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Buzz Aldrin Presents Stephen Colbert with Space Pioneer Award

By Staff Writers on May 4, 2012

In an on-air presentation by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the National Space Society (NSS)presented satirist Stephen Colbert with the 2012... Read more →

News

SpaceX Launch Delayed Again

By Tereza Pultarova on May 4, 2012

Issues with software controlling the automated spacecraft are responsible for another delay in the awaited premier launch of the Dragon spacecraft.... Read more →

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John Glenn to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

By Joel Spark on May 3, 2012

On May 1st, it was announced that John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, will be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The... Read more →

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Austrian Caves Stand In For Mars

By Staff Writers on May 3, 2012

In preparation for a future Mars mission, scientists gathered at the end of April in an Austrian cave called Eisriesenwelt or "the world of the ice... Read more →

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ISS Research Advances Cancer Treatment

By Staff Writers on May 3, 2012

Dr. Morrison with MEPS flight hardware ready to pack for the International Space Station UF-2 mission (Credits: NASA). Source: NASA Humanity is... Read more →

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DNA Damage Among Major Threats of a Mars Mission

By Tereza Pultarova on May 2, 2012

Crew training for 'Marswalk' at the simulated martian terrain of the Mars500 experiment. (Credits: ESA/IPMB). Russian scientists... Read more →