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NASA keeps its Spirit alive with Mars rescue plan

13. Nov 2009, 10:10

NASA hopes to save its plucky Spirit rover. Image: NASA.
Despite being stricken on the surface of Mars for six months, there may yet be hope for NASA rover Spirit after the U.S. space administration revealed a plan to rescue its stranded but otherwise functioning science vehicle.

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LHC overheats following shock bread bomb

6. Nov 2009, 12:15

Meanwhile, at the Bread Bomb production facility... Image: foooooey/Flickr.
Here’s a piece of news Large Hadron Collider (LHC) critics, conspiracy theorists, and doom mongers are going to love: Ready for action after suffering almost a year of delays and repairs, CERN’s massive underground particle accelerator has been struck by misfortune yet again, and by the unlikeliest of culprits.

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NASA: Experimental Ares 1-X rocket suffered damage

30. Oct 2009, 15:00

Ares rocket suffers damage during test flight. Image: NASA.
Wednesday’s launch of the experimental Ares 1-X rocket may have been deemed a success insofar as it enabled NASA to gather valuable trajectory data, but physical damage sustained during the two-minute flight suggest the test wasn’t without incident.

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Video: Ares 1-X test rocket finally beats the weather

29. Oct 2009, 15:00

Ares 1-X finally completes its test flight. Image: NASA.
With the Florida region finally clear of inclement weather conditions, NASA has put Tuesday’s disruptive delay behind it and successfully completed a brief sub-orbital test flight of its experimental Ares 1-X rocket.

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Weather delay likely to ground NASA's Ares 1-X

27. Oct 2009, 15:30

NASA facing yet more pesky weather delays. Image: http2007/Flickr.
Having already played havoc with the recent launch schedules of numerous space shuttle missions, inclement weather in and around the Florida region is expected to again rear its ugly head as NASA’s Ares 1-X experimental rocket sits ready for blast off later today.

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Video: Amazing meteorite footage thought to be student prank

27. Oct 2009, 15:15

What a real meteor crater generally looks like. Image: kevinzim/Flickr.
Arriving hot on the heels of the ‘trapped kid in a helium balloon’ hoax that took America by storm, sensational footage of a flaming meteorite burning within its impact crater has also been labelled little more than an elaborate publicity stunt.

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H1N1: What you should know and why panic doesn’t help

23. Oct 2009, 10:30

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H1N1, Swine Flu, or just the Flu, essentially they’re the same thing. However, with all the media attention and pundits talking, should you panic? What do you need to do to prevent it, and how can you treat it if infected? The Tech Herald has done some research and here’s what we discovered. ... more


Halley's Comet fragments cause autumn meteor spectacle

21. Oct 2009, 15:30

Quite a light show, courtesy of Halley's trailing particles. Image: NASA.
Telescopes were turned towards the constellation of Orion during the early hours of Wednesday morning as the annual Orionids meteor shower hit its peak and the autumnal night was intermittently punctuated by burning comet fragments as they fell through the planet’s atmosphere. ... more


NASA shunts Atlantis launch in favour of Ares test

20. Oct 2009, 16:00

Ares given a little more space on the launch calendar. Image: NASA.
Originally expected to blast off towards the orbiting ISS on November 12, the Atlantis space shuttle’s departure has now been shunted to November 16 in order to provide a little more calendar-based margin for error for the launch of NASA’s experimental Ares 1-X rocket.

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Arctic ice will be completely gone in 20 years

15. Oct 2009, 15:30

Last chance to see? Image: Kyle May/Flickr.
Speaking in London during an event to showcase the findings of the extensive Catlin Arctic Survey, Professor Wadhams said the survey’s data supports the consensus view that “the Arctic will be ice-free in summer within about 20 years, and that much of the decrease will be happening within 10 years.”

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