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NASA stories: 322 news summaries

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OPINION

 Forget Space, Fix Earth Instead 

Pareene asks why bother 'getting Americans boldly from one place to another place?'

Jul 20, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - On today’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing, President Obama should again show bravery and determination by not indulging in more space exploration, Alex Pareene urges for Gawker. NASA has $100 billion earmarked to replace the shuttles, in order to do what? Go “back to the damn moon,... More »

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Barack Obama • NASA • global warming • Mars • space shuttle • budget • moon landings • George W. Bush • President Obama

(Newser) - Forty years ago today Neil Armstrong strode across the surface of the moon and became the most famous man in the galaxy. Then he disappeared—leaving NASA for a university job, attending almost no public functions, and refusing nearly all interview requests. "Neil was very much the same person... More »

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NASA • space exploration • astronauts • moon • Buzz Aldrin • moon landings • Neil Armstrong • Apollo 11

OPINION

 'Giant Leap' Was a 
 'Knee in NASA's Groin'

Ever since 1969, hope for a 'bridge to the stars' has faded

Jul 19, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US took a “giant leap” landing on the moon in 1969, but NASA's greatest moment of triumph was also "a real knee in the groin" for the space agency, writes Tom Wolfe in the New York Times. At the time, we thought we’d build “a... More »

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NASA • Mars • Soviet Union • space • philosophy • space flight • moon landings • Tom Wolfe • John Glenn

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 Astronauts Begin 
 Installing Space Veranda 


Jul 18, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Two astronauts ventured out on the first spacewalk of shuttle Endeavour's space station visit today to help install a porch on Japan's expansive lab. Veteran spaceman David Wolf and rookie Timothy Kopra got straight to work as they floated out the hatch, 220 miles above the Earth. But their voices... More »

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NASA • International Space Station • Kibo • Space Shuttle Endeavour

(Newser) - With NASA hoping to set up a lunar outpost by 2020, an unlikely nuisance has become a hot commodity: moon dust. With only 227 pounds of the equipment-clogging stuff available for tests, NASA is pouring $19 million into faking it, the Wall Street Journal reports. "So many people need... More »

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NASA • science • moon • moon landings • rock

 At Last, Endeavour Reaches ISS 

Shuttle arrives nearly a month late for construction mission

Jul 17, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Space shuttle Endeavour docked today at the International Space Station, an important milestone in its oft-delayed mission, Space.com reports. The crew is scheduled to board the ISS later today. When the Endeavour's seven astronauts climb on, they will push the station's total population to a record-high 13. More »

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NASA • space exploration • construction • astronauts • space shuttle • International Space Station • Endeavour • Kibo • Space Shuttle Endeavour • laboratory • Mark Polansky

 NASA: Oops, We Erased  
 the Moon Landing Tapes 

Footage likely recorded over when tape supply was low

Jul 16, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - After searching 3 years for the original tapes of the 1969 moon landing, NASA officials realized they’d spaced: The footage had most likely been taped over, NPR reports. They picked through “racks of documents, tapes, all kinds of things from NASA and other agencies,” says a searcher,... More »

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NASA • video • Buzz Aldrin • moon landings • recording • Neil Armstrong • Apollo 11

(Newser) - America should boldly turn its space program toward colonizing Mars instead of trying to retrace the dusty footprints that he and Neil Armstrong made on the Moon 40 years ago, Buzz Aldrin writes in the Washington Post on the anniversary of Apollo 11's launch. NASA's attempt to resume lunar exploration... More »

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NASA • Mars • moon • Buzz Aldrin • lunar exploration • moon landings • Neil Armstrong • Apollo 11

Debris Hits Endeavour
On Liftoff

NASA says it's likely harmless, will examine shuttle tomorrow

Jul 15, 09 8:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Endeavour lifted off today, onboard cameras captured pieces of debris falling off the exterior fuel tank and striking the shuttle, the Houston Chronicle reports. NASA officials say it's probably no big deal, and the crew will examine the orbiter with external cameras tomorrow. "That's a normal process for... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • Endeavor • debris • Space Shuttle Endeavour

(AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts are on their way to the international space station after more than a month's delay. The shuttle blasted off about 6pm, hauling up a veranda for Japan's space station lab. It was NASA's sixth attempt to launch Endeavour after a series of gas leaks... More »

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NASA • Endeavour • shuttle • Space Shuttle Endeavour

(Newser) - Lightning and thunderstorms in Florida today forced NASA to postpone the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, Space.com reports, the fifth delay for the mission. Officials are now looking at approximately 6:25pm EDT tomorrow, though there’s a 60% chance of bad weather; the forecast looks better Wednesday,... More »

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NASA • space shuttle • lightning • Endeavour • Cape Canaveral • thunderstorms

(Newser) - It’s the largest spacecraft mankind has ever built, it’s cost the taxpayers and US allies $100 billion, and in a few years, NASA intends to crash the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean, letting it burn up in the atmosphere en route. The station is nearly complete,... More »

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NASA • space exploration • space shuttle • International Space Station • orbit • outer space

 NASA Delays Shuttle Launch 


Jul 11, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(AP) - NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's scheduled launch today after nine lightning strikes were reported near the pad in Florida. Technicians said they found no damage but will need another day to check critical systems. The next launch attempt will be in the early evening tomorrow. Endeavour should have blasted off... More »

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NASA • International Space Station • space travel • Endeavor • delay • Kibo • launch window

Astronaut Love Triangle Couple to Wed

Relationship survives bizarre confrontation
by Lisa Nowak

Jul 10, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bizarre confrontation with a crazed astronaut wasn't enough to end Colleen Shipman's relationship with former astronaut William Oefelein: The Beaver County Times reports the couple will wed next summer. Their relationship became national news 2 years ago when Oefelein's ex, fellow astronaut Lisa Nowak, drove 900 miles from Houston... More »

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NASA • Lisa Nowak • Astronaut love triangle • astronauts • Colleen Shipman • William Oefelein

 Sex Would Lift 
 Flaccid Space 
 Travel: Expert 

Hanky panky, champagne would boost funding: historian

Jun 20, 09 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why should flight attendants have all the fun? A respected NASA historian is proposing that astronauts too should join the mile-high club, Bloomberg reports. “Sex in space, now there’s an experiment scientists certainly want to conduct,” James Hansen declared in a lecture at the 100th Paris Air... More »

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NASA • space • sex • Paris Air Show • astronauts • champagne

(AP) - NASA launched its first moon shot in a decade today, with an unmanned rocket blasting off from Cape Canaveral. It carried a pair of science probes that will scout out potential landing spots for astronauts. It's a first step in NASA's effort to return humans to the moon by 2020. More »

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NASA • space exploration • moon

 Help Wanted: 
 Pillownauts for NASA 

They do so for
months to mimic
lunar gravity

Jun 18, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - If astronaut school seems too daunting, this might be the next best thing. NASA is offering $160 per day for human testers to lie down at a slight downward angle—a position that simulates the moon's gravitational pull—for months at a stretch. It may sound easy, but bodies aren't... More »

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NASA • zero gravity • gravity • moon

 NASA Scrubs Shuttle Launch 

Hydrogen gas leak forces Endeavour's launch to be called off a second time

Jun 17, 09 2:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A hydrogen gas leak has forced NASA to call off the launch of the space shuttle for the second time in less than a week, AP reports. The glitch, discovered just hours before blastoff, means Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station will now be delayed until July 11 because... More »

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NASA • Kennedy Space Center • International Space Station • Endeavor • delay • Space Shuttle Endeavour

 NASA Hopes for 
 Wednesday Launch 

Moon probes would be delayed to Friday

Jun 15, 09 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - NASA is planning to delay the launch of two unmanned moon probes to give the space shuttle Endeavour another shot at takeoff, Space.com reports. The shuttle was grounded last week because of a hydrogen gas leak. Mission managers will make the final decision later today, but expect Endeavour to... More »

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NASA • moon • space probes • Space Shuttle Endeavour • launch window • takeoff

(Newser) - NASA will launch a mission Wednesday to gather information about how humans might someday colonize the moon, the Los Angeles Times reports. A robotic orbiter will provide detailed maps of the topography and first-of-their kind peeks inside craters where ice might be hiding. “We're going to provide NASA... More »

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NASA • space travel • moon colonization • Lunar Crater and Observation Sensing Satellite • Obama administration • outer space

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