on collisions with the lunar South Pole. The idea is that the double impact might uncover ice suspected to be hiding in the moon's poles, Space.com reports. Scientists detected large amounts of hydrogen there on a previous smash-and-learn expedition. More »
  
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  NASA • moon • space missions • space debris • lunar exploration • Ames Research Center
- Scheme to Plant Telescope on Moon Gathers Steam
  
  Washington Post | Feb 25, 08 5:16 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The moon may have to start earning its keep if NASA gets its way. With the far side of our lunar satellite a perfect environment for delicate, deep-space measurements, two research teams are furiously plotting ways to deploy astronomy equipment there. If astronauts return to the moon after 2019, they might bring new telescopes with them to plant on the lunar surface, reports the Washington Post . More »
  
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  NASA • MIT • moon • deep space • radio telescope
- Atlantis Lands Safely in Fla.
  
  Space.com | Feb 20, 08 8:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at Kennedy Space Center this morning, capping a successful 13-day mission in which it delivered Europe's first permanent lab to the International Space Station after months of delay, reports Space.com. The shuttle's return clears the way for the US Navy to shoot down a dying satellite headed toward Earth, possibly as soon as tonight. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space shuttle • Navy • satellite • Atlantis • Daniel Tani • Kennedy Space Center • spy satellite • Cape Canaveral • Columbus laboratory
- City Lights Linked to Breast Cancer
  
  Washington Post | Feb 20, 08 4:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Women who live in areas with a large about of night-time light face an increased risk of breast cancer, and scientists believe it may be because the light interferes with a tumor- fighting hormone, reports the Washington Post . Researchers compared satellite images at night with cancer registries and found breast cancer rates up to 64% higher in well-lit areas than in regions with the least amount of night-time illumination. Scientists called it a "clear and strong correlation." More »
  
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  Israel • NASA • breast cancer • lung cancer • World Health Organization • satellite images • light • fluorescent light • melatonin
- Navy Ship Prepares to Shoot Down Spy Satellite
  
  CNN | Feb 19, 08 3:48 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US Navy will attempt to shoot down a rogue American spy satellite Thursday, just days before it re-enters the earth's atmosphere, reports CNN. Officials plan to bring down the satellite from an Aegis cruiser at sea while it is still 150 miles above the earth, leaving enough time for a second attempt if the first one fails. More »
  
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  NASA • Pentagon • space shuttle • US Navy • spy satellite • orbit
- Space Shuttle Heads for Earth
  
  Reuters | Feb 18, 08 7:58 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The space shuttle Atlantis parted ways with the International Space Station this morning and headed back towards the confines of Earth, even as NASA was rolling another shuttle onto the launch pad, preparing for its March 11th mission. In its 9-day stay, Atlantis attached Europe’s first permanent laboratory to the space station; the next flight will add the beginning of a Japanese research module, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space • Atlantis Space Shuttle • aerospace • Daniel Tani • Columbia Space Shuttle • Columbia disaster • Peggy Whitson
- Mars Was Too Salty for Life
  
  BBC | Feb 16, 08 7:58 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hopes that Mars may once have supported life have taken a blow with the discovery that the planet has been too salty for life for much of its history, the BBC reports. "It was salty enough that only a handful of known terrestrial organisms would have a ghost of a chance of surviving there when conditions were at their best," a member of NASA's Mars rover team said. More »
  
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  NASA • Mars • extraterrestrial life • rover • salt • microbe
- Astronauts Often a Bit Woozy
  
  ABC News | Feb 15, 08 12:52 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - We all know about carsickness and seasickness—but spacesickness? NASA is cagey about its vomiting astronauts, but about half of the 500 who’ve been to the final frontier suffer from “space adaptation syndrome,” reports Ned Potter for ABC News. So it comes as no surprise to Potter that when a German aboard the orbiting shuttle Atlantis was replaced on a recent spacewalk, it was for an undisclosed “medical issue.” More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space • European Space Agency • space travel • Atlantis Space Shuttle • nausea
- Want Oil? Try Saturn's Titan
  
  Space.com | Feb 14, 08 5:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Titan, one of Saturn's dozens of moons, has supplies of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons hundreds of times greater than Earth’s oil reserves, Space.com reports. The unmanned Cassini spacecraft has mapped only 20% of Titan’s surface with radar, and has already discovered dozens of bodies of hydrocarbon liquid, each one of which more volume than Earth’s entire oil supply. More »
  
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  NASA • oil • space exploration • Earth • Saturn • Cassini • Titan • hydrocarbon
- Recovered Astronaut Steps Up for Spacewalk
  
  Space.com | Feb 13, 08 4:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A German astronaut who was too sick for a scheduled spacewalk earlier this week is feeling much better, and preparing for his first step into the great outdoors today, reports Space.com. "I'm doing very fine," Hans Schlegel, 56, said via videolink from the International Space Station. Schlegel said it was disappointing to have to stay inside NASA's Atlantis orbiter while his colleagues were installing the Columbus lab in the station. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • astronauts • space shuttle • spacewalk
- Illness Delays Spacewalk to Install Columbus Lab
  
  Reuters | Feb 10, 08 8:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Today's planned spacewalk to install the Columbus lab on the International Space Station was pushed back until tomorrow after Atlantis astronaut Hans Schlegel experienced an undisclosed medical problem. The shuttle crew will spend today instead examining a minor tear in their craft's heat shield, and performing such routine chores as transferring food, water, and other supplies to the Space Station, Reuters reports. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • space shuttle • Atlantis Space Shuttle • heat shield
- Atlantis Docks With Space Station
  
  Associated Press | Feb 9, 08 11:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Space shuttle Atlantis docked flawlessly with the international space station today, the AP reports. Atlantis is delivering a $2 billion lab eagerly awaited by European scientists. Before docking, the shuttle performed a giant backflip so station crew members could take images of the shuttle's thermal shield. NASA engineers will examine them to make sure all is well. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • European Space Agency • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Columbia Space Shuttle • Columbus laboratory
- Total Eclipse Coming Feb. 20
  
  LiveScience | Feb 7, 08 6:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nearly half the world's population will find themselves really in the dark Feb. 20 as Earth's shadow totally eclipses the moon, LiveScience reports. Visible to 3 billion residents of North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia, the eclipsed moon will create a celestial triangle in the night sky, joining the planet Saturn and the bright star Regulus. More »
  
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  NASA • astronomy • moon • Saturn • telescope • lunar eclipse
- Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off
  
  Associated Press | Feb 7, 08 2:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After bad weather prompted worries of a further delay, US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted into space today, the AP reports. NASA had feared the same cold front that ravaged the South with tornadoes would push the launch to tomorrow, or later. Aboard, with seven astronauts, is the European Space Agency’s Columbus lab, bound for the international space station. More »
  
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  NASA • International Space Station • astronauts • European Space Agency • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Daniel Tani • Columbus Space Laboratory

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