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Ebola: US tightens controls on international travellers
Following President Barack Obama’s call to boost controls on people entering the US, health officials say the country will impose stricter controls.
Space shuttle disappears in a puff of cigar smoke
Cigars were passed around, flowers brightened desktops and Nasa employees hugged, laughed and cried after the shuttle Atlantis landed one final time.
US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight
Three weeks after the 50th anniversary of the Russian who became the first man to travel in space, the US is honouring the man who followed him.
Endeavour poised for last liftoff
The US space shuttle Endeavour is poised to launch on Friday, for the penultimate flight for Nasa’s 30-year program.
In search of water, Nasa prepares to bomb the moon
Nasa is preparing a violent return to the moon on Friday as part of a mission to send a satellite and a rocket booster crashing into the surface.
Nasa launches telescope in search of Earth-like planets
The US late on Friday launched a space telescope whose three-year mission is to find Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy.
Martian methane, proof that the Red Planet is habitable?
Plumes of methane gas detected on Mars could be an indication that life can be sustained on the ”Red Planet”, according to a new study.
Scientists gather for debate on 21st-century challenges
Burning public health issues, cloned animals and the dangers of climate change will top the agenda at a conference drawing about 10 000 eminent scientists from around the world.…
Shuttle heads home after successful mission
Nasa astronauts prepared on Tuesday to bring the space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth after a two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour is scheduled…
Endeavour Astronauts prepare for first spacewalk
United States astronauts prepared early on Saturday for the first spacewalk of the shuttle Endeavour mission following discovery of damage in the spacecraft’s protective shield.…
Endeavour prepares to dock with ISS
The United States shuttle Endeavour prepared to dock with the International Space Station on Friday after sustaining minor damage to its external fuel tank during lift-off, Nasa…
US shuttle blasts first teacher into space
United States space shuttle Endeavour was blasting through space on Thursday, taking the first teacher there 21 years after the Challenger explosion ended the dream of another…
Nasa’s Phoenix will dig for water, life at Martian pole
Nasa on Saturday is to launch space probe Phoenix on a nine-month journey to Mars’ arctic region, where it will dig through ice for clues to past or present microbial life on the…
Nasa says it has found proof of existence of dark matter
United States astronomers on Tuesday presented the most solid proof yet of the existence of dark matter, a mysterious substance believed to make up more than a quarter of the…
Astronauts fail to fix stuck solar array
Astronauts failed late on Saturday to dislodge a stuck solar array on the International Space Station, setting the stage for a likely fourth space walk just to solve the problem.…