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July 31st, 2008
July 24th, 2008

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up:

FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist. And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24070088-13762,00.html

July 23rd, 2008

Manned spaceship design unveiled:

The first official image of a Russian-European manned spacecraft has been unveiled. It is designed to replace the Soyuz vehicle currently in use by Russia and will allow Europe to participate directly in crew transportation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519723.stm

July 20th, 2008

Today In Space History: Apollo 11 Landing

Today marks 39 years since astronauts first walked on the moon. Apollo 11’s Eagle lunar module touched down on the lunar surface on 20 July 1969.

Today is also the 32nd anniversary of Viking 1’s successful landing on the surface of Mars in 1976.

Today is also the 9th birthday of NewsFromSpace!

July 15th, 2008

Moonlighting NASA Engineers:

Moonlighting NASA Engineers Say They’ve Created a Rocket Better Than NASA’s:

By day, the engineers work on NASA’s new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design….JUPITER.

 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382261,00.html

July 11th, 2008

SPACEWAR?

The weapons of World War III
It will ‘be fought in the electromagnetic spectrum’
“The U.S. Army is convinced that the Russians have already designed ‘kinetic weapons’ and ‘directed energy weapons’ (apparently lasers) for ASAT warfare”….

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69079

June 30th, 2008

Buzz Aldrin: Invest in Nasa to beat the Chinese to Mars:

Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, has issued a stark warning that America must invest now in the space agency Nasa, or surrender leadership of space exploration to Russia and China.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2211940/Buzz-Aldrin-Invest-in-Nasa-to-beat-the-Chinese-to-Mars.html

June 19th, 2008

Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs:

LOS ANGELES - Scientists believe NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander exposed bits of ice while digging in the soil of the Martian arctic in recent days.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars