Category Archives: Space

Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017

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To make up for the moon? It’s good to extend use of equipment already deployed, but it lack vision.

Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017
NASA extends the Cassini mission, the groundbreaking exploration of Saturn and its satellites, by 6 ½ years on Wednesday.

Mars Rover Spirit is Now a Stationary Research Platform

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It will never move again!
From: NASA Science News
NASA Science News for January 26, 2010NASA announced today that Spirit cannot be freed from its Martian sandtrap. Now the rover will begin a second career as a stationary science platform.

Life on mars

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False alarm!

on CNET New proof of life on Mars? Sadly, no
A stunning new image taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter creates an optical illusion.

NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home

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To the future and …….
…… The museum?
NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home
NASA’s cute, wingless escape pod for the International Space Station, which was in development until 2002, finally has a home. Sadly, it’s not in space, but in Ashland, Nebraska at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.

astronomers

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And one day it’s going to be us!

Andromeda galaxy devouring its neighbours: astronomers
The Andromeda galaxy, the closest neighbour to our own Milky Way, has been growing by scooping up stars from smaller surrounding galaxies, a Canadian-led team of astronomers has found.

Comet carries a building block of life

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This news resurface all the time! 

Comet carries a building block of life
Life on earth came, if not from ancient astronauts, in part from outer space. NASA astronauts have discovered an amino acid, glycine, essential for life on earth, on a comet, confirming a long-held theory that the building blocks for life came from outer space, Info Week reports….

Canadian astronaut Thirsk bound for International Space Station

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That’s going to be interesting!

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/22/space-robert-thirsk-space-station-astronaut.html?ref=rss

Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is a member of a six-person crew that
will live on the International Space Station for six months. On May
27, he and two other crewmates are scheduled to launch from Kazhakstan
to join the other three already aboard the station.


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