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In an embarrassing acknowledgment, the space agency said it must have erased the Apollo 11 moon footage years ago so that it could reuse the videotape.
But now Hollywood is coming to the rescue. [oh do I know the comments]
Virgin Galactic tests the hybrid rocket motor that will help the company's second generation craft launch space tourists and cargo into suborbital space. (Photo from inside SpaceShipOne hanger immediately after first launch to Space)
The space tourism firm Virgin Galactic has successfully test-fired the rocket motor designed to boost a passenger spaceliner on suborbital joy rides into space. The hybrid rocket motor would launch Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo spacecraft into suborbital space at speeds of over 2,500 mph (4,000 kph) to send ticket-carrying passengers soaring to heights of 65 miles (110 km) above the Earth.
NASA may consider putting Stephen Colbert's name on a space toilet, after the comedian came out on top of the U.S. space agency's online naming poll for a new space module.
The US space agency's Fermi telescope has detected a massive explosion in space which scientists say is the biggest-ever gamma-ray burst. The blast was stronger than 9,000 supernovae and the gas jets emitting the initial gamma rays moved at nearl
It came from the outskirts of the solar system, 18 trillion miles away. Once it's made the journey around the sun, Lulin will gain enough speed to escape the solar system, Edberg said.
Methane, an organic molecule that on Earth is usually produced by life, has been found emanating from three specific regions on the surface of Mars.
In a graphic 400-page report, NASA further studied the Feb. 1, 2003, shuttle tragedy to help them design their new shuttle replacement capsule more likely to survive an accident.
