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Lunar Samples Reveal Watery Secret July 10, 2008 
A new analysis of some very old rocks is reshaping our understanding of the moon. Scientists used modern techniques to search for tiny traces of hydrogen in a set of lunar sand samples taken by Apollo astronauts in the '70s. The systems used in the study were able to break down the rocks 10 times more effectively than any past techniques.
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Summer Light Show Kicks Off With Jupiter at Its Brightest July 09, 2008 
The fireworks may be finished, but some elaborate light shows still await you in the July sky. Jupiter reaches what's called "opposition" -- meaning it and the sun are on opposite sides of the Earth -- on Wednesday night. Put simply, it'll be the biggest and brightest thing in the sky all night long.
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Mars Water-Life Connection Tenuous, Scientists Say June 23, 2008 
Scientists on Friday confirmed that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has uncovered ice in the sandy soil of the red planet. "It is with great pride and a lot of joy that I announce today that we have found proof that this hard bright material is really water ice and not some other substance," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona at Tucson, during a Friday news briefing.
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Virtual Space Travel, Part 2: Surfing to Mars June 14, 2008 
Now that NASA has entered the virtual world with its two islands in Second Life, public outreach, collaboration and space exploration may never be the same again. On its CoLab Island, outreach and collaboration are the focus, as Part One of this two-part feature explains. Its other island, called "Explorer Island," focuses on the engineering and science-visualization side of space exploration.
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NASA's Gamma Ray Scope to Chase Down Universe's Darkest Secrets June 12, 2008 
NASA has launched a new mission to unravel some of the universe's most intense mysteries. Scientists sent GLAST -- the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope -- into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center. A Delta 2 rocket catapulted the high-tech scope to its destination Wednesday in a meager 90 minutes.
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Sergey's Big Adventure: Earth Isn't Enough June 11, 2008 
Google cofounder Sergey Brin on Wednesday became the first person to put down a deposit of $5 million toward a future orbital spaceflight through a new program from Space Adventures. Brin's reservation uses one of six spots initially created in Space Adventures' new Orbital Mission Explorers Circle, which allows individuals to reserve seats on future orbital spaceflights.
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Virtual Space Travel, Part 1: One Small Step June 07, 2008 
For those of us old enough to remember life before the Internet, the term "virtual space travel" probably conjures memories of childhood visits to the local planetarium. Fast forward to today, and things are just a little different. In today's Internet-enabled world, ordinary citizens can explore the universe from the comfort of their own homes.
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Google, NASA Embark on 40-Year Mission to Stars June 05, 2008 
A new NASA land use agreement is bringing Google -- and, ultimately, the general public -- one step closer to outer space. Google announced a 40-year plan Thursday to build a massive research and development campus within NASA's Ames Research Center. The deal marks a major turning point in the organizations' unusual public and private sector partnership.
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Microsoft Eyes the Night Skies With Virtual Telescope App May 13, 2008 
Star gazers and astronomers now have a powerful new tool that will allow them to surf the skies from their desktop. Microsoft unveiled the public beta of its WorldWide Telescope Web application Monday. The software creates an experience that users of all ages will find captivating, said Frank Reddy, a senior editor at Astronomy Magazine.
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Volunteer Computing and the Search for Big Answers March 04, 2008 
The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley is nestled into the Berkeley Hills just off the fire trail where runners from around the area come to take on the brutal 3.5-mile climb. The lab, though, doesn't feel like it's part of Berkeley.
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MacBook Gets Pumped, Microsoft Gets Fined, YouTube Gets Blocked February 29, 2008 
Apple has been developing a habit of putting out new stuff each Tuesday. Exactly what it comes out with is almost always a surprise, but since the beginning of the year, it's really taken a toll on the nerves of Apple followers who've been anxiously awaiting a refresh of the MacBook Pro. They finally got their wish; Apple has updated the MacBook Pro and the standard MacBook.
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10 Teams Sure They Have the Right Stuff for Google's $30M Moon Shot February 22, 2008 
Ten teams from around the world have signed up to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to to the moon with a $30 million purse. The basic rules are simple: Teams will compete to be the first to land a privately funded robotic craft on the moon, have it tool around on the surface for at least 500 meters and send images, video and data back to Earth.
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Atlantis to Haul Columbus Science Lab to ISS December 03, 2007 
NASA launch crews were making final preparations Monday for this week's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which will install the European Columbus science laboratory on the international space station. Mission STS-122 is slated to lift off at 4:31 p.m. EST this Thursday from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA's Foam Quandary, Part 2: No Easy Solutions September 29, 2007 
Before Columbia's disastrous mission, NASA did not fully recognize the safety risk posed by the shuttle's protective foam. Following that tragedy, however, NASA buckled down and set to work, trying to come up with solutions. "As soon as NASA saw the foam as a safety problem, it began to identify low-cost, high-benefit changes that could be made," said John Pike, veteran space policy analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org.
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NASA's Foam Quandary, Part 1: Anatomy of a Disaster September 22, 2007 
As the world watched the progress of the space shuttle Endeavour's mission to the ISS and back last month, it was hard not to suffer from flashbacks to past space disasters. The presence of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, for one, evoked memories of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster, since Morgan had served as backup to Christa McAuliffe under the NASA Teacher in Space program for that doomed mission.
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Astronauts May Cruise the Moon Without Space Suits September 21, 2007 
When NASA sends astronauts back to the moon, they will likely have pressurized rovers to drive and large-capacity habitation modules to live in, NASA officials reportedly said Thursday. Speaking at the Space 2007 Conference of the AIAA, Doug Cooke, NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems, reportedly described a revised plan to launch a few large habitation modules to the moon via unmanned cargo flights.
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