WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — A vast region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite images of the region. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran said it had put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time on Sunday -- a move likely to increase Western concerns about its nuclear ambitions. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has sent back the first-ever image of a speck of red Martian dust taken through an atomic force microscope, shown at a higher magnification than anything ever seen from another planet. ... > full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA has abandoned plans to get its replacement for the retiring U.S. space shuttles into service by 2013 because of a lack of additional funds and technical issues, officials said on Monday. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA scientists on Tuesday said the surprise discovery of a sometimes toxic chemical on the surface of Mars does not diminish the possibility of finding microbial life on the Red Planet and asked for patience while they study soil samples further. ... > full story
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NASA safety panel worries about moon ship design Aug. 11, 2008 (USA Today) — NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership ...
NASA: Shuttle Successor to Fly no Earlier Than 2014 Aug. 11, 2008 (Space.com) — NASA's first manned test flight of the Orion spacecraft that will replace the retiring U.S. space shuttles won't launch until 2014, a year later ...
Proven Safe, LASIK Goes Galactic with NASA Aug. 11, 2008 (Standard Journal) — Traditional LASIK has taken the public by storm as a way to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and the blurriness called astigmatism. But the ...
NASA revises its Constellation Program Aug. 11, 2008 (United Press International) — The U.S. space agency says it is revising its Constellation Program's budget, schedule and technical performance milestones.. . National ...
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