Topic: Manned Space Flight
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program
AFP Global Edition
A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel. "Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers -- 10 Republicans and five Democrats -- said in a ...
China chooses first women astronauts
AFP Global Edition
China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday. The women were part of a "second batch" of seven people who will take over manned space-flight duties from the ...
Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA
AFP Global Edition
The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday. "I think the real issue that the agency and the nation has to address is the expense," said ...
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