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Thursday May 14 2009
Former Astronaut Withdraws Insanity Plea
Lisa Nowak is accused of driving 1,000 miles to confront a romantic rival and wearing astronaut diapers so she wouldn't have to stop. more »
Monday May 11 2009
Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off On Last Hubble Mission
The telescope is in need of a $1 billion repair job. Astronauts will conduct five spacewalks to install new cameras, batteries and gyroscopes, and attempt to fix two broken science instruments. more »
Sunday May 10 2009
Atlantis Set For Launch
After some major delays the space shuttle Atlantis is now set to blast off Monday afternoon for the Hubble Space Telescope. more »
Wednesday April 15 2009
Colbert Name To Be Used By NASA
Stephen Colbert won't get room named after him on Space Station, but he'll still have a presence there. more »
Wednesday March 25 2009
Roy Anderson Corp. Teams Up With NASA
Gulfport company gets five year, multi-million dollar contract to build test stand for space program. more »
Tuesday March 24 2009
Colbert In Space?
Write-in votes pushed "Colbert" to top of the list for names for new room on international space station. more »
Saturday March 21 2009
Astronauts Preparing For Spacewalk
Two astronauts are getting ready to
go out on a spacewalk and do some chores at the international space
station. more »
Tuesday March 17 2009
Discovery To Dock Today
Space shuttle and crew should arrive at the international space station late this afternoon. more »
Thursday March 12 2009
International Space Station Evacuated
The three crew members took refuge for 11 minutes in the Soyuz escape capsule. NASA officials were worried about a possible collision with a
piece of space junk. more »
Wednesday March 11 2009
Tonight’s Launch Of Shuttle Discovery Cancelled
NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a gas leak. They're now shooting for a launch on Thursday night. more »
Thursday March 05 2009
NASA Launching Planet Hunting Spacecraft
The spacecraft is named Kepler after the German 17th-century astrophysicist and it will be on the lookout for possible Earths in one faraway corner of the galaxy. more »
Wednesday March 04 2009
Phew! Asteroid Barely Misses Earth
An asteroid about the size of one that blasted Siberia a century ago just buzzed the Earth. more »
Tuesday February 24 2009
Satellite Troubles
NASA global warming satellite has troubled launch. more »
Tuesday February 17 2009
Famous Rocket Scientist Dies
German rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg, a member of the Wernher von Braun team that helped put man on the moon, has died at a Huntsville rehabilitation center. more »
Friday February 13 2009
“Catastrophic” Space Crash Spews Debris
Space Junk Generated From Satellite Collision Could Threaten Other Satellites For 10,000 Years. more »
Wednesday February 11 2009
U.S. And Russian Satellites Collide
A commercial Iridium communications satellite collided with a Russian satellite or satellite fragment, Tuesday, creating a cloud of wreckage in low-Earth orbit more »
Tuesday January 20 2009
Name The Next Mars Rover
Time is running out for school children who want to help NASA name its next robotic Mars explorer. more »
Thursday January 15 2009
Methane Discovery Could Mean Life on Mars
Scientists have discovered methane in Mars' atmosphere, raising the possibility that life might exist on the planet. more »
Friday December 19 2008
Ice melting Across Globe at Accelerating Rate
Between 1.5 trillion and 2 trillion tons of ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted at an accelerating rate since 2003 more »
Sunday December 07 2008
More Delays For Endeavor
Space shuttle Endeavour has to wait another day to make its cross-country return trip to Florida. more »
Wednesday December 03 2008
Study Illuminates Star Explosion From 16th Century
More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw. more »
Sunday November 30 2008
Endeavour Lands Safely
Space shuttle makes a successful touch down in California after bad weather scrubs Florida landing more »
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Thursday November 27 2008
Astronauts Share Freeze-Dried Thanksgiving Feast
On the menu - smoked turkey, rehydrated green beans and cornbread. more »
Monday October 27 2008
Astronauts Vote From Outer Space
The nearest polling place is 200 miles away, but those on board the International Space Station aren't forgetting to cast a ballot this election. more »
Monday October 20 2008
NASA Sends Shuttle Atlantis Back To Hangar
The Hubble Space Telescope broke down and stopped sending data. Now astronauts will need time to train for a telescope repair they hadn't planned on. more »
Tuesday October 14 2008
Keeping Track of Climate Change
It can often seem like hard work keeping track of the changes happening to our planet. Another day, another new prediction. Another week, another warning. more »
Monday September 29 2008
Hubble Telescope Fails; NASA to Delay Shuttle
NASA said Monday that it is delaying its mission to the Hubble Space Telescope until next year because of a serious breakdown of the observatory in orbit. more »
Wednesday September 24 2008
Weak Sun?
Sun's wind and output on extended dimmer switch more »
Tuesday September 23 2008
Rubber Ducks Aid NASA Study
As an organization they're used to investing billions of dollars in scientific experiments that further our knowledge of earth and space. more »
Wednesday September 17 2008
Next Shuttle Mission In Jeopardy
Telescope batteries need to be replaced. more »
Wednesday July 30 2008
UK Hacker Loses Appeal Against US Extradition
Gary McKinnon is accused of breaking into Pentagon
and NASA computers. more »
Monday June 23 2008
NASA Job Cuts
A NASA leader today told a U.S. Senate panel that the agency anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once shuttles stop flying. more »
Wednesday June 18 2008
Solstice Moon Illusion
Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. more »
Monday June 16 2008
Repairing Shuttle Launch Pad Damage
More than two weeks after Discovery's blastoff battered the launch pad, NASA is close to nailing down its repair strategy. NASA insists the damage can be mended in time for the next shuttle flight in October. more »
Wednesday June 04 2008
Toilet Troubles In Space
Two weeks after the only toilet broke aboard the international space station, Russian Mission Control has some welcome news for astronauts: you can
"start using it." more »
Tuesday June 03 2008
NASA Investigates Launch Damage
NASA is trying to figure out why the launch pad has suffered its worst damage in 27 years of space shuttle flight. more »
Monday June 02 2008
Discovery Docks With ISS
The space shuttle delivers a lab, an astronaut, a toilet pump and Buzz Lightyear. more »
Discovery Docking With ISS Monday
Space shuttle Discovery is closing in on the international space station ahead of docking, scheduled for this afternoon. more »
Sunday June 01 2008
Hacker changes Phoenix Mars Lander Web site
A spokeswoman for the Phoenix Mars Lander mission says a hacker took over the mission's public Web site during the night and changed its lead news story. more »
Friday May 30 2008
To Infinity, And Beyond!
NASA is adding Buzz Lightyear to the list of Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts scheduled to launch Saturday. more »
Tuesday May 27 2008
Houston, We Have A Plumbing Problem
The only toilet on the International Space Station is broken. more »
Monday May 26 2008
Lexus In Space
Japan is about to roll out the Lexus of space station labs, a whopper in size and sophistication. The $1 billion Kibo lab is poised for a Saturday launch aboard space shuttle Discovery. more »
Man Who Helped Put Us In Space Dies
Pioneering rocket scientist Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, who played a key role in developing America's space program, has died. more »
Pictures From Mars
Phoenix Mars Lander giving up-close look at the red planet. See the images here. more »
Friday May 09 2008
Data Survived Shuttle Columbia Disaster
During Columbia's fateful mission, the drive had been used to store data from a scientific experiment on the properties of liquid xenon. Most of the information was radioed to Earth during Columbia's voyage. more »
Sunday May 04 2008
NASA Under Scrutiny
Review shows NASA employees bought seemingly personal items such as iPods, jewelry. more »
Saturday April 19 2008
3 Astronauts OK After Rough Landing
Russian capsule returns to earth hundreds of miles off course more »
Thursday April 03 2008
Fairhope High School Engineers Learn Through Moonbuggy
Fairhope High School is one of dozens of schools nationwide taking part in an engineering contest. The Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville is a test of brains and brawn. more »
Wednesday April 02 2008
Shuttle Job Cuts
NASA says thousands could lose jobs after shuttle program ends. more »
Wednesday March 26 2008
Shuttle Makes Rare Nighttime Landing
The space shuttle Endeavour is back on Earth after a 16 day, 6.5 million mile mission to the International Space Station. Watch the video of the landing more »
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WRKG/Staff/The Associated Press
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