New date set for European climate satellite launch
(AFP)
 AFP - The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday said it had set the date of April 8 for the delayed launch of CryoSat-2, a satellite designed to see how Earth's ice sheets react to climate change.
NASA Lunar Orbiter Spots Old Soviet Moon Landers
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA's
sharp-eyed Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been used to locate vintage
space hardware lobbed to the moon in the 1970s by the former Soviet Union.
U.S.-Russian duo returns to Earth from space station
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
Cassini Sees Saturn's Rough and Tumble Rings
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The rings of Saturn are the most intricate planetary
decorations in our solar system, but are also cosmic gems festooned with unknown
red material and some tricky dynamic forces that shape them.
New 3D Film Makes Hubble Space Telescope a Star
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - The
Hubble Space Telescope has long been an icon of astronomy with $10 billion
spent over two decades to keep it peering deep into the
cosmos. Now a new IMAX film is taking that space icon and turning it into a 3D
star.
Soyuz spacecraft lands safely on Kazakh steppe
(AP)
 AP - Astronauts from the United States and Russia landed safely in northern Kazakhstan's chilly steppes on Thursday after spending almost six months on the International Space Station.
Astronauts return to Earth on Russian spacecraft
(AFP)
 AFP - A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday from the International Space Station (ISS) after 169 days in space, mission control in Moscow said.
Space Station Astronauts Make Frigid Landing in Soyuz Spacecraft
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Two astronauts, one
American and the other Russian, returned to Earth Thursday from the
International Space Station and were greeted with freezing temperatures and
snow at their Central Asian landing site.
(AP)
AP - NASA says Soyuz spacecraft with US, Russian astronauts has landed safely in Kazakhstan.
NASA Shows Ireland From Space for St. Patrick's Day
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - If wearing green and watching a parade isn't enough for you
this St. Patrick's Day, NASA has unveiled the emerald day's Irish homeland as
it appears from space.
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