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'Stop NASA bombing the Moon!'

Surreal Green werewolves launch anti-LCROSS petition

7 Oct 13:28

Star-watchers: Famous moon left half-smeared by dirty ring

'Irregular grindings' responsible, apparently

7 Oct 11:15

Super 'sun-hot' plasma rocket in fullbore bench test triumph

Ex-astronaut boffin's drive could reach Mars in 39 days

5 Oct 12:13

Black-hole sniffing 'laser combs' are go, say Brit gov boffins

Golden triangle mega space scope gets box-tick

5 Oct 10:45

NASA enlists schoolkids in Moonbase piss-recycler push

Simulated urine to be brewed from vinegar, baby shampoo

2 Oct 15:10

Pluto still a planet, says Ronald McDonald

Burgermeister defies International Astronomical Union

2 Oct 11:21

Cosmic rays hit Space Age high

Deflector shields activated, Mr Sulu?

1 Oct 09:25

Clown blasts off for ISS

Red noses all round for orbiting outpost

30 Sep 09:16

NASA retargets Moon-attack probe

Shifts LCROSS impact site

29 Sep 10:03

NASA: Tell us how to spend $4m pa on tech contests

Perhaps a prize for the best answer?

29 Sep 08:44

Oxygen-from-Moon-dirt passes vomit comet test

Air & rocketfuel can be made at lunar bases - or on Mars

25 Sep 11:59

There's water on the Moon, scientists confirm

Trio of spacecraft provide 'unambiguous evidence'

24 Sep 10:19

VTOL hovership in semi-successful X-Prize attempt

Alcoholic rocket retires with internal burns

23 Sep 15:29

Cosmic flashbulb effect caused by 'black-hole invaders'

Whirly star-gobble intrusions to blame, seemingly

21 Sep 13:59

DARPA seeks orbital wheely-bin plan

Must cope with rubbish up to 'derelict spaceship' size

18 Sep 14:49

NASA probe scents crusty bonanza in dark moon bottoms

Shadow icebergs of the lunar antarctic

18 Sep 12:10

Space shuttle Discovery lands after detour

Updated California touchdown

11 Sep 20:58

NASA fingers crash site for moon-impacting probe

'A nice flat, fluffy place'

11 Sep 19:59

Cruises on ex-Soviet space warships offered

Virgin Galactic? Pah - it's for poor people

11 Sep 12:57

Japan hurls first space freighter at ISS

No pressure, maybe

10 Sep 23:01

Heidemarie 'Toolbag' Piper resigns as NASA astronaut

Butterfingered spacewalker rejoins US Navy

10 Sep 13:42

Hubble back in form with stunning new images

I spy with my massive eye...

9 Sep 21:47

NASA panel: Human spaceflight in 'unsustainable trajectory'

Needs $3bn more for viable exploration program

8 Sep 23:49

Discovery bids adios to ISS

Undocking today, returns home Thursday

8 Sep 10:00

'Exomoonologist': NASA can detect forest moon of Endor

Possible multi-civilisation star systems too

4 Sep 15:29

NASA orbiter snaps Apollo 12 landing site

Intrepid Descent Stage poses for the camera

4 Sep 11:11

NASA sat snaps LA wildfire

City threatened by 'most intense' blaze in 10 years

2 Sep 09:45

Discovery pair prep for first spacewalk

Shuttle on its way with spectacular night launch

1 Sep 09:12

NASA suffers rocket fail 20 seconds from firing

Discovery delayed too and the moon probe navigation fails...

28 Aug 11:19

NASA scrubs Discovery launch

Rain stops play

25 Aug 08:55

Orbital skydives to follow inflatable heatshield success?

NASA steals march on Italian space-pod parachute babes

20 Aug 13:37

Soviet military-surplus manned spacecraft to fly again

Company acquires armed orbital stations, capsules

19 Aug 11:17

NASA: Extraterrestrial sample holds ingredient for alien life

Definitely not lab contamination, insist boffins

18 Aug 12:39

MoD stokes media-paralysing UFO feedback loop

Getcher old govment loony files here! They're luvverly!

17 Aug 11:17

NASA review: Forget about boots on Mars by 2030

'Difficult to do anything inspiring with this budget'

13 Aug 16:23

Stargazers spy retrograde planetary bloater

Bigger than Jupiter, and orbiting backwards

13 Aug 12:07

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