AFP - A Nigerian satellite heralded at its launch last year as being at the vanguard of an African communications' revolution has had to be shut down due to technical problems, officials said Wednesday.
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AFP - A Nigerian satellite heralded at its launch last year as being at the vanguard of an African communications' revolution has had to be shut down due to technical problems, officials said Wednesday.
AP - It's not easy holding on to a small bag some 200 miles above Earth.
AFP - Astronauts aboard the US space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station on Monday prepared for their first spacewalk of the mission after the two spacecraft linked up 223 miles (360 kilometers) above the South Pacific Ocean.
AP - You may have seen dramatic pictures of the surface of Mars, sent back by some camera-toting space probe. But have you ever wondered what it sounds like up there?
Reuters - A Japanese astronaut and mother of one has been picked as a crew member of the space shuttle Atlantis, Japan's space agency said Tuesday, making her the country's first mom to go into space.
AP - The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing.
Reuters - Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crew mates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system.