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  • February 2008

    • Recovered Astronaut Steps Up for Spacewalk

      Space.com  |  Feb 13, 08 4:00 AM CST

      Recovered Astronaut Steps Up for Spacewalk

      (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 »

    • Illness Delays Spacewalk to Install Columbus Lab

      Reuters  |  Feb 10, 08 8:10 AM CST

      Illness Delays Spacewalk to Install Columbus Lab

      (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 »

    • Atlantis Docks With Space Station

      Associated Press  |  Feb 9, 08 11:43 AM CST

      Atlantis Docks With Space Station

      (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 »

    • Total Eclipse Coming Feb. 20

      LiveScience  |  Feb 7, 08 6:02 PM CST

      Total Eclipse Coming Feb. 20

      (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

      Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off

      (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 »

    • Weather May Postpone Atlantis Launch

      Space.com  |  Feb 6, 08 4:46 PM CST

      Weather May Postpone Atlantis Launch

      (Newser) - Conditions don’t look great for tomorrow’s launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, Space.com reports. The scheduled 2:45 pm ET launch has a 70% chance of being rained out as the southern US continues to feel the cold front that loosed several deadly tornadoes yesterday. If a thunderstorm or thick cloud cover scraps the launch, NASA will try again Friday. More »

    • NASA Tests Beatles' Star Power

      Houston Chronicle  |  Feb 1, 08 2:19 PM CST

      NASA Tests Beatles' Star Power

      (Newser) - NASA will send the Beatles song "Across the Universe" into deep space Monday, the Houston Chronicle reports. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of both the space agency and the band, NASA’s Deep Space Network will transmit the song toward the North Star, Polaris—which the signal should reach in about 431 years. More »

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      NASA  • International Space Station  • Beatles

  • January 2008

    • Mercury 'Spider Crater' Spotted

      Space.com  |  Jan 31, 08 10:19 AM CST

      Mercury 'Spider Crater' Spotted

      (Newser) - NASA's first probe to Mercury in more than 30 years has made some spectacular finds, including a mysterious new crater dubbed "the spider," Space.com reports. The network of cracks radiating from the impact crater photographed by the probe is like nothing else ever seen in the solar system. "Our little craft has returned a gold mine of exciting data," said the chief scientist. More »

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      NASA  • solar system  • Mercury  • crater  • volcanic activity  • Messenger

    • Old Spy Satellite Falling to Earth

      Associated Press  |  Jan 26, 08 8:27 PM CST

      Old Spy Satellite Falling to Earth

      (Newser) - A dead US spy satellite will likely tumble out of space and hit Earth late next month or early March, the AP reports. Unnamed officials admitted it may contain toxic material but refused to say where it might land or whether it could be shot from the sky. "We are looking at potential options to mitigate any possible damage this satellite may cause," said a National Security Council rep. More »

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      NASA  • Australia  • Security Council  • Earth  • Persian Gulf  • spy  • satellite  • Pacific Ocean

    • Asteroid to Whiz Past Earth

      LiveScience  |  Jan 25, 08 9:49 AM CST

      Asteroid to Whiz Past Earth

      (Newser) - A big asteroid is set to speed past Earth on Tuesday night, and those with amateur telescopes will get a peek. NASA discovered the object in October, and scientists believe it's between 500 and 2,000 feet in diameter, LiveScience reports. It won't come closer than 334,000 miles to Earth; the impact of an asteroid of its size would be disastrous. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • astronomy  • Earth  • asteroid  • orbit

    • OMG! Bigfoot on Mars! Run!

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 24, 08 6:19 PM CST

      OMG! Bigfoot on Mars! Run!

      (Newser) - After nearly four years of important discoveries, it has taken a tiny rock outcropping that looks like Bigfoot to make people passionate about the Mars rovers, the Telegraph reports. Conspiracy theorists are sure a photo snapped in 2004 reveals an alien, or perhaps a creature like Sasquatch. "I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked alien running around on Mars," writes one blogger. More »

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      NASA  • Mars  • space exploration  • aliens  • bigfoot

    • Probe Zips Over Mercury Today

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jan 14, 08 4:33 AM CST

      Probe Zips Over Mercury Today

      (Newser) - NASA's Messenger spacecraft this afternoon will whiz past Mercury at 141,000 mph and snap an estimated 1,200 detailed photos of the planet's surface from a mere 124 miles up. It will be the first of three passes before the craft starts orbiting the planet closest to the sun in 2011. What scientists find could provide clues about how the Earth was formed. More »

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      NASA  • space  • research  • photographs  • planet  • sun  • Mercury  • Messenger

    • Space Shuttle Astronauts Gain Fame

      Space.com  |  Jan 11, 08 1:20 PM CST

      Space Shuttle Astronauts Gain Fame

      (Newser) - Four space shuttle pilots have taken one giant leap toward immortality, NASA announced this week: They'll make up the Astronaut Hal of Fame class of 2008. The inductees, who will be honored at a May ceremony, include the commanders who presided over the initial assembly of the International Space Station and the first mission dedicated to life sciences, Space.com reports. More »

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      NASA  • International Space Station  • space  • astronauts  • space shuttle

    • Asteroid Won't Slam Into Mars After All

      Space.com  |  Jan 11, 08 4:24 AM CST

      Asteroid Won't Slam Into Mars After All

      (Newser) - An asteroid heading toward Mars won't crash into it after all, according to disappointed scientists. They had initially calculated there was a 1-in-27 chance of the space rock hitting the red planet, but after new observations researchers estimate the odds are only 1 in 10,000, "effectively ruling out the possible collision," according to the latest report.