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September 2008
- China Astronauts Get Ready for First Spacewalk
  
  Reuters | Sep 26, 08 10:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - China's 3-man spacecraft is now safely in orbit and all systems are go for the nation's first spacewalk tomorrow, reports Reuters. One of the astronauts is set to spend 40 minutes outside the shuttle in a $4.4 million Chinese space suit. Beijing plans to build a permanent space station within the next decade, and could eventually shoot for a moon landing. More »
July 2008
- Astronaut Reports Alien Visits
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jul 25, 08 3:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission, says aliens have visited Earth but the information has been covered up by the government. The 77-year-old astronaut told a radio interviewer he was "privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited," reports the Daily Telegraph . More »
- Water Found in Moon Rock
  
  Space.com | Jul 10, 08 5:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Water has been detected in moon rock brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts, reports Space.com. A team used a new super-sensitive technique to discover the water in volcanic glass beads in the rock. The stunning find, detailed in the journal Nature , is forcing scientists to rethink theories about the moon's origin 4.5 billion years ago. More »
- Moon Rocks Still Giving Up Gritty Secrets
  
  New York Times | Jul 8, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Almost 40 years after Apollo astronauts brought samples of the moon back to Earth, the extraterrestrial rocks are still yielding new information, the New York Times reports. In addition to attention from the Johnson Space Center, where they reside, samples are mailed out—on loan only, and usually less than a gram—to 40 or 50 research groups around the world each year. More »
June 2008
- There's a Huge Moon on the Rise
  
  LiveScience | Jun 17, 08 4:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Northern Hemisphere residents, check out the night sky tomorrow for an extra-large-looking moon. The moon illusion—a trick our brain plays on us—is enhanced by the summer solstice, and when Earth's satellite rises close to the horizon, conditions are perfect, LiveScience notes. More »
- Shuttle Prepares to Head Home
  
  Space.com | Jun 10, 08 9:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Shuttle astronauts bid farewell to the crew of the International Space Station today and closed the hatch between their spacecrafts, Space.com reports. Discovery plans to undock from the station tomorrow morning after a busy weeklong mission and begin a 4-day trip home. The shuttle crew delivered and installed a huge new space lab for the station. More »
- Shuttle Blastoff Smashed Launch Pad
  
  Houston Chronicle | Jun 3, 08 5:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Discovery shuttle caused severe damage to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center when it blasted off Saturday, the Houston Chronicle reports. The force of the blast shattered a large section of one the trenches designed to direct shuttle exhaust away from the pad, scattering tons of concrete debris as far as 1,500 feet away. More »
- Shuttle Anchors at Space Station
  
  Space.com | Jun 2, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - NASA's Discovery shuttle hooked up to the international space station today after a 2-day voyage, Space.com reports. Commander Mark Kelly docked at about 2 pm EDT and told the station crew, "We're really looking forward to seeing you guys." "You have no idea how much we're looking forward to seeing you, too," said US astronaut Garrett Reisman. More »
May 2008
- Houston, We Have a (Potty) Problem
  
  New York Times | May 27, 08 7:36 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Why It's Time to Sell the Moon
  
  Popular Mechanics | May 22, 08 12:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The moon isn't up for sale—but it should be, argues Glenn Harlan Reynolds in Popular Mechanics . Dishing out lunar property rights would boost the stagnating government space program, and the interest is proven: One enterprising American has already sold 500 million "novelty" acres of the moon at about $20 per football field-size parcel. More »
April 2008
- Astronauts OK After Rough Landing
  
  Space.com | Apr 19, 08 9:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Three space travelers returning from the International Space Station are OK after a rough landing hundreds of miles off course in Kazakhstan this morning, Space.com reports. The Soyuz space capsule carrying US astronaut Peggy Whitson, a Russian cosmonaut, and South Korea's first astronaut veered nearly 300 miles off target and subjected the three to severe G-forces, MSNBC reports. More »
- Pentagon Inventing Group Hits 50, Looks to Next Strides
  
  Washington Post | Apr 8, 08 7:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A small Defense Department agency credited with inventing the Internet and rockets that sent men to the moon is turning 50, the Washington Post reports, and is fine-tuning its next innovations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's work spans biology, satellites and aircraft; it has no permanent labs and its staff has been called “100 geniuses connected by a travel agent.” More »
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 »
- 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 »
- Navy Hits Errant Satellite
  
  Associated Press | Feb 20, 08 9:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Navy tonight struck an errant spy satellite with its first missile shot, the AP reports. A ship in the Pacific hit the satellite as it passed about 130 miles above the ocean. The military says it needed to destroy the satellite before it crashed to Earth because the toxic fuel aboard posed a risk. It will take a day or two to confirm that the fuel tank was destroyed, the AP notes. More »
- Take a Peek at Lunar Eclipse
  
  Space.com | Feb 20, 08 8:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The sky is putting on a show tonight. The last total eclipse of the moon until 2010 got under way about 8:45pm ET, Space.com reports. The moon went into full eclipse at 10:01, and the show will be over at 12:09. The spectacle should be visible from all points in the US, astronomers say. No special equipment is needed, except maybe some warm clothes. More »

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China Astronauts Get Ready for First Spacewalk

Astronaut Reports Alien Visits

Water Found in Moon Rock

Moon Rocks Still Giving Up Gritty Secrets

There's a Huge Moon on the Rise

Shuttle Prepares to Head Home

Shuttle Blastoff Smashed Launch Pad

Shuttle Anchors at Space Station

Houston, We Have a (Potty) Problem

Why It's Time to Sell the Moon

Astronauts OK After Rough Landing

Pentagon Inventing Group Hits 50, Looks to Next Strides

NASA to Smash Moon in Hunt for Lunar Ice

Scheme to Plant Telescope on Moon Gathers Steam

Navy Hits Errant Satellite

Take a Peek at Lunar Eclipse