Articles tagged with nasa

Wed, May 09, 2012

Shuttle rocket-builder vying for NASA space taxi work

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two of NASA's prime contractors are teaming with Europe's Astrium to develop a commercial space ...

Mon, April 16, 2012

NASA clears SpaceX for cargo run to space station

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to ...

Sat, March 10, 2012

VIDEO: NASA astronaut demonstrates 'Angry Birds' physics in space

UNDATED (WKZO) -- 240 nautical miles above the surface of the earth a NASA astronaut named Don Petit demonstrated the laws of physics by incorporating ...

Fri, March 02, 2012

NASA says was hacked 13 times last year

(Reuters) - NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

Loss of Arctic sea ice may lead to mercury deposits: NASA study

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Significant declines in perennial Arctic sea ice over the past decade may be intensifying a chemical reaction that ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

NASA satellite discovers massive under sea storm off South African coast

UNDATED (WKZO) – An image depicting a ‘giant storm’ off the coast of South Africa has recently been released by NASA taken on Dec. 26 ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Obama wants $2.1 billion for NASA's Florida spaceport

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 budget for NASA boosts spending at the Kennedy Space Center, which ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Romanian man charged with hacking NASA computers

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles under the online moniker ...

Tue, February 07, 2012

NASA calls for new taxis to fly to Space Station

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

NASA confident in Russia despite space accidents

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Despite a spate of Russian space accidents last year, NASA remains confident in its partner's ability ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

2011 was ninth-warmest year since 1880: NASA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global average temperature last year was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that ...

Fri, December 30, 2011

NASA probes reach moon for gravity-mapping mission

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two robotic probes began orbiting the moon Sunday in preparation for an unprecedented mission to map the ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

NASA finds Earth-size planets outside solar system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, a milestone in the ...

Thu, December 15, 2011

NASA revamps, delays commercial space taxi work

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Budget cuts in a program to spur commercial space taxis will likely keep the United States dependent ...

Fri, December 09, 2011

NASA clears SpaceX for trial run to space station

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a ...

Wed, December 07, 2011

NASA catalogs thousands of asteroids near Earth

By Irene Klotz

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - About 1,000 asteroids big enough to cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth are orbiting relatively nearby ...

Thu, November 24, 2011

NASA rover launched to seek out life clues on Mars

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Saturday, launching a $2.5 billion nuclear-powered ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

NASA's space shuttle operations chief heading to Virgin

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Deputy space shuttle program manager and former flight director Mike Moses is leaving NASA to oversee operations ...

Tue, October 11, 2011

NASA-backed space taxi to fly in test next summer

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A seven-seat space taxi backed by NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station will make ...

Wed, September 28, 2011

Doomed satellite landed in Pacific, NASA says

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Debris from a defunct six-ton NASA science satellite that crashed to Earth on Saturday fell harmlessly in ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

NASA unveils new plan to buy rides for astronauts

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA plans to spend $1.6 billion over the next two years bolstering industry efforts to develop ...

Mon, September 19, 2011

Doomed satellite landed in Pacific, NASA says

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Debris from a defunct six-ton NASA science satellite that crashed to Earth on Saturday fell harmlessly in ...

Tue, September 13, 2011

NASA unveils plan for giant deep space rocket

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA unveiled plans on Wednesday for a mammoth deep-space rocket to carry astronauts to the moon, Mars ...

Tue, September 06, 2011

Rocket lifts off with satellites to probe moon

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned U.S. rocket blasted off on Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Baker Hughes recruits ex-NASA employees

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Baker Hughes Inc, which specializes in extracting oil and gas from under the ground, wants to hire people who once explored ...

Fri, August 05, 2011

NASA's Juno probe sets sail for Jupiter

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday, sending a robotic scout ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

NASA finds new evidence of liquid water on Mars

By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA scientists have discovered new evidence that briny water flows on Mars during its warmest months, raising chances ...

Thu, August 04, 2011

NASA confirms space shuttle debris found in Texas

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA confirmed on Thursday that a large piece of debris from space shuttle Columbia, which was destroyed ...

Wed, July 27, 2011

NASA probe poised for launch to Jupiter

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A NASA satellite was hoisted aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

Thu, July 21, 2011

NASA's "Final Four" astronauts close out shuttle era

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA downsized the crew for the final flight of its shuttle program as a safety precaution.

Instead ...

Sat, July 16, 2011

NASA probe enters orbit around asteroid Vesta

By Irene Klotz

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A robotic NASA science probe slipped into orbit around the potato-shaped asteroid Vesta on Saturday to begin a yearlong ...

Wed, July 06, 2011

NASA's "Final Four" astronauts close out shuttle era

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - It's been 28 years since NASA launched a four-person shuttle crew, but that will be the ...

Tue, July 05, 2011

Countdown starts for NASA's last shuttle launch

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center began ticking on Tuesday toward the final flight in the ...

Tue, June 28, 2011

NASA clears last space shuttle for July 8 blast-off

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers cleared space shuttle Atlantis on Tuesday for a July 8 launch, approving it for a ...

Wed, June 15, 2011

NASA fuels shuttle for test before last launch

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Workers at the Kennedy Space Center filled the fuel tank of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday ...

Tue, May 24, 2011

NASA gives up on Mars rover Spirit recovery

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is giving up on recovering its Mars rover Spirit, which it said likely fell victim to ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

NASA marks 50th anniversary of manned U.S. space flight

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - The United States space program was down and out when Alan Shepard climbed inside a one-man capsule ...

Thu, April 28, 2011

NASA chief says Giffords is feisty, fired up

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said on Thursday he was "really happy" that recuperating Representative Gabrielle Giffords was ...

Wed, April 27, 2011

NASA repairs shuttle problem and sets May 16 launch

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday cleared space shuttle Endeavour for a second launch attempt on May 16 to deliver ...

Tue, April 19, 2011

NASA clears shuttle Endeavour for April 29 launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The shuttle Endeavour was cleared for a launch attempt on April 29 to deliver a new class of physics instrument ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

NASA awards funds to develop commercial space taxis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA divided up more than $269 million on Monday among several companies vying to build commercial spaceships to carry astronauts ...

Tue, April 12, 2011

NASA sending retired space shuttles to museums

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The three retiring U.S. space shuttles will be going on display at museums in Florida, California ...

Mon, April 04, 2011

NASA delays launch date for space shuttle Endeavour

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA said on Monday it is delaying the launch of space shuttle Endeavour to April 29 from April 19 because ...

Mon, March 21, 2011

NASA tests Mars space suit in Argentine Antarctica

By Luis Andres Henao

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A NASA team has tested a space suit in a setting with extreme conditions akin to some ...

Sun, March 06, 2011

Strange life signs found on meteorites: NASA scientist

By Deborah Zabarenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA scientist reports detecting tiny fossilized bacteria on three meteorites, and maintains these microscopic life forms are not ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Glory satellite fails to make orbit: NASA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (Reuters) - A rocket carrying the Glory Earth-observing satellite launched on Friday but failed to place the satellite into orbit ...

Fri, January 28, 2011

NASA remembers Challenger, vows to advance in space

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Friday said "fear of failure" should not hold back its mission to test the boundaries ...

Wed, January 19, 2011

Supreme Court upholds NASA employee background checks

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government in its background investigations of employees can ask about their drug treatment, medical conditions or other personal ...

Tue, January 04, 2011

NASA wants shuttle fuel tank reinforced

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday began modifications to shuttle Discovery's fuel tank, hoping to thwart a potential debris ...

Thu, December 16, 2010

Virgin Galactic joins fray to fly NASA astronauts

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, a U.S. offshoot of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, joined two separate teams vying ...

Tue, December 07, 2010

NASA sold computers with sensitive data, report says

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA failed to delete sensitive data on computers and hard drives before selling the equipment as part ...

Sat, December 04, 2010

Private rocket with test capsule for NASA in orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A rocket developed by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies lifted off on Wednesday and reached orbit during ...

Fri, December 03, 2010

NASA delays space shuttle launch until next year

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA will not attempt to fly space shuttle Discovery this year as it investigates what caused cracking ...

Thu, November 18, 2010

NASA postpones shuttle launch until mid-December

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is delaying next week's planned launch of space shuttle Discovery on a cargo delivery run ...

Thu, November 11, 2010

NASA finds faulty seal after delayed shuttle launch

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A potentially dangerous hydrogen leak that forced NASA to cancel last week's launch of space shuttle ...

Fri, October 22, 2010

Virgin Galactic eyes NASA commercial space work

By Irene Klotz

UPHAM, New Mexico (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, an offshoot of billionaire Richard Branson's London-based Virgin Group, plans to compete in the ...

Thu, October 21, 2010

Moon crash kicks up ice, silver, mercury: NASA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rocket sent crashing into the Moon last year kicked up several hundred pounds (kg) of water, silver, mercury and other surprising ...

Tue, October 05, 2010

Court considers NASA employee background checks

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court justices questioned on Tuesday whether the federal government in its background investigations of employees can ask about ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

Obama expected to sign NASA budget soon: official

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is expected early next month to sign into law a new NASA budget that ...

Mon, September 27, 2010

NASA showdown looms as shuttle workers face layoffs

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - With more than 1,500 space shuttle workers facing layoffs this week, legislators say they will take ...

Tue, July 13, 2010

New mission for NASA: control and understand costs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA needs a more coherent way of projecting and controlling costs, especially on its priciest missions, a panel of experts advised on ...

Mon, July 12, 2010

White House corrects NASA chief on Muslim comment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Monday that NASA administrator Charles Bolden was wrong to say that reaching out to the ...

Thu, July 01, 2010

NASA delays shuttle finale until 2011

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Thursday postponed the final two missions of the space shuttle program until November and February ...

Mon, May 24, 2010

NASA calls it quits for Mars Phoenix lander

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA has officially called it quits for the Mars landing craft Phoenix, two years after the stationary probe touched down on ...

Tue, May 18, 2010

NASA astronauts attach new room to space station

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts attached a Russian docking and research module onto the International Space Station on Tuesday, bringing ...

Tue, May 11, 2010

NASA'S outdated labs jeopardize research: report

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many of NASA's research labs are old, and budget cuts have seriously jeopardized scientific ...

Wed, April 28, 2010

NASA may stretch out Mars missions to save money

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA is considering a plan to get around limited budgets set in Washington by stretching ...

Thu, April 15, 2010

Obama tries to sell NASA on new space plan

By Steve Holland and Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to blunt criticism of his new space policy on Thursday ...

Wed, April 14, 2010

NASA's final shuttle flight slips to November

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's last space shuttle mission will be delayed until November so scientists can adapt a $2 ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Obama to propose $6 billion NASA budget increase

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline a revamped space policy on Thursday that will use $6 billion in new funding over five years ...

Tue, April 13, 2010

Obama pushes NASA revamp, vision of Mars flight

By Steve Holland and Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to blunt criticism of his new space policy on Thursday ...

Thu, April 08, 2010

NASA maps plans for revamped U.S. space program

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA fleshed out plans on Thursday for a revamped U.S. space program that will focus initially ...

Tue, March 30, 2010

NASA to help on Toyota probe

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators are turning to scientists from the NASA space and aeronautics agency for help analyzing ...

Fri, March 26, 2010

NASA sets next shuttle launch for April 5

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch on April 5 on one of its final ...

Tue, March 16, 2010

NASA chief Bolden sees opportunities for industry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden defended the U.S. space agency's budget on Tuesday and said its focus on commercial space transportation ...

Mon, March 08, 2010

Court to consider NASA employee background checks

By James Vicini

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether NASA background investigations, required of scientists, engineers and ...

Sun, March 07, 2010

Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference ...

Wed, February 17, 2010

Obama says his commitment to NASA is 'unwavering'

By Chris Baltimore

HOUSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday said his commitment to NASA was "unwavering" after his administration's 2011 budget slashed ...

Thu, February 11, 2010

NASA launches satellite to watch for solar storms

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA launched a science satellite on Thursday to keep a close watch on the sun and help ...

Tue, February 02, 2010

NASA picks 5 firms for commercial spaceflight plan

By JoAnne Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. space agency on Tuesday awarded $50 million in grants to five private firms in a first ...

Mon, February 01, 2010

Obama budget would cut NASA moon plan

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is no longer shooting for the moon, with a budget plan that aborts a ...

Wed, January 27, 2010

NASA sets shuttle launch with future in doubt

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers on Wednesday settled on February 7 to kick off their final year of shuttle flights ...

Tue, January 26, 2010

U.S. sends NASA flights to study Haiti quake line

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA will send surveillance flights over Haiti and the Dominican Republic to look for signs that more earthquakes may hit the area ...

Wed, January 06, 2010

NASA hauls shuttle to launch pad, despite cold

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour was hauled out to its launch pad on Wednesday, despite freezing temperatures that ...

Tue, December 15, 2009

Cisco, NASA launch climate monitoring venture

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Technology firm Cisco Systems and the NASA space agency launched a $100 million plan on Tuesday to monitor the earth's resources ...

Mon, November 16, 2009

Atlantis leaves station as NASA eyes shuttles' end

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear ...

Tue, November 10, 2009

Former NASA astronaut avoids jail for attack

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Tuesday and avoided jail time for her ...

Tue, October 20, 2009

NASA successfully tests new tall moon rocket