SPACE

The founder of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) would like to see humans set up a colony on Mars in the next few decades.

For the first time ever, oxygen molecules have been discovered by Herschel in the Orion nebula, ending a 230 year mystery of oxygen's whereabouts in space.

Astronomers have found the first ever molecules of oxygen deep in space in a region of the Orion nebula with the Herschel Space Observatory, prompting searches to ensue in other star-forming regions.

Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans to launch its second test capsule on November 30 and send it all the way to the International Space Station, a company manager said on Thursday.

Astronauts looking for a breath of fresh air have two options: return to Earth or travel some 1,500 light years to the Orion Nebula, where astronomers have for the first time found evidence of oxygen molecules in space.

Scientists discovered oxygen molecules in deep space in a region of the Orion nebula, some 1,500 light-years from Earth. The findings, published in the Astrophysical Journal, are the same molecules that make up one-fifth of the air breathed on Earth.

To celebrate its 50th birthday, the CEO of the Space Needle in Seattle has announced a contest to offer a free ride with Space Adventures, valued at about $110,000, to one lucky winner.

Private spaceflight firm Space Exploration Technologies, SpaceX, which is preparing to send a space capsule to the International Space Station this November, will team up with NASA to send a mission to search for life on Mars.

NASA, which has sent men to the moon and space for decades, may have to shelve its ambitious plans of sending astronauts to further reaches of space beyond the moon - it faces nearly $1 billion in cleanup costs for the deep chemical messes it has left behind at Kennedy Space Center and other launch centers.

EADS is poised to step up a recent buying spree with a space industry acquisition in Europe that could rank among its biggest efforts to expand, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

Russian cosmonauts will undertake a spacewalk leaving the International Space Station on Wednesday to move a cargo boom from one airlock to another, install a prototype laser communications system and deploy Ham Radio's amateur micro-satellite.

Space Exploration Technologies, or simply SpaceX, and other private sector companies are vying to fill the void for transport to space after the U.S. government put the breaks on its own shuttle program.

Danger looms at the International Space Station (ISS) as Space Junk, mainly parts of old rockets and satellites, either abandoned or destroyed in orbit, is increasingly posing threats to the internationally-developed research facility.

Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke said, "The space elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing." Now that laughing has come to a halt, people can count on the years before Space Elevator becomes a reality.

Global warming predictions have followed UN models and trends in describing how Earth traps heat due to carbon dioxide. The increased gases and rising temperatures would create large amounts of water vapors to develop into clouds. Those clouds would trap larger amounts of heat and devastate the planet's ecosystem leading to the end of mankind.

Russian Space Agency Roscosmos went back on its words on Thursday after an uproar over a statement by agency?s deputy head, who said on Wednesday that Russia and its partners plan to sink the International Space Station in the ocean.

The updated version comes with a 3G-compatible Survival Mode.

The Russian Federal space agency has retracted a decision to sink the International Space Station (ISS) in the Pacific Ocean, after an international uproar over the plan.

The Russian space agency's deputy head Vitaly Davydov?s comments forced Russia?s space agency to back off from an international outcry on Thursday.

Two Arizona State University research teams have partnered with NASA's Johnson Space Center to strengthen the realms of space microbiology.

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