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Google and NASA are Working on an Interplanetary Internet
[/caption]In an initiative energized by Google Vice-President and Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, the International Space Station could be testing…
More Ares I Development Problems: Is it Really That Bad?
[/caption]There's been a lot of bad news surrounding the development of the Constellation Program of late. We've had news of…
Russian Spacecraft Producer: No More Money for Soyuz
[/caption]The Russian spacecraft producer Energiya has warned that it might only have enough money to launch the next two Soyuz…
Google Founders Buy Fighter Jet… to Help NASA
[/caption]A company owned by Google's founders has just bought a 1982 light attack Dornier Alpha Jet. H211 LLC owns several…
Mars Science Laboratory: Still Alive, For Now
[/caption] The Mars Science Laboratory, the next generation of Mars rovers slated to head to Mars in 2009, is still…
NASA Does Space-Age Archaeology, Uncovering Apollo Heatshields to Help with Orion
[/caption]NASA scientists currently working on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle had the rare opportunity to unpack a little piece of…
Reflections of NASA at 50
NASA turns 50 years old today. On Oct. 1, 1958 the National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) officially became the…
Teacher-Astronaut’s Legacy Uncovered 22 Years After Challenger Disaster
[/caption] Christa McAuliffe's life tragically ended on January 28th, 1986 when Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch, killing…
NASA Uses 90 Rubber Ducks to Study Global Warming
[/caption]NASA scientists have dropped 90 yellow rubber ducks into holes in Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier in an attempt to understand why…
NASA Weathers Hurricane; May Impact Hubble Mission
[/caption] NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston weathered Hurricane Ike fairly well, but damage to some buildings, including the roof…