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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
President Barack Obama walks to the lectern to present his strategy during a live televised address to the nation at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York Dec. 1, 2009.
(photo: US Army / Tommy Gilligan)
Obama Plans Florida Forum to Discuss NASA's Future
The New York Times
| President Obama will spell out his vision for the future of American astronauts in space at a conference that the administration is planning for Florida next month. | That pleases Florida lawmakers, who have criticized the administration’s desire to eliminate NASA’s program to send ast...
Space Shuttle Endeavour delivers P1 truss to the ISS (NASA)
(photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Space taxis: Bold new era or death of manned exploration?
Zeenews
Cape Canaveral: The massive cement expanses that dot the flat Florida landscape have been launching pads for history: the first US astronauts blasted into orbit, the Apollo missions to the moon and nearly 30 years of space shuttle flights. But human space travel from Kennedy Space Centre will soon c...
Bold new era or death of manned exploration?
Khaleej Times
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) - The massive cement expanses that dot the flat Florida landscape have been launching pads for history: the first US astronauts blasted into orbit, the Apollo missions to the moon and nearly 30 years of space shuttle flights....
SpaceX aborts rocket engine test
Zeenews
Cape Canaveral: Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station. | The test was abo...
Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA
Zeenews
Washington: The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday. | "I think the real issue that the agency and the natio...
 SpaceX prepares for demo flight
Independent online
| By Irene Klotz | Cape Canaveral, Florida - Space Exploration Technologies fired up the engines of its debut Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo - and eventually astronauts - to the International Space Station. | Th...
Virgin Galactic
GFDL / Mark Greenberg
Space Tourism's Future Is Bright as Seats on Branson's Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Sell Briskly
The Examiner
| Virgin Galactic Founder Richard Branson with Model of SpaceShipTwo dailymail.co.uk | When most of us think of space travel, we envision teams of highly-trained scientists shuttli...
Front view of a closed Verizon Wireless LG EnV3 mobile phone
Creative Commons / Jpferdehirt
Lip reading mobile promises end to noisy phone calls
BBC News
| Technology that could see an end to the bane of many commuters - people talking loudly on their mobile phones - has been shown off by researchers. | The prototype device could al...
NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights
The Examiner
Comments CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Map, News) - With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. | NASA's three...
NASA Extends Johnson Safety and Mission Assurance Contract
redOrbit
Posted on: Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 15:22 CST | NASA has exercised a $60 million, one-year extension option for a contract with Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide support to safety and mission assurance activities at t...
Space
Space Shuttle Endeavour delivers P1 truss to the ISS (NASA)
(photo: Public Domain / NASA)
Space taxis: Bold new era or death of manned exploration?
Zeenews
Cape Canaveral: The massive cement expanses that dot the flat Florida landscape have been launching pads for history: the first US astronauts blasted into orbit, the Apollo missions to the moon and nearly 30 years of space shuttle flights. But human space travel from Kennedy Space Centre will soon come to a halt. | After nearly three decades, the s...
Science
Cancer patient Pam Messinger receives chemotherapy at Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Clinic, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005 in Morgantown, W. Va.
(photo: AP / Dale Sparks)
Push to Cure Rare Diseases
Wall Street Journal
By AMY DOCKSER MARCUS | CLAREMONT, Calif.—Staff members at the Food and Drug Administration are doing something unusual. They are leaving Washington to help drug makers take a crucial step in developing drugs for rare diseases. | View Full Image Hempel Family | Twins Addison, left, and Cassidy Hempel, who have a fatal cholesterol metabolism d...



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