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Water on the Moon
Evidence from three different spacecraft shows that the moon is not bone-dry as scientists once thought.
Practical Applications of Space Technology
Scientific techniques and discoveries made in the space program have contributed beneficial spinoffs used in other fields such as medicine, industry, and defense.
SETI@home Needs More Help
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.
NASA's New Horizons Makes Flyby
The New Horizons spacecraft swings past Jupiter on its way out to Pluto and takes some fascinating photographs.
Space Exploration Updates
NASA readies Discovery for liftoff on Thursday, December 7 and unveils a plan to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2024.
The ISS Grows
The crew of Atlantis will participate in spacewalks as they add trusses to the International Space Station.
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.