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First International Space Crew Reunites for Mission’s 35th Anniversary – Yahoo! News

Ennev — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:45:55 +0000

Just sad that this reunion feel like a giant advertisement from Omega watches.

“First International Space Crew Reunites for Mission’s 35th Anniversary – Yahoo! News”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100716/sc_space/firstinternationalspacecrewreunitesformissions35thanniversary

Cassini Gets Life Extension to Explore Saturn Until 2017

Ennev — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:36:55 +0000

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

Ennev — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:33:08 +0000

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.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/26jan_spirit.htm?list934087

Life on mars

Ennev — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:20:45 +0000

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

Ennev — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:35:57 +0000

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

Ennev — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:51:24 +0000

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

Ennev — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:50:04 +0000

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

Ennev — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:46:58 +0000

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.

Water

Ennev — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:57:11 +0000

Thirsty?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090520/ap_on_sc/us_space_urine

Zune phone again!

Ennev — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:56:10 +0000

Again again and again!

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-301177.html

A Microsoft promotional Twitter account tells fans that a new product launch is coming and hold off from buying a Palm Pre. The idea that Microsoft may release a Zune-phone, based on its portable music player, has once again resurfaced. Although the likelihood of a…

From the Space Shutte to this :

Ennev — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:39:50 +0000

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/N03JnxMKYGc/the-next-space-shuttles

500 days

eta Aquarid meteor shower

Ennev — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:35:12 +0000

Bits of Halley’s comet.

http://spaceweather.com/meteors/etaaquarids/etaaquarids.html?PHPSESSID=0hnp847kac6k0knin3e8her2e1

The new hitchhiker guide to the galaxy?

Ennev — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:05:38 +0000

From Yahoo news:

Astronaut Class of 2009 Has No Spaceship

WASHINGTON – Nearly five decades after announcing the seven original Mercury astronauts, NASA is again set to reveal a new class of spaceflyers. But the 2009 astronaut class will be the first in nearly 30 years that will enter training without the prospect of flying on the space shuttle.

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