NASA Astronaut Loses Tool bag in Space - Viewed Via Telescope

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astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper lost a tool bag valued at $100,000 in space last week. This caused countless would-be astronomers to boot up their telescopes to see if they could spot the pricey bag floating around space.

NASA Astronaut Invents Zero G Coffee Cup

NASA astronaut Don Pettit invented the cup on his day off aboard the International Space Station based on the shape of a rocket fuel tank that enables you to drink every last drop of a liquid without a straw in zero gravity.

NASA Coolant Tank Comes Back to Earth and Almost Bombs Australia

A retired coolant tank put into space by the ISS and NASA has unexpectedly reentered the Earth’s atmosphere off the coast of Australia. Luckily, the 1400lb tank came back over water and the atmosphere broke it into tiny pieces. No pieces larger than 15lbs are believed to have made it back intact.

Hubble Space Telescope Returns - Scientists Plan Extensive Fix in April

The Hubble Telescope, which was nearly lost this month due to old age and a faulty board, has resumed regular operations today.

Google and Nasa to Develop Interplanetary Internet

Google and Nasa have began working on a solution to replace the old-n-busted radio equipment system that was developed back in the 70s.

NASA Begins Work on a Robotic Therapist for Astronauts

NASA has begun work on a four-year, $1.74 million project designed to help counsel depressed astronauts in space. The project, dubbed the Virtual Space Station, is being readied in Boston. The VSS is supposed to independently create a program that will offer astronauts advice based on their typed insecurities.

Korea enters space race, reveals first orbit-capable rocket

South Korea has unveiled it’s first space launch vehicle, imaginatively named the KSLV-1. From an aesthetic standpoint, the thing is definitely a rocket. If you were to doodle a rocket in the binder of your eighth grade notebook, it’d probably look something like the KSLV-1.

Nasa Rover Says “Take me to your leader”

Nasa has released a photo of the bottom of the aeroshell that will soon be roving all over Mars. It’s the largest aeroshell in the history of space exploration, which isn’t saying much considering the runner up is about the size of a breadbox.

Flying Car Design Winner

NASA awarded $250,000 in prize money this weekend to teams competing to build and fly a small-seat plane that could one day be a prototype for so-called air cars. And the $100,000 winner is….Pipistrel Virus, a $70,000 aircraft that can do 50 MPG and take off on short runways.

"Only 682 pounds empty weight complete–it literally [...]

Endeavour in 3D

Microsoft + NASA = 3D views of Endeavour.
Using Microsoft’s Photosynth technology, bought from Seadragon in February 2006, the technology takes 2D images and morphs them into 3D which we then can examine in greater detail.
"You can see the shuttle in times when no one has access," said.Chris Kemp, director of strategic business development at NASA [...]