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South Korea gets serious about space ambitions PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Under the guidance of their aeronautics and space agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea announced plans to launch a satellite, in 2020, to orbit the Moon and another satellite, in 2025, to land an unmanned rover on the lunar surface.        
 
Mars is BIG and RED for its close encounter with Earth PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 23 November 2007
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.    
 
Shuttle astronaut quits PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Crew assignments for space shuttle mission STS-126 have been revised following the resignation of an experienced astronaut.

 
Russia to build new space launch facility PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 22 November 2007
An official of the Russian government announced on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, that it will build the Vostochny (Eastern) Cosmodrome in the far eastern part of Russia.       
 
Is embryo controversy over? Skin cells developed to act like stem cells PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Independently, University of Wisconsin researchers and Kyoto University researchers have developed a simple way to reprogram skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells, which can be used to replace the 220 different cell types in humans that have been damaged, all without destroying embryonic life.          
 
Males are simpler creatures, so evolve faster than females PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
According to U.S. researchers, nearly all male organisms evolve faster than related female organisms because they are constructed more simply.       
 
Space station astronauts hook up life-support to Harmony PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson and ISS flight engineer Daniel Tani are out floating in space (Tuesday, November 20, 2007) next to the space station connecting cooling lines and power cables to the new Harmony module.       
 
Fat kids may need more sleep PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
According to a study conducted by Michigan researchers on third grade children turned sixth graders, the more sleep children get, the less obese they become.
 
India and Russia plan for joint trip to Moon PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
The countries of India and Russia have signed an agreement to jointly develop a research-and-exploration mission that will orbit and land on the Moon, probably around 2011 to 2013.           
 
Antarctica to test prototype NASA lunar habitat PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to the cold, bleak and isolated Antarctica for a test under extreme conditions, similar to what it would face on the Moon as part of NASA’s new Constellation Project.         
 
See the star-eating comet Monday night 11.19.2007 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 19 November 2007
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.        
 
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