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NASA set to fly teacher, 21 years after Challenger

August 6, 2007 11:00:00

A teacher who walked out of the classroom she loved a decade ago to join the US astronaut corps is scheduled to fly aboard the space shuttle Endeavour this week on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).[MORE]

Tags: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, spacecraft, united-states

Phoenix space probe heads to Mars

August 4, 2007 21:00:00

A US space probe named Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, beginning its nine-month journey to Mars where it will dig for clues to past and present life. [MORE]

Tags: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, spacecraft, united-states

Queen guitarist's thesis out of this world

August 4, 2007 08:27:00

Queen's Brian May has handed in his astronomy PhD thesis, 36 years after starting it.[MORE]

Tags: music, bands-and-artists, people, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, united-kingdom, england