The seven STS-124 astronauts are scheduled to launch May 31 at 5:02 p.m. ET to deliver the international space station's largest room, the 32,500-pound Japanese Kibo Laboratory. Crewmembers are slated to perform three spacewalks during their planned

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at a NASA press conference. NASA said that astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years for this object. [NASA: ] Astronomers developed the theory that the Milky Way galaxy, our home galaxy, should produce two or three supernovas every one

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Twirling galaxies, exotic nebulae and exploding stars are now just a mouse click away for amateur astronomers. Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescopes.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A science official says South Korea's first astronaut has left a hospital after recovering from neck and back pain apparently caused by her Russian spacecraft's unexpectedly steep descent to Earth last month. Science Ministry

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An unmanned Russian cargo ship launched into orbit Wednesday crammed with fresh supplies for astronauts aboard the international space station. The Progress 29 space freighter successfully lifted off atop a at 4:22 p.m. ET from Russia's Baikonur

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Russia launched a cargo spacecraft on Thursday to the International Space Station atop a carrier rocket. The Progress M-14 spaceship is to deliver some 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, equipment and gifts from the ISS crews' families. Russian cosmonauts

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) NASA said Tuesday Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been assigned as a crew member on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Noguchi, 43, and Timothy Creamer, 48, a U.S. Army colonel, will reach orbit on a

BrightSource Energy, a solar thermal power company, announced they closed a $115 million round of funding from a raft of influential investors, including Google.org, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and BP Alternative Energy. Google has only announced three

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An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said.Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the ship is carrying about 2.5 short tons of oxygen, water and food

It's 42 times more expensive to send a text message than it is to access data from the space telescope. The Register reports on research carried out by Dr Nigel Bannister, a space scientist at the University of Leicester in the UK. Using some pretty

MOSCOW -- An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the ship is carrying about 2.5 short tons of oxygen,

An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin said the ship is carrying about 2.5 short tons of oxygen, water and food

Astronomers say they have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy. And it's still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists say they used a radio observatory in New Mexico along with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in space to

SHIFTING poles on one of Jupiter's moons strongly suggest the presence of a global ice-covered ocean, it was revealed yesterday. The discovery of 'wandering poles' on Europa provides further evidence of a liquid ocean beneath an icy crust.Many scientists