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NASA’s Morpheus project encountered difficulties on Thursday. The experimental “green” lander fell to the ground in flames, followed by a small explosion. No one was injured, and Kennedy Space Center fire personnel extinguished the fire. Engineers have been testing a new fuel mix that is cheaper and stores longer.  The …

Three more members of the Expedition 32 crew have arrived at the International Space Station.  Flight Engineers Suni Williams, Yuri Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide arrived after two days in orbit.  By coincident, the launching and docking fall on the 37th anniversary of the world’s first international space mission: the Apollo-Soyez …

With help from NASA, an international team has discovered a new pulsar. Using similar techniques, another team has discovered nine new pulsars. All of this made possible by NASA’s new Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. more…

Atlantis takes off for it’s final mission, July 8th, 2011. This will end 30 years of Shuttle flight, that began with space shuttle Columbia. The 4 man crew wraps the program with a 12 day mission. Bringing supplies and spare parts, they’ll also work on a robotic refueling experiment.  Future …