http://www.mail.com/subjects/246534-space-exploration.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/246534-space-exploration.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2119204-astronauts-face-radiation-threat-long-mars-trip.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Astronauts traveling to and from Mars would be bombarded with as much radiation as they'd get from a full-body CT scan about once a week for a year, researchers reported Thursday. That dose would, in some cases, exceed NASA's standards and is enough to raise an astronaut's cancer risk by 3 percent. As plans for deep space exploration ra... Thu, 30 May 2013 20:47:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2119204-astronauts-face-radiation-threat-long-mars-trip.html 2013-05-30T20:47:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106132-nasa-head-views-progress-asteroid-lasso-mission.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the progress Thursday a month after the Obama administration unveiled its 2014 budget that proposes $105 millio... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106132-nasa-head-views-progress-asteroid-lasso-mission.html 2013-05-23T21:39:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2088320-nasa-crafts-planet-hunting-days-numbered.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system. If engineers can't find a fix, the failure could mean an end to the $600 million mission's search, although the space agency wasn't ready to call it quits Wednesday. The telescope has di... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:38:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2088320-nasa-crafts-planet-hunting-days-numbered.html 2013-05-16T01:38:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2076944-nasa-spacewalk-planned-to-space-station-leak.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two astronauts will make a hastily planned spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system of the International Space Station. The leak in a cooling system was discovered Thursday when "snowflakes" of ammonia were seen flying away from the station. Engineers on Earth were up overnight plotting an impromptu spacewalk.... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:33:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2076944-nasa-spacewalk-planned-to-space-station-leak.html 2013-05-10T22:33:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009522-stephen-hawking-explore-space-humanitys-sake.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space exploration — for humanity's sake. The 71-year-old Hawking said he did not think humans would survive another 1,000 years "without escaping beyond our fragile planet." The British cosmologist made the rema... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:29:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009522-stephen-hawking-explore-space-humanitys-sake.html 2013-04-10T19:29:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954526-esa-roscosmos-sign-deal-mars-exploration.html BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says it has signed an agreement with its Russian counterpart to work together toward two missions to Mars. The partnership comes after NASA pulled out of the ExoMars program with ESA last year due to budget cuts. ESA said in a statement Thursday that it and Roscomos aim to launch missions in 2016 and 2018 to try to ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:44:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954526-esa-roscosmos-sign-deal-mars-exploration.html 2013-03-14T14:44:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1928016-supply-ship-meets-space-station-shaky-start.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private Earth-to-orbit delivery service made good on its latest shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, overcoming mechanical difficulty and delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse. To NASA's relief, the SpaceX company's Dragon capsule pulled up to the orbiting lab with all of its systems in perfe... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:22:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1928016-supply-ship-meets-space-station-shaky-start.html 2013-03-03T23:22:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919428-tycoon-wants-to-send-married-couple-mars-flyby.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built spaceship to slingshot around the red planet and come back home, hopefully with their bodies and marriage in one piece after 501 days of no-escape togetherness in a cramped capsule half the si... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:08:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919428-tycoon-wants-to-send-married-couple-mars-flyby.html 2013-02-27T23:08:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1903620-smallest-planet-yet-solar-system.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Astronomers searching for planets outside our solar system have discovered the tiniest one yet — one that's about the size of our moon. But hunters for life in the universe will need to poke elsewhere. The new world orbits too close to its sun-like star and is too sizzling to support life. Its surface temperature is an estimated 700 de... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:38:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1903620-smallest-planet-yet-solar-system.html 2013-02-20T18:38:53Z 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/news/world/1845312-whats-threat-north-korean-rhetoric-reality.html TOKYO (AP) — According to its official statements, North Korea is ready to go to the brink. But how serious are Pyongyang's threats? This week, new U.N. sanctions punishing the North's successful December rocket launch have elicited a furious response from Pyongyang: strong hints that a third nuclear test is coming, along with bigger and better long-range... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845312-whats-threat-north-korean-rhetoric-reality.html 2013-01-25T17:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838202-pentagon-researches-life-dead-satellites.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ones for cheap. It's the latest pet project from the Pentagon's research wing known for its quirky and sometimes out-there ideas. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is spe... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1838202-pentagon-researches-life-dead-satellites.html 2013-01-22T17:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834388-nasas-older-mars-rover-notches-milestone.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive. Some 5,000 miles away from the limelight surrounding Curiosity's every move, Opportunity this week quietly embarks on its tenth year of exploration — a sweet milestone since it was only tasked to work for three months... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834388-nasas-older-mars-rover-notches-milestone.html 2013-01-21T08:17:00Z 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