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5 Minute Newscast (4PM EST - 11/7/2009)

11/07/2009|FOX News Radio

5 Minute Newscast (4PM EST - 11/7/2009)The Power of FOX News on Radio! 4PM EST Newscast on 11/7/2009.

Space Junk

11/05/2009|SciTech

Space JunkPentagon starting to take threat of satellite collisions seriously

Beef, It's What's for Dinner

11/03/2009|Politics

Beef, It's What's for DinnerWhy is Al Gore still eating meat?

Hourly Update

10/30/2009|Latest Video

Hourly UpdateGet hourly updated headlines from FOX News Channel

Liftoff!

10/28/2009|SciTech

Liftoff!NASA launches Ares 1-X test rocket

Hourly Update

10/28/2009|Latest Video

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Giant Leap

10/22/2009|Latest Video

Giant LeapNASA's new Ares 1-X rocket set for launch next Tuesday

Ares I-X

10/21/2009|SciTech

Ares I-XNASA rolls out new rocket

Across America: 10/20

10/20/2009|US

Across America: 10/20Wild horse roundup in North Dakota; robber apologizes and prays with victim in Indiana

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10/19/2009|Latest Video

Across America: 10/1917-year-old crashes plain in Illinois; strands of Elvis' hair fetch $1,500

LATEST STORIES

Sweating the Space-Junk Problem

FOXNews.com| SciTech

Center. Satellites travel at 18,000 miles per hour, and this type of collision at such speeds could pierce the hull of the Space Shuttle . Following this collision, alarm bells went off in the Pentagon, which hadn't been tracking all that junk on a regular

Story|11/06/2009

An Elevator into Space? They're Really Trying

AP| SciTech

brought teams from Missouri, Alaska and Seattle to Rogers Dry Lake in the Mojave Desert, most familiar to the public as a space shuttle landing site. The contest requires their machines to climb 2,953 feet up a cable slung beneath a helicopter hovering nearly

Story|11/05/2009

Space Tourism a Reality by 2012

By Gene J. Koprowski| FOXNews.com| SciTech

that way." As NASA retires its space shuttle fleet in the coming years, these ..... satellites into space, or to the International Space Station (ISS). Here's just a sampling ..... transport crews to and from the International Space Station , the moon and Mars and is being

Story|11/05/2009

Space Battles 'Inevitable,' Warns Chinese Commander

news.com.au| SciTech

Chinese air force commander has said an arms race in space is a "historical inevitability," state media reported today.

Story|11/03/2009

Saturn's Equinox Leaves Rings in Long, Cold Night

SciTech

every 15 years, Saturn's ring system is plunged into a four-day-long night

Story|11/03/2009

NASA Probe Sees Changing Seasons on Mercury

SciTech

NASA spacecraft has spotted what appears to be changing seasons on Mercury and found much more iron on the surface of the small, rocky planet than previously thought

Story|11/03/2009

First Japanese Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station

SciTech

Station Monday, November 02, 2009 Tariq Malik Japan's first unmanned space cargo ship cast off from the International Space Station Friday as it nears the end of a successful maiden voyage. Astronauts aboard the station used the outpost

Story|11/02/2009

Million Dollar Race for Space Gets Exciting

By Jeremy A. Kaplan| FOXNews.com| SciTech

Dollar Race for Space Gets Exciting, Amateurs and pros alike tried to prove they can land on the moon over the weekend — and win a $1 million dollar prize

Story|11/02/2009

Faulty Chutes Led to Ares Moon Rocket Damage

SciTech

scientists still aren't sure what went wrong with a pair of parachutes that failed during Wednesday's Ares I-X rocket test flight, causing damage to the spent booster

Story|10/30/2009

Russia Hopes Nuclear Ship Will Fly Humans to Mars

AP| SciTech

capsules, developed 40 years ago, to send crews to the International Space Station . The development of a replacement rocket and a prospective ..... spacecraft to ferry their astronauts to and from the International Space Station until NASA's new manned ship becomes available

Story|10/29/2009