National Aeronautics and Space Administration
End of an era: space shuttle Discovery does lap of honour over DC
18 Apr 2012
A spectacular flight by the retired spacecraft over the US capital drew tens of thousands of eyeballs; but for many it signalled the end of US dominance of outer space
Experiments provide some answers on fighting fires in space
By By Ioana Patringenaru | 01 Feb 2012
Supernova solved
05 Nov 2011
Astrobiologists discover “Sweet Spots” for the formation of complex organic molecules in the Galaxy
05 Nov 2011
Russia set to resume space station service
29 Oct 2011
UARS debris landed in the Pacific: NASA
28 Sep 2011
NASA hazy about satellite crash
23 Sep 2011
Sometime late today, or possibly early Saturday, a defunct NASA satellite will make a re-entry, spraying the earth with debris, including a chunk weighing over 300 pounds.
NASA satellite to crash back on Earth
21 Sep 2011
NASA launches GRAIL lunar orbiters
12 Sep 2011
DNA building blocks can be made in space
By By Bill Steigerwald, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. | 11 Aug 2011
NASA-funded researchers have found more evidence that meteorites can carry DNA components created in space, setting at rest doubts whether these were created in space or resulted from contamination by terrestrial life
First evidence of flowing water on Mars
05 Aug 2011
US space agency NASA said Thursday it had found the first evidence of flowing water on Mars. If confirmed, this would be the first discovery of active liquid water in the ground on the Red Planet.
Next Mars rover mission to land at Gale Crater
23 Jul 2011
NASA's next Mars mission, another rover, will touch down in a place called the Gale crater, a site that may likely yield the best clues to the question if the planet ever supported life.
Atlantis touches down – end of NASA's shuttle era
21 Jul 2011
Space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at dawn Thursday to end a 30-year journey for NASA's shuttle programme.
Sun and planets constructed differently, analysis from NASA mission suggests
By By Stuart Wolpert | 05 Jul 2011
Space debris narrowly misses International Space Station
29 Jun 2011
The crew aboard the International Space Station overcame a scare yesterday when pieces of space debris passed by very close prompting the crew to take cover inside Russian rescue craft.
Mars exploration: NASA bids Spirit adieu
28 May 2011
Space shuttle crew complete International Space Station assembly
28 May 2011
A US space shuttle crew crossed a number of milestones on 27 May including completing the final assembly of the $100 billion International Space Station, NASA reports.
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