April 2010
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Space Adventures to Sell Tickets to Space for Armadillo Aerospace
Space Adventures will exclusively market and sell commercial passenger experiences on Armadillo’s suborbital spaceflight vehicles.
James Cameron Wants to Film Mars in 3D, NASA Agrees
The reigning king of cinema, filmmaker James Cameron, has persuaded NASA to equip its Mars Curiosity rover with a 3D camera.
Russia Aims to Follow U.S. Lead in Private Funding of Space Projects
“Russia wants to encourage private companies to invest in space exploration.”
Seeing The Closest Aliens Will Take Centuries
Telescopes will likely become good enough to detect signs of life within the next 100 years…
NASA Chief Charlie Bolden Speaks at JSC
“With his FY2011 budget request, President Barack Obama has provided us the assets and vision needed…”
Hubble’s Successor Passes Design Review Milestone
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope passed its most significant mission milestone to date.
Radar Spots Asteroid Passing by Earth
The asteroid came within 1.5 million miles of the Earth. That’s only about six times the distance between Earth and the moon.
Cassini and Amateur Astronomers Chase Storm on Saturn
With the help of amateur astronomers, the Cassini spacecraft has taken its first look at a massive blizzard in Saturn’s atmosphere.
Massive NASA Science Balloon Crashes in Australian Outback
The launch of a giant space balloon went terribly wrong Thursday in the Australian Outback when a heavy payload of scientific…
Preparations Underway for Next Shuttle Mission
Space Shuttle Program managers are meeting today at Kennedy Space Center for a Flight Readiness Review.