Dust Storm Cuts Energy Supply of NASA Mars Rover

A dust storm on Mars has cut into the amount of sunlight reaching the solar array on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, leaving the rover in a vulnerable state.Spirit's solar array produced only 89 watt hours...

Lander grabs Mars water, will see if it's life-supporting

"(CNN) -- The Phoenix lander got its robotic arm onto a sample of water ice from Mars' surface and popped the ice into tiny, onboard "ovens" that will help determine if the water could support life, NASA researchers said Thursday. ...

Chantix Side Effects Cause F.A.A. to Ban Use by Pilots

Yes that is right, the FAA not the FDA although the FDA has it's own advisory as well."The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it would no longer permit pilots or air traffic controllers to use the smoking cessation drug Chantix, citing potential side effects that...

Four British men on missing plane in Brazil

A small aircraft has gone missing off the north-east coast of Brazil with four British men on board. It appears that the aircraft just vanished into thin air."The Foreign Office confirmed that Alan Kempson, Sean...

NASA: ATV ready to dock with ISS: Minute by Minute coverage

NASA: ATV ready to dock with ISS: April 3, 2008Update 10:55 am"TOULOUSE, France, April 3 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency's Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle spacecraft was successfully docked Thursday...

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