Google Alert - space

News 8 new results for space

Scientists and Space Tourists New York Times (blog) By KATHERINE SCHULTEN If all goes as planned, WHO may be "rocketing into space aboard a Virgin Galactic space plane — paying $200000 for about four minutes of weightlessness — before coming back down for a landing on a New Mexico runway"? ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Scientists get tickets to ride with space tourists New Scientist Virgin Galactic, founded by Richard Branson, is best known for its plans to fly tourists on suborbital jaunts to space. Now, it and XCOR Aerospace, another company with space tourism ambitions, have signed the world's first contracts to fly scientists ... See all stories on this topic »

Free up your hard drive space with DaisyDisk 2 Macworld If you've found yourself wondering where all your once-plentiful hard drive space has seemingly vanished to, a utility like DaisyDisk Team's DaisyDisk could prove invaluable in helping you free up long-lost disk space. Recently upgraded to version 2.0, ... See all stories on this topic »

SAIC Awarded Cybersecurity Contract by U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems ... PR Newswire (press release) MCLEAN, Va., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to provide technical ... See all stories on this topic »

The First Space Checkin and How You Can Earn the NASA Explorer foursquare ... GISuser.com (press release) Astronaut Doug Wheelock 'Checks In' From Space Station, Kicking Off NASA Partnership With Foursquare - Did you know that by using foursquare you can earn a badge similar to that earned by NASA astronaut @Astro_wheels when he checked into the ISS? ... See all stories on this topic »

Space station to receive its Italian float-in closet today Spaceflight Now BY WILLIAM HARWOOD A final US module will be attached to the International Space Station Tuesday, an upgraded supply transfer compartment that will serve as a permanent storage closet to give station crews more room. The Italian-built Permanent ... See all stories on this topic »

Florida's Space Coast Hit by 13000… MyFox Atlanta The blaze, fueled by strong winds and dry conditions spread quickly along the Space Coast in Brevard County and Volusia County, having started around noon Monday in the Scottsmoor/Mims area. Officials closed an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 95 and part ... See all stories on this topic » MyFox Atlanta

First US Commercial Spaceport Names New Director Space.com by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer After going more than seven weeks without a leader, the nation's first dedicated commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, now has a new executive director. Former civilian Air Force official Christine ... See all stories on this topic » Space.com

---

This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google.

Remove this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.