Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep (SPACE.com)
Seattle Team Wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Contest (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A Seattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build machines powered by laser beams that can climb a cable in the sky. Moon's Friends Say 'No' to Future Lunar Crashes (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - When a NASA spacecraft rammed into the moon in October, it tossed up a hard-to-see plume of lunar material. Mercury probe fly-by maps mysterious inner planet (AFP)
Station Astronauts May Take Shelter From Space Junk (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A small piece of space junk will fly uncomfortably close to the International Space Station late Friday and may force astronauts aboard the outpost to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats. Former NASA official sentenced to probation (AP) AP - A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client. Space Elevator Contest Heats Up (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Pull me up, Scotty. At least one team has qualified for part of a $2 million prize up for grabs in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build machines that can climb a cable in the sky – precursors for a futuristic transit system to space. Dark Horse Challenges Dark Matter to Explain Missing Matter (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - One of the greatest mysteries of astronomy is the problem of the missing mass: All of the matter scientists can see in the universe accounts for only a small percent of the observed gravity. Device Like 'Star Trek' Replicator Might Fly on Space Station (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Space explorers have yet to get their hands on the replicator of "Star Trek" to create anything they might require. But NASA has developed a technology that could enable lunar colonists to carry out on-site manufacturing on the moon, or allow future astronauts to create critical spare parts during the long trip to Mars. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AP - A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels.
SPACE.com - A small
chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the
International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the
astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.
AFP - The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said.
