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As NASA's Telescopes Falter, Astronomers Fear Losing Their Eyes In Space

Science | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday October 18, 2018

America's Great Observatories - the Hubble, Chandra, Compton and Spitzer space telescopes - have peered into the unknown and made breakthrough discoveries about newborn stars, dark matter and the age of the universe itself.

3.7 Billion Year Fossil Or Just Rocks? Scientists At Odds Over Structure

Science | Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post | Thursday October 18, 2018

It was an extraordinary claim: Scientists studying a rock formation in Greenland said they had discovered the Earth's oldest fossils, a series of small, cone-shaped structures left by microbial mats some 3.7 billion years ago.

NASA's Chandra Observatory Back in Action

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 16, 2018

The cause of Chandra's safe mode on October 10 has now been understood and the Operations team has successfully returned the spacecraft to its normal pointing mode.

NASA Chief: Soyuz-Crash Probe Will 'Go Swiftly,' Keeping Launches on Schedule

Amie Ferris-Rotman, The Washington Post | Monday October 15, 2018

That could mean another launch before mid-December, when the three-member crew on the space station was scheduled to end their six-month mission.

NASA's Chandra Telescope in Safe Mode Due to Glitch

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday October 15, 2018

Chandra, launched in 1999, is now well into its extended mission and is expected to continue carrying out forefront science for many years to come.

NASA's Chandra Telescope In Safe Mode Due To Glitch

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday October 13, 2018

Barely a week after NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode, its Chandra mission has also suffered a glitch possibly due to the failure of the gyroscope, the US space agency said.

Russia May Bring Forward Manned Launch After Rocket Failure

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 12, 2018

It was the first such incident in Russia's post-Soviet history - an unprecedented setback for the country's space industry.

First Man: Ryan Gosling’s Journey to the Moon Is an Understated Triumph

Akhil Arora | Friday October 12, 2018

First Man, starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Damien Chazelle, is the story of NASA's space programme efforts that led to the Apollo 11 moon mission, told through the perspective of Neil Armstrong.

Aborted Launch Astronauts To Go To Space Next Year: Russia

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 12, 2018

Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague are likely to go into space in the spring after their flight was suddenly aborted, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday.

Roscosmos Says Rocket Failure Astronauts Will Go Back Into Space Next Spring

Reuters | Friday October 12, 2018

Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague had a close brush with death when a Soyuz rocket failed shortly after launch.

No More Taxi Service to Space Station After Soyuz Failure: Roscosmos

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 12, 2018

Roscosmos has grounded rockets until a probe concludes into what caused the anomaly which forced a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan.

No More Taxi Service To International Space Station After Rocket Failure

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 12, 2018

Neither the United States nor Russia will be able to send astronauts to the ISS until investigators determine why a Soyuz rocket failed after blast-off Thursday, complicating an already tricky launch calendar for 2019.

A Jolt, Then Free Fall: Astronauts' Harrowing Escape From Rocket

World News | Anton Troianovski, Amie Ferris-Rotman, Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post | Friday October 12, 2018

A Russian Soyuz rocket malfunctioned two minutes after liftoff Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station, triggering an automatic abort command that forced the two-member crew - an American and a Russian - to make a harrowing parachute landing in their capsule, 200 miles from the launch site in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

Rocket Carrying Astronauts to ISS Fails in Mid Air, Crew Safe After Emergency Landing

Reuters | Thursday October 11, 2018

The rocket was carrying US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin.

Rocket Carrying Space Station Crew Fails Mid-Air, Makes Emergency Landing

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 11, 2018

A Soyuz rocket taking an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station on Thursday was hit by an engine problem shortly after lift-off.