http://www.mail.com/organizations/186322-national-aeronautics-space-administration.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/186322-national-aeronautics-space-administration.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862306-nasa-marks-10-years-loss-columbia-crew.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Schoolchildren joined NASA managers and relatives of the lost crew of space shuttle Columbia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy and remember the seven astronauts who died. More than 300 people gathered at Kennedy Space Center for the outdoor ceremony, just a few miles from where Columbia was supposed to land ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862306-nasa-marks-10-years-loss-columbia-crew.html 2013-02-01T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861808-space-shuttle-doomed-you-tell-crew.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia? When the NASA official raised the question in 2003 just days before the accident that claimed seven astronauts' lives, managers thought — wrongly — that Columbia's heat shield was fine. It... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861808-space-shuttle-doomed-you-tell-crew.html 2013-02-01T13:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860206-space-shuttle-columbia-what-happened-10-years-ago.html Ten years ago Friday, the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed and its seven astronauts killed during the final minutes of its flight. NASA will mark the 10th anniversary of the accident at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, and take part in an observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where three of the astronauts are buried. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860206-space-shuttle-columbia-what-happened-10-years-ago.html 2013-01-31T20:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858050-nasa-launches-communication-satellite.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA launched a new communication satellite Wednesday to stay in touch with its space station astronauts and relay more Hubble telescope images. An unmanned Atlas V rocket blasted into the starry night sky carrying the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. This is the 11th TDRS satellite to be launched by NASA. The space agency us... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858050-nasa-launches-communication-satellite.html 2013-01-31T02:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom. Now, 10 years later, Iain Clark is a young man on the cusp of college with a master's rating in scuba diving and three parachute jumps in his new log book. His mother, Dr. Laurel Clark, loved scuba and skydiving. So did her flight surgeon hus... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html 2013-01-30T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844372-nasa-testing-vintage-engine-apollo-11-rocket.html HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Like vinyl records and skinny ties, good things eventually come back around. At NASA, that means looking to the Apollo program for ideas on how to develop the next generation of rockets for future missions to the moon and beyond. Young engineers who weren't even born when the last Saturn V rocket took off for the moon are testing a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844372-nasa-testing-vintage-engine-apollo-11-rocket.html 2013-01-25T08:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1840378-feds-3-nabbed-widespread-gozi-computer-virus.html NEW YORK (AP) — A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits or losses to victims should be a "wake-up call" for banks and consumers unaware of the threat posed by Internet criminals, a prosecutor said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and George ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1840378-feds-3-nabbed-widespread-gozi-computer-virus.html 2013-01-23T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1825858-space-station-to-18-balloon-like-room.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome "metal cans" that now serve as astronauts' homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can be deployed on the cheap. A $17.8 million test project will send to the International Space Station an inflatable room that can be compressed in... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1825858-space-station-to-18-balloon-like-room.html 2013-01-17T09:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1825092-nasa-europeans-uniting-to-send-spaceship-to-moon.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to get astronauts beyond Earth's orbit. Europe will provide the propulsion and power compartment for NASA's new Orion crew capsule, officials said Wednesday. This so-called service module will be based on Europe's supply ship used for the International Space Station. ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1825092-nasa-europeans-uniting-to-send-spaceship-to-moon.html 2013-01-16T18:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1776078-rocket-with-3-onboard-heads-space-station.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American, a Russian and a Canadian headed Wednesday for the International Space Station, where they will spend four months carrying out dozens of experiments. The spacecraft launched from a Russian-leased manned-space facility in the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan at 6:12 p.m. (1212 GMT). It took of... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1776078-rocket-with-3-onboard-heads-space-station.html 2012-12-19T16:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1771130-nasa-names-moon-crash-site-honor-sally-ride.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A pair of NASA spacecraft crashed into a mountain near the moon's north pole on Monday, bringing a deliberate end to a mission that peered into the lunar interior. Engineers commanded the twin spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, to fire their engines and burn their remaining fuel. Ebb plunged first followed by Flow about 30 seconds later. Af... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1771130-nasa-names-moon-crash-site-honor-sally-ride.html 2012-12-18T00:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1771142-soyuz-place-mission-to-space-station.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz spacecraft atop a towering rocket was placed into launch position Monday at Russia's manned-space facility in the freezing steppes of Kazakhstan ahead of a five-month mission for three astronauts to the International Space Station. The craft was rolled out of its hangar on a flatbed train at exactly 7 a.m. in strict acc... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1771142-soyuz-place-mission-to-space-station.html 2012-12-17T11:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1764824-twin-nasa-spacecraft-prepare-to-crash-moon.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — After nearly a year circling the moon, NASA's Ebb and Flow will meet their demise when they crash — on purpose — into the lunar surface. Just don't expect to see celestial fireworks. Next week's impact near the moon's north pole by the washing machine-sized spacecraft won't carve a gaping crater or kick up a lot of debris. And it'll be ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1764824-twin-nasa-spacecraft-prepare-to-crash-moon.html 2012-12-13T20:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758710-air-force-sends-mystery-mini-shuttle-to-space.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind. The Air Force launched the unmanned spacecraft Tuesday hidden on top of an Atlas V rocket. As if on cue, clouds quickly swallowed up the rocket as it disapp... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1758710-air-force-sends-mystery-mini-shuttle-to-space.html 2012-12-11T21:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748832-to-moon-firm-hopes-to-sell-15-billion-trips.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture combining the wizardry of Apollo and the marketing of Apple. For a mere $1.5 billion, the business is offering countries the chance to send two people to the moon and back, either for research o... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748832-to-moon-firm-hopes-to-sell-15-billion-trips.html 2012-12-06T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," seems lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of science and engineering experts said in a stinging report Wednesday. The one place the White House wants to send astronauts — an asteroid — doesn't seem to be getting the engines firing at... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745188-expert-panel-nasa-lost-space-goal.html 2012-12-05T22:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745354-astronaut-braces-unprecedented-year-space.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is already bracing for an unprecedented one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. He figures it will be as grueling as climbing Mount Everest. "It's fun when you're done with it, not while you're doing it," Kelly said Wednesday, barely a week after being named to the marathon flight alo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745354-astronaut-braces-unprecedented-year-space.html 2012-12-05T18:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745386-surface-moon-reveals-shattered-history.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The moon took quite a beating in its early days, more than previously believed, scientists reported Wednesday. This surprising new view of the moon comes from detailed gravity mapping by twin NASA spacecraft, which slipped into orbit around the celestial body earlier this year to peer into the interior. Researchers have long known that ... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1745386-surface-moon-reveals-shattered-history.html 2012-12-05T17:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743188-mars-redux-nasa-to-launch-curiosity-like-rover.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another mega-rover to the red planet in 2020 that will be modeled after the wildly popular Curiosity. To keep costs down, engineers will borrow Curiosity's blueprints, recycle spare parts where possib... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1743188-mars-redux-nasa-to-launch-curiosity-like-rover.html 2012-12-05T00:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1740402-nasa-voyager-1-enters-region-solar-system.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed. Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, have been speeding away from the sun toward interstellar space, or the space between stars. Over the summer, Voyager 1, which is farther along in its journey, crossed into this new... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1740402-nasa-voyager-1-enters-region-solar-system.html 2012-12-03T22:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1731656-nasa-closest-planet-to-sun-mercury-harbors-ice.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just in time for Christmas, scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole — on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The findings are from NASA's Mercury-orbiting probe, Messenger, and the subject of three scientific papers released Thursday by the journal Science. The frozen water is located in regions of ... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1731656-nasa-closest-planet-to-sun-mercury-harbors-ice.html 2012-11-29T23:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1723786-us-twin-astronaut-russian-to-spend-year-orbit.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A former space shuttle commander whose twin brother is married to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attempt the longest spaceflight ever by an American. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend an entire year aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2015. Both countries' space a... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1723786-us-twin-astronaut-russian-to-spend-year-orbit.html 2012-11-26T20:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1710278-astronauts-touch-chilly-kazakhstan-steppe.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Three astronauts touched down in the dark, chilly expanses of central Kazakhstan onboard a Soyuz capsule Monday after a 125-day stay at the International Space Station. NASA's Sunita Williams, Russian astronaut Yury Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide of Japan's JAXA space agency landed at 07:56 a.m. local time (0156 GMT) northeast of th... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1710278-astronauts-touch-chilly-kazakhstan-steppe.html 2012-11-19T03:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1673318-final-10-mile-trek-space-shuttle-atlantis.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest. Atlantis reached its new home at the Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop close to sundown, after a one-way road trip ... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1673318-final-10-mile-trek-space-shuttle-atlantis.html 2012-11-02T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1670812-astronauts-take-spacewalk-to-find-ammonia-leak.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station on Thursday, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk. NASA ordered the space station to change position Wednesday evening to avoid a fragment from a communication satellite that was destroyed in a high... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1670812-astronauts-take-spacewalk-to-find-ammonia-leak.html 2012-11-01T18:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1671766-shuttles-retirement-move-pains-workers.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space shuttle Atlantis isn't going far to its retirement home at Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop. But it might as well be a world away for the workers who spent decades doting on Atlantis and NASA's other shuttles. Those who agreed to stay until the end — and help with the shuttles' transition from round-the-world flyi... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1671766-shuttles-retirement-move-pains-workers.html 2012-11-01T17:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1661686-dragon-ship-earth-space-station-trip.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, completing the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. The California-based SpaceX company successfully guided the Dragon down from orbit to a spl... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1661686-dragon-ship-earth-space-station-trip.html 2012-10-29T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1655274-soyuz-with-astronauts-docks-with-space-station.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three astronauts and a consignment of fish successfully docked Thursday with the International Space Station after a two-day voyage. The arrival of NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and Russians Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin on Thursday brings the crew at the orbiting outpost to six. Novitsky gent... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1655274-soyuz-with-astronauts-docks-with-space-station.html 2012-10-25T11:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1649218-us-russian-crew-blasts-space-station.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian spacecraft surged into clear skies over the Central Asian steppe Tuesday, carrying a three-man crew on their way to the International Space Station. The engines of the Soyuz TMA-06M sent a powerful roar across the tinder-dry countryside of southern Kazakhstan as scheduled in the afternoon to deliver NASA astronaut Kev... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1649218-us-russian-crew-blasts-space-station.html 2012-10-23T13:45:00Z