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Private firms may travel to moon's surface: NASA report

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 24, 2013

A study of future human missions has indicated corporate researchers could be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s.

Barack Obama announces highest civilian honour to first US woman astronaut Sally Ride

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

US President Barack Obama has announced to award the nation's highest civilian honour posthumously to the first American female astronaut Dr Sally Ride for her contributions to the US space program and education system.

Giant asteroid to buzz past Earth in two weeks

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

A gigantic asteroid will fly past Earth at the end of this month, making its closest approach for at least the next two centuries.

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

Reuters | Saturday May 18, 2013

An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.

Sun shoots solar flares into space

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013

The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds of over 2,000 km per second.

NASA's planet-hunting telescope Kepler's days may be over

Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013

NASA's first telescope dispatched to hunt for Earth-like planets that may support life elsewhere in the universe has lost use of its positioning system, threatening its mission, officials said on Wednesday.

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield makes first space music video

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 14, 2013

The music video is interspersed with shots of the ISS orbiting the Earth and Hadfield floating inside the capsule singing and playing the guitar.

Three space station astronauts headed back to Earth

Reuters | Tuesday May 14, 2013

The first Canadian astronaut to command the International Space Station headed back to Earth with two crewmates on Monday, wrapping up a five-month mission aboard the orbital outpost.

Astronauts conduct spacewalk to fix ammonia leak on International Space Station

Reuters | Sunday May 12, 2013

Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station took a hurriedly arranged spacewalk on Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in a cooling system on one of the station's solar arrays that provide electricity to the orbital outpost.

Spacewalkers to tackle leak at space station

Associated Press | Saturday May 11, 2013

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday to tackle an ammonia leak in the power cooling system.

'Very serious' ammonia leak outside International Space Station: Russian official

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 10, 2013

Russian and American space experts on Friday will discuss a "very serious" ammonia leak outside the International Space Station, a Russian official said.

Water on Earth and Moon may have same source

Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2013

Water on Earth and the Moon may have originated from the same source - primitive meteorites, scientists say.

Dream of human mission to Mars is achievable, say experts

Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 5, 2013

NASA and private sector experts now agree that a man or woman could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, despite huge challenges.

Boeing demonstrator breaks hypersonic flight record

Reuters | Saturday May 4, 2013

Boeing's X-51A Waverider made history this week when it achieved the longest hypersonic flight by a jet-fuel powered aircraft, flying for 3-1/2 minutes at five times the speed of sound, the US Air Force said on Friday.

Solar-powered plane set for first cross-country flight from California

Reuters | Friday May 3, 2013

With the wingspan of a jumbo jet and weighing the same as a small car, the Solar Impulse is a test model for a more advanced aircraft.