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(Newser) - The name of the new life-support node for the International Space Station will be announced tomorrow night on The Colbert Report by a NASA astronaut, InformationWeek reports. At the host’s urging, Colbert fans stuffed online ballot boxes to name the unit, though NASA doesn’t have to comply. “... More »

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 NASA, Pols Cringe 
 at Space Station Costs 

Washington standoff delays funding, key nomination

Apr 11, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - After years of wrangling, the US and other operators of the International Space Station have resolved to keep the facility operating through 2020, but the 5-year extension deal is creating new challenges, the Wall Street Journal reports. Washington will need to fork out at least $10 billion, which could cut... More »

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 Discovery Lands in Florida 


Mar 28, 09 2:17 PM CDT
(AP) - Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth today and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. Discovery swooped through a cloudy sky and landed at NASA's spaceport in midafternoon, a little later than... More »

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(Newser) - One of the biggest challenges of India’s burgeoning space program is culinary, the London Times reports. Researchers at the country’s defense science lab are struggling to adapt the complex, spicy national cuisine into something that will work in space. “Curry tends to be spicy, high in fat... More »

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NASA • India • astronauts • International Space Station • space travel • kimchi • space program • Indian food • curry

 'Colbert' Wins 
 Space Station 
 Name Contest 

NASA will have final say

Mar 24, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Colbert Nation did it: NASA’s contest to name a new room at the International Space Station is over, and the winner is “Colbert,” the AP reports. But don’t get too excited yet, Nation: The agency makes the final decision, and only promises to give top... More »

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(AP) - Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just 5 years ago went on a spacewalk together today, their path cleared of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened the space station and shuttle. It's the first time two former schoolteachers have been on a spacewalk together,... More »

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NASA • astronauts • International Space Station • spacewalk • Discovery space shuttle • outer space • teachers

 Astros Fire Up 
 Thrusters to 
 Dodge Trash 

 Space junk becomes increasing concern

Mar 23, 09 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Discovery's astronauts fired thrusters yesterday to maneuver the million-pound International Space Station out of the path of approaching space junk, the third such threat to the orbiting lab in two weeks, reports Space.com. The four-inch chunk of debris—from a Chinese rocket that broke apart in 2000—was heading... More »

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 Bat Hitched 
 Short Ride on Shuttle 

Stowaway clung to Discovery's fuel tank through blastoff

Mar 18, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small bat clung to the space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank throughout its launch Sunday, Space.com reports. Observation teams had hoped it would fly away before liftoff, but images reveal it stayed with the shuttle as it blasted off from Kennedy Space Center. NASA officials, who judged the bat... More »

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(AP) - Space shuttle Discovery has arrived at the International Space Station. The shuttle docked with the orbiting outpost late this afternoon, carrying the station's final set of solar wings. Before arriving, Discovery did a 360-degree backflip so station astronauts could photograph its belly. NASA will examine the photos as a precaution... More »

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 NASA: Debris Will 
 Miss Space Station 


Mar 16, 09 8:25 PM CDT
(AP) - NASA gave the all-clear to the international space station tonight, telling its astronauts they would not need to steer away from an orbiting piece of satellite junk. Experts had been keeping close tabs on the debris all day, at one point believing it might pass within a half-mile of the... More »

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(AP) - NASA kept close tabs today on an old piece of space junk that threatened to come too close to the international space station as the shuttle Discovery raced toward the outpost for a 220-mile-high linkup. Experts initially warned that the debris from a Soviet satellite that broke up in 1981... More »

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(AP) - Space shuttle Discovery is rocketing toward the international space station after more than a month of delays, the AP reports. The space shuttle and its crew of seven blasted off today just as the sun was setting. The shuttle is carrying a final set of solar wings for the space... More »

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 Discovery Launch Postponed 

Fuel valve concerns cause further delays to mission

Mar 11, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission to deliver the final piece of a solar power array to the International Space Station was delayed again today, only hours before scheduled launch, CNN reports. The mission had already been postponed a month so technicians could determine whether three valves that control fuel... More »

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Colbert Vies to Be Namesake of NASA Module

But Joss Whedon's devoted nerd army may spoil comedian's plans

Mar 6, 09 4:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Again proving that his love for self-promotion knows no bounds, Stephen Colbert is urging fans to vote for his write-in suggestion for the name of the new observation deck attachment to the International Space Station, Space.com reports. In two days, Colbert nation has pushed his name to the top... More »

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 Climate Research 
 Faces Years 
 Without 
 Satellites 

Scientists warn that death of aging satellites will leave dangerous gaps in knowledge

Mar 6, 09 3:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists studying climate change are going to lose their eyes in the sky just when satellite data is most needed to make vital decisions, NPR reports. Years of underinvestment and squabbling between government agencies mean the climate satellites now in orbit will fail long before new ones can replace them,... More »

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(Newser) - NASA will launch its Kepler space telescope tomorrow on a 3-year mission to look for planets as habitable to life as Earth, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Kepler will use a sophisticated digital camera, 10 times more sensitive than consumer models, to survey distant stars for orbiting planets with... More »

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 NASA to Reboot Mars Orbiter 

Orbiter's systems vulnerable to space radiation exposure

Mar 5, 09 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The Odyssey, NASA’s Mars orbiter, must reboot its computer systems, a risky move necessary to ensure continued functionality, Space.com reports. The reboot, slated for next week, should clear out the damaging effects of continued exposure to space radiation on the Odyssey’s memory system. The orbiter’s last... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • radiation • computer • Mars Odyssey

Feds: Florida Prof Scammed
NASA for $3.4M

Research cash blown
on cars, condos,
charge court filings

Feb 27, 09 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal agents have seized the property of a University of Florida professor accused of shuttling millions in NASA grants into his family's bank accounts, the Houston Chronicle reports. Nuclear scientist Samim Anghaie, who has worked on developing fuels for future Mars missions, submitted "multiple fraudulent certified contract proposals to... More »

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Crash Ends Mission to Track Global Warming

Rocket carrying satellite ends up in ocean, sinking $280M project

Feb 24, 09 10:50 AM CST
(AP) - A rocket carrying a NASA satellite crashed near Antarctica after a failed launch early yesterday, ending a $280 million mission to track global warming from space. The rocket carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory blasted off just before 2am from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. But minutes later a cover protecting... More »

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 Rare Comet Streaks Into View 

The Lulin comet travels past Saturn starting tomorrow

Feb 22, 09 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Comet Lulin will travel into sight tomorrow, says Wired. The rare chance for a glimpse comes as the comet passes 38 million miles from Earth, traveling south-southwest of Saturn and visible to the naked eye at night. NASA astronomers, tracking the comet with the Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer satellite, report... More »

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