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  Amazing telescopes produce hot space images
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  Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries
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  10 Apollo-era technologies used today

• Amazing telescopes produce hot space images

  By Michael Cooney | 18 August, 2010 07:44

  Ground-based telescopes continue to produce some of world's important space discoveries

• Astronauts sky high on out-of-this-world twittering

  By Martyn Williams | 29 June, 2010 08:20

  The astronauts of Space Shuttle mission STS-131 are delighted by the response to their extra-terrestrial Twitter messages, they said Monday.

• NASA astronauts attach Russian module to space station

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 May, 2010 06:47

  NASA astronauts today successfully attached a Russian-built research module to the International Space Station during the second spacewalk scheduled for the space shuttle Atlantis' final mission .

• NASA's Discovery crew completes mission's last spacewalk

  By Sharon Gaudin | 14 April, 2010 02:50

  NASA space shuttle Discovery astronauts wrapped up their third and final spacewalk this morning after successfully attaching a new ammonia tank to the International Space Station.

• NASA's Mars rover starts to think for itself

  By Computerworld Staff | 24 March, 2010 22:40

  After seven years of working on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has been upgraded to allow it to make some of its own decisions.

• Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries

  By Michael Cooney | 23 March, 2010 08:44

  Big Bang: In the past month or so there has been a plethora of wicked cool discoveries coming from NASA satellites and space-watching missions across the globe. Never-before-seen photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Mars moon Phobos, black hole formation and a new exoplanet are just a few of the amazing images. In an effort to keep up with these rapid-fire discoveries, we have gathered together 15 of the coolest images of these hot space projects.

• NASA, cosmos community turn up volume on International Space Station

  By Michael Cooney | 12 March, 2010 04:49

  While NASA budget-keepers focus on setting future priorities for the space agency, many in the world space community is trying to turn attention to the benefits a mostly complete International Space Station will provide global science.

• For sale: NASA slashes price on used space shuttles

  By Sharon Gaudin | 20 January, 2010 07:17

  Looking to buy a new vehicle at a bargain price?

• 10 Apollo-era technologies used today

  By Keith Shaw | 31 July, 2009 17:32

  It's been 40 years since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched into space in Apollo 11, with the historic moon landing occurring four days later.