NASA Makes Shaved Ice on Mars (SPACE.com)
23.07.2008 18:06 - source: Yahoo space
SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has begun using a special rasp tool to shave off bits of the hard icy material on the Martian ground. Read more
SPACE.com - NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has begun using a special rasp tool to shave off bits of the hard icy material on the Martian ground. Read more
AP - The No. 1 need right now for some of the builders of the nation's next spaceship: Lots of No. 1. Read more
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) hosted NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of Agriculture Edward T. Schafer during the signing of a memorandum of understanding to enable the USDA's Agricultural Research Service to conduct plant related research on the International Space Station. Read more
NASA's Ames Research Center will award a Small 8 (a) Business performance-based contract, valued at $29 million to Al-Razaq Computing Services of Houston, to provide financial services support to the center. Read more
NASA has set media accreditation deadlines for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to return to the Hubble Space Telescope, targeted to launch Oct. 8. Read more
Contrary to news reports, NASA has not officially or unofficially been discussing the purchase of H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV) -- uninhabited resupply cargo ships for the space station -- from the Japanese Space Agency. Read more
The grants will focus on improving science and engineering education. Read more
Canadians in four provinces reported seeing a record number of unidentified flying objects in 2007, according to an annual report released by a Winnipeg-based non-profit organization that has recorded UFO sightings since 1989. Read more
A police helicopter crew gave chase to a UFO after it almost collided with their aircraft near a military base. The pilot was forced to bank sharply to avoid being hit by the mystery aircraft as the helicopter was returning to the Ministry of Defence base of St Athan, near Cardiff. Read more
A SHAKEN soldier told last night how he saw THIRTEEN UFOs spinning in the skies above his military barracks.Corporal Mark Proctor was among three squaddies who spotted the objects while out on night patrol.He filmed them on his mobile phone and reported the close encounter to Army top brass. Read more
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt was deputy base commander at RAF Woodbridge in December 1980 when patrolmen from the United States Air Force (USAF) claimed they saw a small, triangular shaped craft moving backwards through the woods before taking off. Read more
KING: Welcome back. Britain's Ministry of Defense has just released secret UFO files on sightings dating from 1978 through 1987. They include live, eyewitness accounts and the government's response. More files dating from the 1950s and recent events will be released over the next four years. Read more
The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report. Read more
An unidentified flying object was reported to have hovered over southern Gran Canaria early on the morning of March 14 and was seen by dozens of people on their drive to work. Read more
A photographer who stopped on a whim to take some pictures at night might have chanced upon a real UFO.The picture appears to show a mysterious object in the shape of a flying saucer. Read more
The number of reported sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in the UK has soared in the last year with people calling the Ministry of Defence with concerns about bright white lights, strange triangular-shaped objects and even alien abduction. Read more
Stephenville, Texas - In this farming community where nightfall usually brings clear, starry skies, residents are abuzz over reported sightings of what many believe is a UFO. Read more
A mysterious “flying Dorito-shaped” object which was seen by dozens of people just before Christmas has been spotted again – this time in the skies above Lower Gornal.The strange unexplained flying object was seen by residents in Wallows Wood, off The Straits, at around 6.15pm on Tuesday. Read more
British UFO 'sightings' investigated by a secret branch of the MoD are soon to be revealed and officials are braced for a torrent of inquiries Without warning, the orange UFO swooped toward them. Read more
As Japan takes a more active role in military affairs, the defense minister has more on his mind than just threats here on Earth. Read more
Japan's chief government spokesman has announced that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) exist. Earlier, in response to a question from an opposition lawmaker, the Japanese government issued a statement saying it could not confirm any cases of UFOs. Read more
"Dorito" UFOThe orange triangle with its three lights was seen over Wednesfield and Dudley by scores of people who phoned the newspaper after an appeal for information. Read more
Last week there was a report of a UFO spotted over Limassol town and since an earlier article on UFOs in Cyprus. Anthony in Nicosia shared his experience, "just last week at 10:10pm we had a sighting of a UFO while we were travelling in the Kyrenia area that lasted for two minutes. Read more
People across Sussex have been seeing strange objects in the sky.Strange lights were spotted in land from Norman's Bay, a UFO was sighted over Battle on Wednesday and a mystery light was seen hovering over Cross in Hand. Read more