X-38 completes eighth test flight Posted: Fri, Dec 14 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT) NASA’s X-38 experimental vehicle completed its eighth, and most ambitious, test flight on Thursday. The vehicle was released from a B-52 at... News briefs: December 13 Posted: Fri, Dec 14 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT) A new entrant has emerged in the competition for the first television show to send a contestant into space, according to an Entertainment Weekly article.... Mars Odyssey finds evidence of water Posted: Thu, Dec 13 10:07 AM ET (1507 GMT) NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has detected evidence of water ice deposits on the surface of Mars, scientists said Wednesday. Early data from the spacecraft'... News briefs: December 12 Posted: Thu, Dec 13 7:57 AM ET (1257 GMT) Two companies announced contracts for new communications satellites Wednesday. Space Systems/Loral said it has reached agreements to build two 1300-series satellites, XTAR EUR... Report: X-33 to be scrapped Posted: Wed, Dec 12 2:03 PM ET (1903 GMT) A last ditch effort to save the X-33 has failed, and the experimental vehicle is in the process of being disassembled, SPACE.com reported... Shuttle mission extended a day Posted: Wed, Dec 12 11:09 AM ET (1609 GMT) Shuttle managers decided Tuesday to extend the mission of the space shuttle Endeavour by one day to give the crew of STS-108 more time... NASA gives tentative approval to Shuttleworth flight Posted: Wed, Dec 12 10:32 AM ET (1532 GMT) NASA officials confirmed Tuesday that they given their tentative approval to a flight next year by space tourist Mark Shuttleworth. Reuters reported that NASA and... News briefs: December 11 Posted: Wed, Dec 12 8:21 AM ET (1321 GMT) The Senate has confirmed Peter Teets to become undersecretary of the Air Force, the highest-ranking military space position. Teets, a former president of Lockheed... Zenit launches five satellites Posted: Tue, Dec 11 10:14 AM ET (1514 GMT) A Zenit 2 booster successfully launches a Russian weather satellite and four other spacecraft Monday. The Zenit lifted off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan at 12:19... News briefs: December 10 Posted: Tue, Dec 11 10:02 AM ET (1502 GMT) Jupiter's moon Io does not generate a magnetic field of its own but does interact with Jupiter's magnetic field in a number of... |
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