Space Station Succcessfully Dodges Cosmic Junk
The International Space Station has successfully dodged another piece of cosmic space junk.
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The International Space Station has successfully dodged another piece of cosmic space junk.
2011 marked the end of an era as NASA retired its manned space shuttles after 30 years in space. As the shuttles were packed off for their final resting places in a handful of museums, NASA turned its attention to the future of manned space travel and possibly trips to an asteroid and Mars.
There was Rick Scott who took over the Florida Governor's office, the end of the space shuttle program and of course, the Gulf oil spill. Which story do you think made the number one spot as Florida's top story of the year?
A full scale model of a space shuttle, which has thrilled visitors to the Kennedy Space Center Complex for nearly two decades, has been moved out of the complex to make room for a new exhibit which will feature a real space shuttle.
A telescope in space has discovered a huge planet just outside our solar system which would be an ideal place for life.
Ready, set, takeoff for Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover, the world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday. The mission? Search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.
NASA is another step closer to Mars as it prepares to launch its newest red planet Rover this weekend.
NASA scientists are tracking an asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier that will fly by between the Earth and moon Tuesday.
NASA has settled its suit against a former astronaut who possessed a camera which had been to the moon. Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell said the camera he brought back from the Apollo 14 moon mission was given to him by NASA.
Space jobs are returning to the Space Coast. On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott, state officials and Boeing executives announced that they will being building the next generation of U.S. manned space vehicles at the Kennedy Space Center.
Space buffs will soon be able to see how shuttles are assembled for launch.
NASA may not have any shuttles to launch, but they are still busy trying to figure out exactly where a decaying satellite will hit the earth Friday.
Heads up! The debris of a giant 6-ton satellite is getting closer to Earth and NASA is closer to knowing where, or actually where it won't crash into the planet on Friday.
The debris of a giant satellite will crash land on Earth in about a week.
NASA pulled the curtain back on its newest rocket that will bring back memories of the Saturn V rockets that propelled man to the moon.
It's not on the scale of the now-ended Space shuttle program, but NASA hosted another launch Saturday morning at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. A pair of spacecraft rocketed toward the moon aboard a small Delta rocket, on the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity.
It's another delay for NASA's latest moonshot. That's because a pair of spacecraft intended to orbit the moon and measure its gravity will not lift off until Saturday.
There's been a delay in NASA's quest to return to the moon. High wind is keeping NASA's newest moon probes on Earth longer than expected.
There may be a delay in NASA's quest to return to the moon.
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station remain in limbo as ground teams try to figure out what to do if the ISS needs to be evacuated.
Four decades after astronauts touched down on the moon NASA is going back.
The space shuttle Discovery and shuttle Endeavour are both on the road to retirement and met nose-to-nose Thursday while trading places at the Kennedy Space Center.
America's manned space shuttle program may be finished but NASA launched a new solar-powered spacecraft Friday afternoon on a journey to Jupiter.
NASA has made an out-of-this world discovery on the planet Mars. Scientists say they have found new evidence of possible saltwater flows on Mars.
Two Russian cosmonauts have stepped outside the International Space Station for a planned spacewalk for work outside the ISS but not everything has gone as planned.
