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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch aborted at last second

...to a suspected engine problem. Image credit: NASA TV Rocket-builder Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, hopes to make another attempt on Tuesday... Read more

19 May, 2012 by William Harwood

SpaceX unveils Falcon heavy lift rocket plans

...Space Exploration Technologies has plans to build a commercial heavy lift rocket that will... Read more

6 April, 2011 by William Harwood

Artificial intelligence: Helping man to explore the cosmos

...should do next. But it is in the field of deep space exploration where onboard AI could really revolutionise what spacecraft are able to do... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Nick Heath

Space exploration: The computers that power man's conquest of the stars

...at man's technological prowess. But the surprising truth is that space exploration is built on IT which lags many years behind that found in... Read more

25 September, 2010 by Nick Heath
Space station to drop into ocean in 2020

Space station to drop into ocean in 2020

...fell by the wayside as the US shifted its plans for space exploration toward the use of unmanned probes. Last week, Nasa marked the return... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Andrew Nusca

Nasa resurrects Orion-style capsule for deep space travel

...space missions. Photo credit: Nasa Douglas Cooke, associate administrator of Nasa's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, told reporters the Orion concept, described by former Nasa... Read more

25 May, 2011 by William Harwood
Behind the scenes at Nasa mission control

Behind the scenes at Nasa mission control

...more than 30 years — from 1964 and the early days of space exploration through to space-shuttle missions in the mid-1990s. The centre ran... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Nick Heath
Nasa displays replica of Mars rover

Nasa displays replica of Mars rover

...Laboratory recently opened an exhibition featuring a scale model of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, giving San Francisco Bay Area visitors a rare view of... Read more

30 September, 2010 by James Martin

YouTube to send teens' experiments into space

The newly launched YouTube Space Lab channel is calling on students to send in ideas for experiments for the International Space Station, with prizes including cosmonaut training and a trip to Japan Read more

11 October, 2011 by Joe Svetlik

Nasa's Orion: The next generation of spacecraft computing

How IT will smooth mankind's missions into outer space Read more

1 December, 2010 by Nick Heath
Space <endeca_term>Exploration</endeca_term> 1.1

Space Exploration 1.1

Blast off on a mission to outer space in Space Exploration. This app combines photos of astronauts, space shuttles, take offs and space... Read more

3 March, 2012
Buzz Aldrin Portal to Science and Space <endeca_term>Exploration</endeca_term> HD 1.4

Buzz Aldrin Portal to Science and Space Exploration HD 1.4

...created this new iPad version of my popular Portal to Science & Space Exploration App to unite people and technology for the purpose of educating and... Read more

22 February, 2012
Wings Galaxy: Space <endeca_term>Exploration</endeca_term> (NEW) 1.2

Wings Galaxy: Space Exploration (NEW) 1.2

...playing Wings Earth, I was really hoping you would make a space exploration game.""One of the few games I can actually play more than... Read more

25 January, 2012
CosmosCraft Deluxe 1.0

CosmosCraft Deluxe 1.0

...travel among solar-systems possible. From scientific research and military, to space exploration and utilization, Earth has been widely developed. After decades of development, the... Read more

27 May, 2012
This Book Is About To Explode 1.0

This Book Is About To Explode 1.0

...within and beyond our solar system, sets a new record for space exploration and might even make some special new friends.This interactive book is... Read more

20 May, 2012

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