Dark Energy Search Could Aid Planet Hunters
space.com — In Europe, the Euclid mission is a proposed space telescope for characterizing dark energy, but some believe that it might be more attractive to funding agencies if it included an exoplanet survey. A similar collaboration is being considered in the United States. (Submitted by benb24) More...
Butterflies to Hitch Orbital Ride on Space Shuttle
space.com — Butterflies are slated to get another shot at surviving life aboard the International Space Station, when thousands of students join scientists in watching NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launch to the space station on Nov. 16 (Submitted by pwarnock) More...
Space Station Gets New Russian Module
space.com — Astronauts on the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of a brand-new Russian module Thursday, an orbital room adds more research space and an extra parking spot for visiting spacecraft. The module docked at 10:41 a.m. EST (1541 GMT), just four days ahead of NASA's own launch of the shuttle Atlantis to the orbiting laboratory. (Submitted by mmaine) More...
Thomas J. O'Malley, Dead at 94, Sent Glenn Into space
space.com — Legendary space industry engineer Thomas J. O'Malley, 94, died Friday evening, shortly after a phone call from Mercury astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, whom O'Malley launched into space in 1962 by pushing a button. (Submitted by adrian67) More...
Some of the Universe's First Galaxies Discovered
space.com — A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at just 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang. These and other galaxies from the universe's childhood could help shed light on the conditions that governed the early universe. (Submitted by benb24) More...
Building NASA's Huge, New Rocket
space.com — NASA's first flight test of its Ares I-X booster is only slated to last two minutes, but it represents the culmination of years of work by the rocket-minded ATK Space Systems in Utah and almost 1,000 other NASA workers and private contractors across 17 states. (Submitted by benb24) More...
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