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NASA’s New Class of Astronauts Gives Parity to Men and Women
The eight recruits were selected from 6,300 applicants and will start training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in August.
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A View of the Heavens From Texas
Amateur astronomers gathered for the 34th Texas Star Party, which offered them a chance to gaze at a sky full of nothing but stars.
nytimes.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Inches Closer to Space
“We will be going to space at the end of this year,” Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, said after the vessel, the SpaceShipTwo, made its first powered flight.
nytimes.com (1 month and 19 days ago)
A Hush Falls Where Rockets Once Roared
After the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, Titusville, Fla., a boomtown born of the space race, started to lose its footing.
nytimes.com (2 months ago)
2 New Planets Are Most Earth-Like Yet, Scientists Say
Astronomers with NASA’s Kepler mission said the planets, orbiting a star 1,200 light-years away, appear capable of supporting life.
nytimes.com (2 months and 2 days ago)
New Clues to the Mystery of Dark Matter
Astronomers said they might be on the verge of finding out what makes up the dark matter that gives shape to the visible structures of the universe.
nytimes.com (2 months and 17 days ago)
Yvonne Brill, Rocket Scientist, Dies at 88
In the early 1970s, Mrs. Brill invented a propulsion system to help keep communications satellites from slipping out of their orbits.
nytimes.com (2 months and 21 days ago)
Space Coast Showing Signs of an Economic Recovery
After a harsh economic downturn and the loss of 8,000 jobs at NASA when a shuttle program ended, Brevard County is recovering by diversifying beyond aerospace.
nytimes.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
Q & A: Do Spacecraft Carry IDs of Their Earthly Origins?
Pioneer 10 and 11 carry plaques intended to show where they came from and who made them, and other spacecraft contain information about Earth and humankind.
nytimes.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
Curiosity Rover Repaired, NASA Says
Engineers have repaired computer problems that stalled the craft, which they say should resume its work later this week.
nytimes.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
World Briefing | Asia: China: Rocket Heads to Space Lab
nytimes.com (7 days ago)
Retro Report: Biosphere 2: Good Science, or Bad Sense?
nytimes.com (8 days ago)
National Briefing | Science: Day of Firsts for a Spaceship
nytimes.com (1 month and 19 days ago)
Hawaii Approves Thirty Meter Telescope Plan
nytimes.com (2 months and 7 days ago)
Asteroid Wanted in NASA Project
nytimes.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
Russian Spaceship Docks With Orbiting Station
nytimes.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
SCIENCE: YouTube Videos Unlock Meteor’s Secrets
nytimes.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
In Asteroid’s Aftermath, a Sigh of Relief
nytimes.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
NASA Shuts Down Database During Security Inquiry
nytimes.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
Better Asteroid Detection Needed, Experts Say
nytimes.com (3 months ago)
SCIENCE: A Burst of Solar Power
nytimes.com (3 months and 1 day ago)
World Briefing | Asia: Kazakhstan: Space Station Crew...
nytimes.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
Op-Docs: ‘The Man Who Sells the Moon’
nytimes.com (3 months and 10 days ago)
SpaceX’s Cargo Delivery to Space Station Is Delayed
nytimes.com (3 months and 18 days ago)
Dismissed as Doomsayers, Advocates for Meteor Detection...
nytimes.com (4 months and 2 days ago)
Opinion: Beware of Errant Asteroids
nytimes.com (4 months and 6 days ago)
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