India Boosts Space Budget
India's Parliament has increased the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) budget for 2010 by about 38 percent over last year.
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SpaceX Successfully Tests New Rocket's Engines at Launch Pad
SpaceX successfully test fired the first stage engines of its new Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, bringing booster closer to its launch debut.
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What NASA's Mars Orbiter Data Flood Means
MRO has generated more than 100 terabits of data, here's what that number means.
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Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch
A secretive military spacecraft called X-37B is in Florida to prepare for launch on April 19.
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Images - Cosmic Visions From Paranal Observatory
The European Paranal Observatory in Chile offers stunning views of the night sky high up in the Atacama Desert.
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Comet Makes Death Plunge Toward Sun
A newfound comet is heading for a brush with the sun, one which it will likely not survive.
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Mysterious Speed Record May Explain Mystery of Sun
The giant conveyor belt of plasma in the sun is mysteriously running at record speed.
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Zero-G Launches Airborne Weightless Science Lab
ZERO-G is offering researchers a chance to fly in a plane that simulates weightless and low-gravity environments like the moon, Mars, and Earth-orbit.
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'Killer Electrons' Get Super-Charged Above Earth
Killer electrons generated in Earth's magnetic shield when solar storms hit.
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New Suborbital Spaceships Spark Scientific Frenzy
Anticipation is growing for new commercial suborbital spaceships that can serve the scientific and educational market.
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Some Mars Channels Carved by Lava, Not Water
Evidence from two Mars orbiters indicates that flowing lava carved some of the channels seen on the surface of the planet.
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International Space Station Could Fly Through 2028, NASA Partners Say
The International Space Station could continue to fly through 2028, eight years longer than current plans, the countries backing the outpost have said.
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Water Discovered in Apollo Moon Rocks Likely Came from Comets
Genuine lunar water has been discovered in Apollo moon rocks, a finding that suggests the wet stuff originally came from comets.
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Smithsonian Rolls Out Red Carpet for Hubble 3D Premiere
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Tuesday for the world premiere of the Hubble 3D IMAX film.
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Historic Space Antenna Starts Vital Repairs
NASA has begun vital repairs on its giant Mars Antenna at the Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif.
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Florida Lawmakers Pushing for Space Shuttle Extension, New Rocket
Florida lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to extend the shuttle beyond its scheduled retirement
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Satellite Radar Photo Shows Eerie Space Station
A newly released photo from a German satellite has revealed the International Space Station (ISS) as an eerie apparition glowing in X-rays.
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Life-Enabling Molecules Spotted in Orion Nebula
NASA's Herschel telescope finds signatures of life-enabling molecules in Orion nebula.
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Sun's Nemesis Pelted Earth with Comets, Study Suggests
Is our Sun part of a binary star system? Some have suggested an unseen companion star, nicknamed "Nemesis," is sending comets towards Earth.
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Just One Hitch in Choosing China's First Women Astronauts
China has selected two female pilots as its first women astronauts, but they had to pass the marriage test first.
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