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X Prize offering $10M purse for 100-mpg vehicle
The X Prize Foundation, best known for its competitions promoting space flights, is offering $10 million to the teams that can produce the most production-ready vehicles that get 100 miles per gallo
Hawaii volcano explodes for first time in 84 years
An explosion atop the long-erupting Kilauea volcano rained gravel-size rocks onto a tourist lookout, road and trail before dawn Wednesday, injuring no one but forcing parts of a national park to clo
Astronauts prepare to open Columbus space lab
With the Columbus lab now secured to the international space station, the 10 orbiting astronauts rolled up their sleeves on Tuesday for their next big job: getting the lab running.
Astronauts complete second spacewalk of Atlantis mission
Two spacewalking astronauts supplied the international space station with a fresh tank of nitrogen gas Wednesday, one of them a German who was too sick to venture outside a few days earlier.
Astronauts prepare for mission's third spacewalk
With two of their three spacewalks completed, the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex focused Thursday on getting the new Columbus lab up and running.
AP: U.S. to shoot down errant satellite
The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, The Associated Press has learned.
Astronauts attach science experiments to new lab
Two spacewalking astronauts hung science experiments on the outside of the space station's new lab Friday and packed up a broken gyroscope for next week's shuttle ride home.
Officials: U.S. to try to shoot down errant satellite
The U.S. military may try within days to shoot down a failed satellite using a missile launched from a Navy ship, officials announced Thursday.
Shooting down of satellite doesn't worry space station crew
Military plans to shoot down a damaged U.S. spy satellite carrying toxic fuel will not concern the crew aboard the international space station, commander Peggy Whitson said Saturday.
Space shuttle undocks, starts journey back to Earth
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the international space station early Monday for its journey back to Earth, ending a nearly nine-day visit to deliver, install and activate Europe's new orbi
U.S. issues notice on downing of satellite
The U.S. Navy likely will make its first attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite Wednesday night.
U.S. to shoot down satellite Wednesday, official says
A Navy team including some 200 industry experts and scientists has been working furiously since January to modify the Aegis air-defense missile system so it can shoot down a failed satellite officia
Shuttle safely home ahead of satellite shootdown
Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday, wrapping up a 5 million-mile journey highlighted by the successful delivery of a new European lab to the international space stati
Spacewalkers anchor new lab to space station
Europe's shiny new $2 billion science lab, Columbus, was anchored to the international space station Monday by a team of astronauts laboring inside and out.
Navy missile hits dying spy satellite, says Pentagon
The U.S. Navy succeeded in its effort to shoot down an inoperable spy satellite before it could crash to Earth and potentially release a cloud of toxic gas, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
Skywatchers treated to total lunar eclipse
The last total lunar eclipse until 2010 occurred Wednesday, with cameo appearances by Saturn and the bright star Regulus on either side of the veiled full moon.
Pentagon confident satellite's toxic fuel destroyed
Pentagon officials said they think a Navy missile scored a direct hit on the fuel tank of an errant spy satellite late Wednesday, eliminating a toxic threat to people on Earth.
Moon shots: I-Reporters capture lunar eclipse
Pentagon: No signs of danger from satellite debris
The military's analysis of the missile strike on a dead U.S. spy satellite has revealed no sign of danger from debris, including no hazard from the satellite's fuel tank, a Pentagon spokesman said F
Can't remember the 11 planets? 4th-grader offers help
Those having trouble remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, including three dwarfs, are getting help from a fourth-grader.
Photo shows avalanche on Mars
A robotic spacecraft circling Mars has snapped the first image of a series of active avalanches near the planet's north pole, scientists said Monday.
Satellite shows Saturn moon might have rings
New observations by a spacecraft suggest Saturn's second-largest moon may be surrounded by rings.
Endeavour crew set to lift off, assemble robot
Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a "monstrous" two-armed space station robot that will rise like Frankenstein from its transport bed.
I-Report: Sights, sounds of rare nighttime space shuttle launch
Endeavour on way to international space station
Endeavour's seven astronauts jumped into their first full day in orbit Tuesday as the shuttle pursued the international space station to deliver a giant robot and the first piece of a new Japanese l
