Category: Space

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

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

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

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

NASA’s Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home

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

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

This news resurface all the time!  Comet carries a building block of lifeLife 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…

Canadian astronaut Thirsk bound for International Space Station

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.