Score one more for Einstein. A new study has confirmed his theory of general relativity works on extremely large scales.

Physics - General relativity - Relativity - Einstein - History
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:11:30 GMT]
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A Chinese proverb says women hold up half the sky. In the future, they'll be doing it from space.



Chinese space program - Space - Technology - Astronaut - Missions
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:12:27 GMT]
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American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.



Space Shuttle Challenger - Space - Technology - Space Shuttle - Sally Ride
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:46 GMT]
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The maiden flight of the X-51 Waverider aircraft ? the first U.S. hypersonic vehicle to fly in six years ? is scheduled to take place later in March.

Air force - Military - Boeing X-51 - Hypersonic - United States
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:07:19 GMT]
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After a decade of mystery, astronomers have now shown that a pair of white dwarf stars spin around each other in just 5.4 minutes, making them the fastest-orbiting and tightest binary star system ever found, the researchers claim.

Star - Binary star - White dwarf - Astronomy - Supernova
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:38:17 GMT]
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Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.



International Space Station - Falcon 9 - SpaceX - Space - Technology
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:20 GMT]
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With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month.



NASA - Space Shuttle - Technology - Space - Missions
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:33:39 GMT]
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Buzz Aldrin, 80-year-old veteran of the first moon landing by Apollo 11, is facing a much more down-to-Earth challenge as a contestant on the new season of TV's "Dancing With the Stars."

Buzz Aldrin - Dancing with the Stars - Apollo 11 - Television - Earth
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 19:39:22 GMT]
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Captain Kirk might want to avoid taking the starship Enterprise to warp speed, unless he's ready to shrug off interstellar hydrogen atoms that would deliver a lethal radiation blast to both ship and crew.

James T. Kirk - Warp drive - StarTrek - Starship Enterprise - Starship
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:21:21 GMT]
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See highlights from the shuttle Endeavour's mission and other awe-inspiring space images from February 2010.

Space Shuttle Endeavour - Space - Technology - Space Shuttle - Outer space
[Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:20:12 GMT]
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Before Mars can become the next great frontier for human exploration, we need to send more robotic missions to gather as much information as possible about our planetary neighbor.

Mars - Solar System - Planet - Astronomy - Space
[Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:30:33 GMT]
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The deep space antenna that relayed Neil Armstrong's famous "one giant leap for mankind" declaration from the moon to a rapt American audience will be offline for eight months for repair.



NASA - Neil Armstrong - United States - Space - Technology
[Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:05:03 GMT]
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President Barack Obama plans to host a conference in Florida next month on his administration's approach to the next step in space exploration.



Barack Obama - NASA - Space exploration - United States - President
[Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:17:10 GMT]
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