NASA&#39;s lofty hopes plummet
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A NASA spacecraft carrying solar particles that were captured a million miles from Earth slammed into the Utah desert yesterday and cracked open after its parachutes
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NASA administrator Sean O&#39;Keefe, who has led the US space program through one of its worst tragedies and into one of its most ambitious endeavors, will likely resign this week to take a $500,000
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THE failure of the Beagle 2 space mission to Mars has been blamed on the lack of government funding and an &quot;amateurish&quot; gentleman&#39;s agreement that allowed a key backer to pull out of the project.
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Trying to save the famed Hubble Space Telescope with a robot would cost &#36;2 billion with just a 50-50 chance of success, an aerospace research group is advising NASA in the coming days.
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The end of January marks a somber time for NASA with the anniversary of the three major tragedies in the history of U.S. spaceflight.
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NASA's best effort to find a missing Mars space probe have failed, scientists said Tuesday as they began to lose hope for the 10-year-old planet-mapping workhorse.
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The third hurricane to hit NASA (news - web sites)&#39;s spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive
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When the Mars rovers Opportunity and Spirit reached their distant destination in early 2004, NASA scientists hoped the vehicles would probe the planet's frigid landscape for 90 days before they pooped out or were undone by the harsh Martian environment.
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NASA's best effort to find a missing Mars space probe failed Monday night, as scientists at the space agency began to lose hope for the 10-year-old planet-mapping workhorse.
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Sean O&#39;Keefe will soon step down as NASA Administrator. The formal announcement is expected this coming week. Where O&#39;Keefe will be heading and exactly when he will leave remain to be determined however he
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NASA&#39;s plan to send a robot into space to repair the ailing Hubble Space Telescope is unlikely to succeed, according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.
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Sean O&#39;Keefe resigned as NASA administrator on Monday, saying he is leaving the position he has held for three years to pursue better economic opportunity for his family.
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Parachute problems forced NASA&#39;s Genesis spacecraft to slam into the Utah desert Wednesday and may have ruined an expensive and delicate attempt to study the origins of the solar system.
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Sept. 6, 2004 âThe damage report isn&#39;t even complete, much less an understanding of the impact Hurricane Frances will have on NASA&#39;s wallet and scheduled return of the shuttle fleet to flight.
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NASA issued a more dismal forecast Monday for the planned liftoff of space shuttle Discovery, saying rain and low clouds would be moving in right around launch time.
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NASA&#39;s high hopes for a clean reading of the Sun&#39;s atomic signature seemed dead Wednesday after the 450-pound Genesis spacecraft came tumbling down in Utah, where it landed with a terrible thud.
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Vibrations in NASAâs new rocket may cause severe, perhaps fatal, injuries.