Latest Space News - Echoes of Apollo

Solar Sail Spacecraft Steers with Sunlight for First Time;
FAQ: How Do Astronauts Take Spacewalks?;
Senate Approves NASA Bill, Extra Space Shuttle Flight;
Excellent Perseid Meteor Shower Expected Aug. 11-13;
Graphic: Inside and Out: The International Space Station;
Space Station Crew Safe From Sun’s Wrath as Flare Strikes.

NASA Rocket Lights Up Predawn Sky Above Virginia;
Sun’s Lull Linked to Altered Plasma Conveyor Belt;
Moon’s Shell May Be Wet, But Inside Is Bone Dry;
NASA Delays Critical Space Station Repairs to Saturday;
Atlas 5 rocket to receive its satellite passenger today;
Joint panel selects payload for 2016 Mars orbiter.

Giant Swimming Pool Helps NASA Plan Emergency Spacewalks;
Robot Butler for Astronauts Is a Hit on Twitter;
New Mars Orbiter Will Be a Super-Sniffer;
Bull’s-Eye on Mars Revealed;
Pair of Delta 4-Heavy rockets now pointed toward space;
Hundreds Of New Views From Telescope Orbiting Mars.

Spectacular Northern Lights Show Signals Sun Is Waking Up;
NASA Scrambling to Plan Vital Space Station Repairs;
International Astronomy Group Opens New South Africa Office;
Graphic: NASA’s Space Station Cooling System Malfunction Explained;
NASA Delays Deciding Where Retired Space Shuttles Will Be Displayed
A Real Mess in Orbit: Space Junk to Hang Around Longer Than Expected.

Cooling System Malfunction Highlights Space Station’s Complexity;
Scientists Learning What to Expect in Space;
NASA Plans Emergency Spacewalks to Fix Space Station;
Taking A Shot At The Sun;
Russia To Launch 3 Glonass Satellites In September;
China Leads In Outer Space Pollution.

NASA’s ATHLETE Warms Up for High Desert Run (w/ Video);
Hunt for Life’s Building Blocks in Space Gets NASA Boost;
One Saturn Moon Blows Oxygen to Another;
NASA Adds Video Camera To Next Mars Rover;
Mars Rover Spirit May Not Survive Martian Winter;
Whole New Mercury Promised by NASA Spacecraft.

NASA Authorization Bill Headed for Vote in House;
Chinese Space Junk Won’t Endanger Space Station Crew;
Giant Sand Dunes on Titan Shaped by Backward Winds;
Mars Rover Opportunity Finally Sees Martian Dust Devil;
Getting to Mars on a budget;
James Webb Space Telescope Completes Cryogenic Mirror Test;
Brilliant Star in a Colourful Neighbourhood.

Violent Spacequakes Shake Earth’s Magnetic Field;
Tiny Satellites Can Do Big Science;
Alien Planets Gather Close Around Dying Star;
New Space Telescope Mirrors Get Frosty Treatment;
Spacewalkers complete overnight excursion;
Chandrayaan-2 Payloads To Be Decided Next Month.

Cluster Makes Crucial Step In Understanding Space Weather;
NASA Satellite Improves Pollution Monitoring;
Ball Aerospace And LockMart Demo New Docking System Technology;
2010 Space Elevator Conference;
Massive Black Hole Bends Light to Magnify Distant Galaxy;
Despite Losing Tools, Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk;
Scots Engineers Prove Space Pioneer’s 25-Year-Old Theory.

Current Meteor shower activity;
Russian Cosmonauts to Take Spacewalk;
Experimental U.S. Missile Defense Satellites Pass Big Tests;
NASA Panel Calls for Asteroid Defense Office;
Solar Sail Experiment Could Prove Space-Time Theory;
Debate Heats Up Over Meteor’s Role in Ice Age