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Now a set of experiments going up with space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station will test how exposure to the harshness of space might change bacteria during a simulated Mars mission.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 60's - The beginning of mankind's journeys into space]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19006/1/</link><description><![CDATA[On April 12, 1961, the Soviets launched a 27-year-old fighter pilot named Yuri Gagarin on the world's first piloted space mission.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costa Rica Creates a Trash Collecting Space Rocket, Will Offer Rides to Mars]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/135837/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz has developed a plasma rocket which could cut the cost of space travel by more than half, transforming the aerospace business and clearing the way to exploration for more countries, such as his native Costa Rica. For now, Franklin plans to use the rocket, called the VASIMR, as a a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shuttle Atlantis blasts off ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49760/1/</link><description><![CDATA[After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit Thursday with Europe's gift to the international space station, a $2 billion science lab named Columbus that spent years waiting to set sail.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Lands Safely]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/670/1/</link><description><![CDATA[This is Atlantis signing off...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA delays shuttle flight a fourth time]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/95598/1/</link><description><![CDATA[CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA delayed its first space shuttle launch of the year for a fourth time on Friday after failing to resolve concerns about a potential problem with fuel pressurization valves.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museum in Space?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/5241/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A blog post suggests that Hubble could be kept in a high-orbit 'museum' rather than being made to crash into the Earth's atmosphere.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far-Out Photo: Sunrise in Space]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/128891/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A new picture of a sunrise from space was taken with a handheld camera by astronauts Friday on the day the Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station during shuttle mission STS-127.<br/><br/>Earth's atmosphere appears as a thin crescent shape ranging from white to blue to purple, while the planet in the foreground is a black as the void beyond.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Space Exploration]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36315/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Oct 4th will be <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sputnik's</a>  50th  anniversary. Although it had its scary connotations, the dawn of the Space Age was also a hopeful event. Visionaries celebrated humanity&#8217;s long-awaited climb out of its cradle, and pragmatists soon savored the benefits of communications and weather satellites.<br/>   The evolution of the space program continues to be dramatic. In a decade or so, it will be hardly recognizable.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flight that almost ended the Space Shuttle program]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102772/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;I will never forget, we hung the (robot) arm over the right wing, we panned it to the (damage) location and took a look and I said to myself, 'we are going to die,'&quot; recalled shuttle commander Robert &quot;Hoot&quot; Gibson.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nasa loses spider on International Space Station]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82374/1/</link><description><![CDATA[One of two spiders sent to the orbiting laboratory aboard the space shuttle Endeavour last week was added to the lost property list after the crew checked its tank and found it empty.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space junk raises risks for Hubble repair mission ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/113752/1/</link><description><![CDATA[NASA now puts the risk for a catastrophic collision with junk during the mission at 1 in 229 - greater than typical flights to the space station but lower than the agency's initial estimates.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle take off - Photos by Twitter users]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/100198/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Dozens of Twitter members started tweeting their Space Shuttle photos. I learned it will be impossible for me to re-tweet them all. So I collected a bunch of photos from different Twitter members. Enjoy!]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bat Attempts to Stowaway on Space Shuttle]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/100015/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A small bat appears to be trying to hitch a ride aboard the space shuttle Discovery from its perch on the spacecraft's attached external tank as NASA counts down to a planned Sunday evening launch.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Shuttle Sabatoge]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29094/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A space program worker deliberately damaged a computer that is supposed to fly aboard shuttle Endeavour in less than two weeks, an act of sabotage that]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA['Mystery object' delays shuttle]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/512/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The space shuttle Atlantis has its Wednesday landing delayed after an unidentified object is seen floating near the vehicle.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space Curry - Now Safe For Sealed Space Suit Wearers]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/102576/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Indian space programme hit a minor snag when it came to the menu.  Many traditional dishes have side effects that you don't necessarily want in a confined space with limited breathable air on board.  The Defence Food Research Laboratory have stepped up to help create a more pleasant atmosphere.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salmonella in Space Get Even Nastier ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/102016/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists sent Salmonella bacteria to the International Space Station aboard two space shuttle missions in September 2006 and March 2008. The researchers found that when the bacteria were cultured in the microgravity environment of orbit, they became more virulent than those on Earth. The findings showed that the conditions in which the bacteria grows affect how dangerous it will become.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[January in Space Exploration History]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/8652/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Find out how aviation and space exploration have changed throughout the years, improving life for humans on Earth and in space.]]></description></item></channel></rss>