http://www.mail.com/subjects/794562-manned-spacecraft.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/794562-manned-spacecraft.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1901128-nasa-regains-space-station-contact-outage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Space Station regained contact with NASA controllers in Houston after nearly three hours of accidental quiet, the space agency says. Officials say the six crew members and station are fine and had no problem during the brief outage. NASA spokesman Josh Byerly said something went wrong around 9:45 a.m. EST Tuesday during... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1901128-nasa-regains-space-station-contact-outage.html 2013-02-19T18:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1863866-iranian-space-official-photo-wrong-monkey.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — One of two official packages of photos of Iran's famed simian space traveler depicted the wrong monkey, but a primate really did fly into space and return safely to Earth, a senior Iranian space official confirmed Saturday. The two different monkeys shown in the photos released by Iran's state media caused some international observers ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1863866-iranian-space-official-photo-wrong-monkey.html 2013-02-02T14:05:00Z 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/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html JERUSALEM (AP) — It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy. People gathered around their TV screens to watch the anticipated return of Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, from a 16-day journey in space aboard the American Columbia shuttle. A hero's welcome awaited, but as people watched ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html 2013-01-31T05:32:00Z 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/1850680-iran-monkey-space.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight. The mission also touched on concerns that advances in Iran's rocket expertise could be channeled into military... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1850680-iran-monkey-space.html 2013-01-28T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846240-russia-kazakhstan-spar-space-launch-pad.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia stepped up efforts Friday to resolve a dispute with neighbor Kazakhstan over its demand to reduce the number of commercial satellite launches from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome. Kazakhstan, which in the past suspended Russian rocket launches after previous failures spilled toxic rocket fuel, has demanded that Russia cuts the ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846240-russia-kazakhstan-spar-space-launch-pad.html 2013-01-25T17:04:00Z 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/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