Space Exploration
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The SETI@Home project is looking for additional people to run a program on their computers that may reveal a signal from alien life forms in outer space. more...
NASA's New Horizons Makes Flyby
The New Horizons spacecraft swings past Jupiter on its way out to Pluto and takes some fascinating photographs. more...
NASA readies Discovery for liftoff on Thursday, December 7 and unveils a plan to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2024. more...
The crew of Atlantis will participate in spacewalks as they add trusses to the International Space Station. more...
Voyager 1 to Reach 100 AU from Sun
Voyager 1, which was instrumental in changing the way we look at the solar system, will be 100 times farther from the Sun than Earth on approximately August 12. more...
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NASA Hosts Yuri's Night, April 12
NASA Ames Research Center open to public on April 12 for Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008. Party honors first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, and first space shuttle launch by U.S. more...
By: Erin Britton
Despite international desire to the contrary, there has already been cause to provide exceptions to the peaceful purposes reservation of outer space. more...
By: Erin Britton
There is a substantial body of legislation concerning the exploration and uses of Outer Space. more...
Regulating Actions in Outer Space
By: Erin Britton
It is not only Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty that regulates man's activities in space. more...
By: Erin Britton
Due to a desire to keep space peaceful, the Outer Space Treaty 1967 was created to provide a basic framework of international space law. more...
Keeping the Peace in Outer Space
By: Erin Britton
The concept of 'peace' has been at the forefront of space exploration from the very beginning. more...
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Paul A. Heckert
The space age began with the October 4, 1957 launch of the first Russian space satellite. Other Sputnik satellites and the first US Explorer satellite soon followed. more...
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