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Submission + - Danger Will Robinson! First Talking Robot Ready to Launch Into Space (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Sunday August 04, 2013 @08:48PM

littlesparkvt writes: The first talking robot astronaut, Kirobo is ready for its first space flight on a rocket to the International Space Station, Japanese researchers said.

Submission + - The Flags We Left on The Moon Have All Turned White (spaceindustrynews.com) 2

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Thursday August 01, 2013 @10:34PM

littlesparkvt writes: Since the United States landed on the Moon on July 20th 1969, there has been an American flag standing on its surface. While 5 out of the 6 flags still stand (Neil Armstrong reported that Apollo 11s flag was knocked over by engine thrust), the colors of Old Glory have faded due to the Suns harsh radiation.

Submission + - NASA Releases Images of Earth Taken from Saturn and Mercury - See more at: http: (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 22, 2013 @08:04PM

An anonymous reader writes: Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space.

Submission + - Congress Tells NASA That There Will Be No Asteroid Retrieval Program (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Sunday June 16, 2013 @11:00PM

littlesparkvt writes: There appears to be little to no support for President Obamas $105 million Asteroid retrieval program in the United States Congress. The mission would allow an asteroid to be robotically captured and relocated to a location near our moon, where astronauts could then explore in relative safety. A draft of a NASA authorization bill on its way through the House Science, Space and Technology Committee doesn’t include support for the mission.

Submission + - Mad Men Writers Working on Show About 1960s NASA Apollo Era (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Monday May 06, 2013 @11:21PM

littlesparkvt writes: The writers over at Mad Men are working on a show based around the reporters covering the 1960s, Apollo Era, space race. The show, as of this writing is not a done deal but apparently both sides of the conversation are pretty excited.

Submission + - NASA and Bigelow Aerospace Make Plans for Moon Base (spaceindustrynews.com) 2

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Monday April 22, 2013 @08:47PM

littlesparkvt writes: NASA and Bigelow Aerospace are in the initial planning phases for a moon base. ”As part of our broader commercial space strategy, NASA signed a Space Act Agreement with Bigelow Aerospace to foster ideas about how the private sector can contribute to future human missions,” Said David Weaver NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Communications.

Submission + - Gravity Bending Find Leads to Kepler Meeting Einstein (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Sunday April 07, 2013 @06:04PM

littlesparkvt writes: NASA’s Kepler space telescope has witnessed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion star. The findings are among the first detections of this phenomenon — a result of Einstein’s theory of general relativity — in binary, or double, star systems.

Submission + - 'HOT SPOTS' RIDE A MERRY-GO-ROUND ON JUPITER (spaceindustrynews.com) 1

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Thursday March 14, 2013 @04:17PM

littlesparkvt writes: In the swirling canopy of Jupiter’s atmosphere, cloudless patches are so exceptional that the big ones get the special name “hot spots.” Exactly how these clearings form and why they’re only found near the planet’s equator have long been mysteries.

Submission + - New NASA Research Shows Ancient Water Channels Below Mars Surface (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Thursday March 07, 2013 @09:28PM

littlesparkvt writes: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided images allowing scientists for the first time to create a 3-D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the Martian surface.

Submission + - Curiosity To Sleep as Solar Storm Heads For Mars (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Thursday March 07, 2013 @12:37AM

littlesparkvt writes: The Sun unleashed a solar storm directed at Mars on Wednesday. While the Mini Cooper sized rover is designed to handle harsh conditions in space it’s handlers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have decided to let Curiosity rest while the storm passes.

Submission + - Evidence for Extraterrestrial Life Might Come from Dwarf Stars (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Monday March 04, 2013 @11:03AM

littlesparkvt writes: Even dying stars could host planets with life – and if such life exists, we might be able to detect it within the next decade. This encouraging result comes from a new theoretical study of Earth-like planets orbiting white dwarf stars. Researchers found that we could detect oxygen in the atmosphere of a white dwarf’s planet much more easily than for an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star.

Submission + - How Sequestration Will Impact NASA – Full Details (spaceindustrynews.com) 1

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Thursday February 28, 2013 @02:47PM

littlesparkvt writes: Charles Bolden of NASA has been very outspoken about the budget cuts to NASA, saying that it will slow scientific progress in the United States.

Submission + - Millionaire Plans 501 Day Mission to Mars in 2018 (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Thursday February 21, 2013 @10:57AM

littlesparkvt writes: Millionaire Dennis Tito became the first paying customer to make a trip to the International Space Station and now he wants to launch a privately funded mission to Mars in 2018. Dennis paid a reported 20 Million to ride aboard a Russian rocket to the International Space Station and has since stayed out of the spotlight, until now.

Submission + - MARS Curiosity Rover Confirms First Sample Collected From Interior Of A Rock on (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @04:30PM

littlesparkvt writes: NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first sample ever collected from the interior of a rock on another planet. No rover has ever has drilled into a rock beyond Earth and collected a sample from its interior.

Submission + - Harrison Ford Returning as Han Solo in Star Wars Episode VIII (spaceindustrynews.com)

Submitted by littlesparkvt on Friday February 15, 2013 @06:03PM

littlesparkvt writes: It’s not surprising considering Harrison stated that he was open to appearing in the upcoming STAR WARS film being directed by J.J Abrams.

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