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/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/186322-national-aeronautics-space-administration.html 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 http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1646438-us-astronaut-sees-science-breakthrough-space.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A U.S. astronaut departing this week for the International Space Station said Monday that the bulk of the scientific benefits from the orbiting laboratory will be seen over the coming decade, amid questions on whether the estimated $100 billion spent in last 12 years is worth the effort. "The first ten years were really intensi... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1646438-us-astronaut-sees-science-breakthrough-space.html 2012-10-22T06:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1644860-soyuz-craft-readied-space-station-mission.html BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Russian-made Soyuz rocket was erected into place Sunday, ahead of the start of a mission to take a three-man crew to the International Space Station. For the first time since 1984, the manned launch will take place from Baikonur cosmodrome launch pad 31, while the pad that is normally used, from which Yury Gagarin began his l... Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1644860-soyuz-craft-readied-space-station-mission.html 2012-10-21T05:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1637510-skydivers-feat-influence-spacesuit-design.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated over the possibility his exploit could someday help save the lives of pilots and space travelers in a disaster. Baumgartner's death-defying jump Sunday from a ballo... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1637510-skydivers-feat-influence-spacesuit-design.html 2012-10-17T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1620154-spacex-dragon-capsule-arrives-space-station.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA. The SpaceX cargo ship, called Dragon, eased up to the orbiting lab, and station astronauts reached out with a robot arm and snared it. Then th... Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1620154-spacex-dragon-capsule-arrives-space-station.html 2012-10-10T13:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1616732-spacex-launch-good-nasa-private-firm.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A private rocket successfully sent a capsule full of cargo zipping toward the International Space Station in a first of its kind delivery for NASA, but couldn't deliver on job No. 2: putting a commercial satellite into the correct orbit. One of nine engines on Space X company's Falcon 9 rocket failed Sunday 79 seconds after launch becaus... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1616732-spacex-launch-good-nasa-private-firm.html 2012-10-08T21:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1613834-spacex-dragon-capsule-launched-to-space-station.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA. It was the second launch of a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab by the California-based SpaceX company. The first was last spring. This time was no test flight, how... Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1613834-spacex-dragon-capsule-launched-to-space-station.html 2012-10-07T23:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1612938-private-space-station-delivery-to-launch-sunday.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station. On Sunday night, California-based SpaceX will attempt to send a Dragon capsule to the orbiting lab and its three-member crew. Liftoff of the company's unmanned Falcon rocket is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT. Forecasters put the o... Sun, 07 Oct 2012 02:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1612938-private-space-station-delivery-to-launch-sunday.html 2012-10-07T02:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1608192-spacex-encore-2nd-private-space-station-shipment.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company is headed back to the International Space Station. On Sunday night, SpaceX will attempt to launch another Dragon capsule full of food, clothes and science experiments for the astronauts at the space station. The company hopes to repeat the success of its test flight in May. Rainy weather co... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1608192-spacex-encore-2nd-private-space-station-shipment.html 2012-10-04T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1600214-skydiver-to-break-sound-barrier-free-fall.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — His blood could boil. His lungs could overinflate. The vessels in his brain could burst. His eyes could hemorrhage. And, yes, he could break his neck while jumping from a mind-boggling altitude of 23 miles. But the risk of a gruesome death has never stopped "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner in all his years of skydiving and skyscrap... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1600214-skydiver-to-break-sound-barrier-free-fall.html 2012-10-01T17:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1589312-space-station-move-to-avoid-passing-junk.html HOUSTON (AP) — The International Space Station may have to move to avoid some space junk. NASA said debris from an old Russian satellite and a fragment from an Indian rocket could come too close to the station on Thursday. The station would be moved Thursday morning if necessary, NASA said Wednesday. There are three astronauts living a... Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1589312-space-station-move-to-avoid-passing-junk.html 2012-09-26T18:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1587298-astronauts-play-role-mars-robotic-missions.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA's future plans to explore Mars may end up using astronauts as space messengers. The new idea surfaced as a special team looking for a new Mars robotic exploration plan released a preliminary report Tuesday. One of the option calls for a Martian robotic rover to collect rocks on the red planet. Later, astronauts in a newly built spac... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1587298-astronauts-play-role-mars-robotic-missions.html 2012-09-25T21:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1579046-nasa-photo-satellite-to-join-40-year-mission.html SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A fleet of picture-snapping NASA satellites that for 40 years has documented forest fires, tsunamis and everyday changes in the Earth's geography will soon get a new member. With Landsat 8 set for a February launch, nearly 140 scientists and engineers from more than 25 countries are scheduled to gather in South Dakota next week to... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1579046-nasa-photo-satellite-to-join-40-year-mission.html 2012-09-21T20:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1574666-endeavour-salutes-giffords-en-route-to-california.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband. "That's my spaceship," said Endeavour's last commander, Mark Kelly, as the couple watched the shuttle loop over Tucson, Ariz. Later... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1574666-endeavour-salutes-giffords-en-route-to-california.html 2012-09-21T00:47:00Z