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Long-Term Space Travel Poses Serious Risk To Astronauts Due To Virus Virulence
Long-Term Space Travel Poses Serious Risk To Astronauts Due To Virus Virulence
Miami, FL (AHN) - New research suggests that prolific virulence and growth of bacteria, combined with reduced production of antibodies may pose a serious problem to the space program and space travel. Researchers say human missions to ... continue
Interesting: Safire’s speech for Major Tom moon landing scenario
Interesting: Safire’s speech for Major Tom moon landing scenario
Some people have said that the moon landing was the last great moment of American triumph, even if Buzz Aldrin still has to, at an advanced age, smack around doubting Thomases for challenging the event's veracity. But a ... continue
Discovery Detours Florida, Touches Down In California
Discovery Detours Florida, Touches Down In California
Stormy weather in Florida prompted the U.S. space shuttle Discovery to land at the Edwards Air Force Base in California instead of at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday. Emerging from the space shuttle, Discovery Commander Rick "C.J." ... continue
Weird new planet discovered, named Wasp-17
Weird new planet discovered, named Wasp-17
A consortium of British universities, the Wide Area Search for Planets (WASP) has discovered its seventeeth planet, aptly named WASP-17. Collaborating with the Geneva Observatory, the group located the giant planet that is twice the size of Jupiter ... continue
Kepler Telescope Finds Distant Planet During Test Run
Kepler Telescope Finds Distant Planet During Test Run
Washington, DC (AHN) - NASA launched the Kepler space telescope in March, and it has already discovered a distant planet. The planet is outside the Earth's solar system and orbits a star the space agency refers to as ... continue
Mars in 39 days
Mars in 39 days
One of the biggest things holding back serious space exploration is time. After all the idea of sticking a bunch of astronauts in a tin can and then sending them on a six month ... continue
Get your science geek on: Time could disappear
Get your science geek on: Time could disappear
I have the greatest admiration for people who can think about things so far out there and yet make them seem totally plausible. Scientists are excellent at this and prove it once more with ... continue
Spaceport America breaking ground
Spaceport America breaking ground
Yes folks space travel is coming to New Mexico U.S.A. at $200,000 a pop for at best five minutes of free fall in the middle of a two hour flight. As hard as it ... continue
How to find penguins – look for the brown stain
How to find penguins – look for the brown stain
One wouldn’t think that in the Antarctica it would be too hard to find emperor penguins given that is their home turf and really how the hell to hide is all the great white ... continue
Microsoft goes for the universe with help from NASA
Microsoft goes for the universe with help from NASA
It seems like many moons ago now that we heard how something that Microsoft had done made Robert Scoble cry. While it only turned out to be some pretty incredible software we got to know ... continue
Snow on Mars? More likely than you think
Snow on Mars? More likely than you think
NASA scientists have reported that snow is falling in the atmosphere above Mars. Snow was first spotted on the red planet last year, although the current observation is far more extensive,. The Marsian snow does not reach the surface ... continue
The universe that roared
The universe that roared
I’m sure that most people consider that space is a pretty quiet place. Sound doesn’t travel very well and the only way we really hear anything that happens out there is by the radio waves that ... continue