Mock Mars Rover Takes Desert Test Drive
• http://www.space.com, StaffNASA's newest Mars rover won't touch down on the Red Planet until August, but scientists are already testing out the vehicle's desert driving skills.
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Arizona Man Wins Free Trip to Space
• http://www.space.com, by Mike WallAn Arizona man earned a free trip to suborbital space today (May 9), claiming the prize after winning a harrowing, high-altitude race around the outside of Seattle's Space Needle.
Shuttle Rocket Booster Maker to Launch Private Space Taxi by 2015
• http://www.space.com, by Denise ChowThe aerospace company that built the solid rocket boosters for NASA's space shuttle fleet announced plans today (May 9) to develop its own private launch system — a spaceship and rocket — to fly astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit.
Mars Rover Opportunity Survives Harsh Martian Winter to Rove Again
• http://www.space.com, by Leonard DavidNASA’s resilient Opportunity Mars rover is rolling again after waiting out the harsh Red Planet winter for more than four months.
Envisat, Now Quiet for Nearly a Month, Is Declared Dead by the ESA
• http://www.popsci.com,By Clay DillowPopSci reported almost a month ago that the European Space Agency had lost contact with its flagship Earth-observing satellite. Today, we must relay with heavy hearts that Envisat has been declared dead on orbit. The ESA will suspend recovery efforts
Paydirt on Mars
• arclein"These bright mineral veins are different from anything seen previously on Mars, and they tell a clear story of water flowing through cracks in the rocks," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. He is the principal investigator for
Manned Asteroid Flyby Mission (1966)
• http://www.wired.com, By David S. F. PortreeIn March 1966, Eugene Smith, an engineer with Northrop Space Laboratories in Hawthorne, California, presented a paper outlining a piloted Eros flyby mission at the Third Space Congress in Cocoa, Florida.
Dying Stars Caught Eating Rocky Alien Planets
• http://www.space.com, StaffAstronomers have caught four dying stars in the act of chowing down on rocky alien planets similar to Earth, a destructive cosmic process that may one day play out in our very own solar system, a new study reveals.
Gunshots Damage Historic Saturn V Moon Rocket
• http://www.space.com, Robert Z. PearlmanA historic Saturn V rocket was damaged by gunfire Thursday (May 3), after someone shot three bullets into the Alabama museum where the mighty moon booster is on display.
Dark Matter Theories Challenged By Satellite Galaxy Discovery
• http://www.space.com, StaffA sprawling collection of galaxies and star clusters surrounding our own Milky Way is challenging long-standing theories on the existence of dark matter, the mysterious substance thought to pervade the universe.
How it Would Work: Destroying an Incoming Killer Asteroid With a Nuclear Blast
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowSimulations show how unleashing Earth's destructive arsenal into deep space could save the planet
Odds of Finding Alien Life Boosted by Billions of Habitable Worlds
• http://www.space.com, by Nola Taylor ReddA new estimate of the number of habitable planets orbiting the most common type of stars in our galaxy could have huge consequences for the search for life.
An astrological rarity: Venus moving across the sun in May
• washingtonpost.com,By Blaine P. Friedlander Jr
Practical Asteroid Mining
• arcleinOutside of NASA, Anderson and Diamandis are among the most likely candidates to realize such a dream. Space Adventures has sent seven private tourists to the International Space Station while the Ansari X Prize led to a spurt of non-governmental
Does Asteroid Mining Violate Space Law?
• Life's Little MysteriesBut to whom do those trillions belong — the company, or everyone? Does a private company have a right to stake claim to an asteroid, or are celestial bodies the communal property of all Earthlings? [meaning none]
Planetary Resources (private) for Asteroid Mining
their websitePlanetary Resources is establishing resource discovery and utilization to bring the solar system into humanity’s sphere of influence. Experience in all phases of robotic space missions, from designing and building, to testing and operating.
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Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, James Cameron Unveiled
• SpaceAnnouncement 10:30 PDT this morning live streamed: http://www.spacevidcast.com/live
Space X launch to International Space Station delayed
• http://www.globalpost.com,Space X wants to send the first privately-owned unmanned cargo vessel to the International Space Station.
Multi-trillion dollar asteroid mining project announced by Google, Cameron
• Terrence AymHow can the U.S. and world economy be saved? Simple: mine asteroids.
That's the ambitious plan that motion picture producer-director, adventurer James Cameron and Internet giant Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, have announced.
Touted as a revo
Weekend Lyrid meteor shower visible from Earth, space and ... balloon?
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com, By Tariq MalikThe annual Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak this weekend and promises to put on an eye-catching display. So much so, NASA is pulling out all the stops.
Google's Eric Schmidt and film director James Cameron back venture to mine in space
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Emma RowleyForget the gold rushes of the Wild West, the next grab for natural riches could eclipse anything that has gone before it. Power players including Eric Schmidt, the Google chairman, and James Cameron, the film director, are planning to mine the final
SpaceX a Go for ISS Visit
• arclein"SpaceX wouldn’t have been able to get started without the amazing work that NASA has done in the past," Musk said at the press conference, "and we wouldn’t have gotten this far without the help of NASA, so I’d like to be real clear in expressing
Is James Cameron launching an asteroid mining company?
• The SideshowA new company called Planetary Resources held its official launch today promising a new venture that would merge "space exploration and natural resources," while adding "trillions" of dollars to the global GDP. The company counts some heavy-hitter
Spectacular solar eruption captured by scientists (VIDEO)
• http://rt.comThe sun has erupted in a spectacular flare, sending an outburst of heated plasma far into space.
SpaceX Given Green Light for First Launch to Space Station
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurSpaceX and NASA are moving ahead with the scheduled April 30 launch date of the Dragon spacecraft and its historic docking with the International Space Station after the flight readiness review was approved at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex
It's Tax Day for Astronauts in Space, Too
• http://www.space.com, by Mike WallYou can't hide from the tax man, not even in space.
Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Final Takeoff
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com, By SETH BORENSTEINThe space shuttle Discovery soared over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol in a high-flying salute to the nation's capital Tuesday.
Richard Branson Wants To Give Stephen Colbert A One-Way Ticket To Space
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kamelia AngelovaCommercial space travel is within reach but only for some lucky and wealthy 500 celebrities so far, says Virgin Group founder Richard Branson.
Mercury Has a Liquid Core, and Other New Surprises From the Innermost Planet
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleNew observations from the Messenger spacecraft suggest a deep reservoir of high-density material exists within Mercury.
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