AlHijjah 14, 1436, September 28, 2015, SPA -- Mars appears to be flowing with rivulets of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that boosts the odds of life on the red planet, according to AP.
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AlHijjah 3, 1436, Sep 17, 2015, SPA -- One of NASA's two commercial suppliers, Virginia-based Orbital, faces an uphill struggle in resuming deliveries to the International Space Station, according to a government report issued Thursday.
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AlQa'dah 12, 1435, September 07, 2014, SPA -- A Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday to put a commercial communications satellite into orbit, Reuters reported.
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AlQa'dah 23, 1434, Sep 29, 2013, SPA -- NASA's newest delivery service has finally made it to the International Space Station, AP reported.
After a week's delay, Orbital Science Corp.'s Cygnus cargo ship pulled up at the orbiting lab Sunday morning. (...)
AlQa'dah 15, 1434, Sep 21, 2013, SPA -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has come up empty-handed in its search for methane in the planet's atmosphere, a gas that on Earth is a strong indicator of life, Reuters quoted officials as saying.
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AlHijjah 16, 1433, Nov 1, 2012, SPA -- Two spacewalking astronauts worked on a leaky radiator system outside the International Space Station on Thursday, just hours after barely dodging a menacing piece of orbiting junk, AP reported.
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AlQa'dah 24, 1433, Oct 10, 2012, SPA - Space station astronauts have snared a Dragon, AP reported.
The commercial supply ship reached the International Space Station on Wednesday morning after a 21⁄2-day flight from Cape Canaveral. The station crew (...)
AlHijjah 7, 1432, Nov 3, 2011, SPA -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, a $2.5 billion rover designed to assess that planet's suitability for life, arrived at its Florida launch pad on Thursday in preparation for a planned Nov. 25 liftoff, the U.S. (...)