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SpaceX launch could pave way for private sector funding
May 22, 2012
The private company SpaceX today launched an unmanned rocket into space this morning, carrying cargo for the international space station.
Will NASA or private firms send us to outer space?
Mar 9, 2012
NASA's budget is scrutinized by Congress, igniting debate over the direction of the space agency.
Trying to save missions to Mars
by
Adriene Hill
Feb 27, 2012
Mars researchers are meeting with NASA today to figure out if there's a way to pay for future trips to the red planet.
NASA in the market for some good eaters
by
Adriene Hill
Feb 22, 2012
The agency wants to figure out how it would feed astronauts on any future mission to Mars, so it needs people to try to cook and eat astronaut food for four long months.
Moon colony mooted to spur U.S. technology
by
Bob Moon
Jan 27, 2012
Will the cost of returning to the moon reap benefits in scientific and technological breakthroughs? Past experience offers a mixed verdict.
A moon colony for the economy?
by
Jeremy Hobson
and Stacey Vanek Smith
Jan 27, 2012
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been grabbing headlines with his proposal to establish a "moon colony." Is it likely to happen?
NASA/Newsmakers
Space weather has economic impacts on earth
by
Adriene Hill
Jan 24, 2012
Rough space weather is leading some flights to change their course, and experts on the lookout for power outages.
For public good, not for profit.
Hackers interfered with US satellites
by
John Moe
Oct 27, 2011
An upcoming report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission says that in 2007 and 2008 hackers were able to mess with American...
Literally like a diamond in the sky
by
John Moe
Aug 26, 2011
A new planet has been discovered in the Milky Way. As if being a planet in a solar system named after a candy bar wasn't cool enough, this planet...