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Google and the X Prize Foundation kick off their Google Lunar X Prize, announcing the first 10 registered competitors.
February 21, 2008, 3:30 PM PST
Even in the cosmos there will be no escaping the ringtone as NASA and the British National Space Centre prep a mobile network for the moon.
February 19, 2008, 2:40 PM PST
reporter's notebook Long-awaited--and long-delayed--airborne observatory called Sofia makes first trip to NASA Ames, which had been expected to be its home.![]()
January 14, 2008, 8:50 PM PST
reporter's notebook The only team competing failed to complete more than two flights, leaving the challenge unmet for another year.
October 29, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT
The weekend aerospace event aims to fuel a new age of rocket tourism and orbital entertainment.![]()
October 26, 2007, 1:05 PM PDT
For the third year in a row, no team rises to the challenge of building a robotic climber and a vertical tether that could one day comprise a workable space elevator.
October 22, 2007, 10:40 PM PDT
NASA releases details about its robotic flyby of Jupiter, which rendered rare glimpses of the solar system's biggest planet and one of its moons.![]()
October 9, 2007, 3:24 PM PDT
special coverage The space race started with a little thing called Sputnik. Since then, the heavens have only gotten more crowded. In this multipart series, we take a look at the state of space exploration 50 years on.
October 3, 2007, 4:01 AM PDT
special coverage MIT professor Dava Newman tells how the form-fitting BioSuit will help give NASA a ready-to-wear outfit for the moon and Mars.
October 3, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT