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February 27
- Satellite Collision Avoidance Methods Questioned After Space Crash
- Spot a Star Cluster
- North Korean Space Launch a 'Wolf in Sheep's Clothing'
- Space Dust More Pervasive Than Thought
- NASA Delays Planet-Hunting Mission a Day for Rocket Checks
February 26
- Commercial Zenit Rocket Launches New Telstar Satellite
- Moon and Venus Converge Friday Night
- Obama Budget Includes Funding Boost for NASA
- NASA, FBI Accuse UF Professor, Family of Fraud
- Mars Orbiter Glitch Stalls Red Planet Science
- Missing Asteroids Reveal Planet-Sized Mystery
- A Sliver of Chance for Life on Mars
- NASA Targets March 12 for Space Shuttle Launch
February 25
- NASA Names Chief for Launch Failure Investigation
- Lava Fractures Suggest Martian Floods
- Wandering U.S. Spy Satellite Prompts Continuing Concerns
- New Picture Goes Into the Eye of the Helix Nebula
- Space Solar Power Crowd Bets on Obama
February 24
- Venus Glows in Invisible Light
- New Search for Cosmic Inflation Mounted
- NASA Climate Satellite Crashes in Ocean After Launch Failure
February 23
- Obama Urged to Tackle U.S. Space Problems
- Natural Explanation Found for UFOs
- Space Firm's Outlook Hampered by New Rocket Costs, Economy
- Comet's Heart May Have Struck Earth
February 21
- Space Shuttle Launch in Limbo Over Suspect Fuel Valves
February 20
- Cast Your Vote to Name Space Station's New Room
- Europe Names New Space Truck After Kepler
- Record-Breaking Space Blast Spotted
- Cosmic Stage Set for Comet Lulin Show
- Two NASA Moon Probes Head to Launch Site
- Pentagon Official: U.S. Is Not Developing Space Weapons
- 'T-Minus' Launches Space Race Into Comics
- The Mystery Behind Real Flying Saucers
February 19
- Aging Mars Rover Gets a Power Boost
- Eclipse Seen by Moon Probe as Earth Blocks Sun
- NASA’s Kepler Mission Primed to Hunt Earth-like Worlds
- NASA Creating Online Multiplayer Video Game
- Out There: Billions and Billions of Habitable Planets
- What Finding Alien Life Could Mean for Earth
- Plate Tectonics Could Be Essential for Alien Life
February 18
- Discovery Suggests New Way Galaxies Might Form
- Bold New Missions to Jupiter and Saturn Planned
- New NASA Carbon Probe to Help Track Climate Change
- Asteroid-Bound Probe Zooms Past Mars
February 17
- Satellite Crash: Who's to Blame?
- Texas Fireball Likely Caused by Meteor, Not Satellite Debris
- New Model of the Early Universe
February 16
- Mars Craters Tell Story of Water and Ice
- Satellite TV Push Key to Eutelsat's Profits
February 15
- Debris From Satellite Crash Possibly Fell Over Kentucky, Texas
February 14
- Space Shuttle Launch Delayed Again for Fuel Valve Tests
February 13
- Meet Axel: NASA's 'Marsupial' Rover to Explore Craters
- Satellite Collision Reveals Need for Space Traffic Control
- Doorstep Astronomy: Spot 5 Planets
- New Russian Cargo Ship Docks at Space Station
- Ariane 5 Rocket Launches Four New Spacecraft Into Orbit
February 12
- More Details Emerge on Possible Mars Hot Springs
- Iran's Satellite Launch a Signal of Missile Progress, Analysts Say
- Economic Stimulus Package Contains $1 Billion for NASA
- New Observations to Shed Light on Moon Mystery
- Space Station Astronauts Informed of Satellite Crash
- Violent Carina Nebula Seen in Detail
- Debris From Space Collision Poses Threat to Other Satellites
- How to Search for Ice Age Aliens
- The Role of Sponges in the Galaxy
February 11
- U.S. Satellite Destroyed in Space Collision
- Designs for India's First Manned Spaceship Revealed
- Russian Proton Rocket Launches Communications Satellite Pair
February 10
- Senate Passes Stimulus Bill Containing $1.3 Billion for NASA
- Europe Extends Missions to Mars, Venus and Earth
- Star Emits Intense Celestial Fireworks
- Fountain of Mysterious Space Dust Found
- New Russian Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station
February 9
- STS-126 Mission Updates: Part 2
- Astronaut's Video Takes Shot at NASA Bureaucracy
- As One Russian Cargo Ship Burns Up, Replacement Prepares to Fly
- Former NASA Chief Says Ares I Rocket Two Times Safer
- Mars Craters Tell Story of Water and Ice
- Satellite Broadband Start-Up Targets Pacific Islands
February 8
- Modest Lunar Eclipse Monday Morning
February 7
- Stardust Spacecraft Turns 10
- Saving The Space Shuttle, Piece By Piece
- Huge Observatory in Andes Takes Shape
February 6
- Scientist: Keep Mars Pristine
- Launch Date for Shuttle Discovery Slips Further
- History Abounds in Launch of Crucial Weather Satellite
- Newfound Comet Lulin to Grace Night Skies
February 5
- Shaky Space Station Doesn’t Rattle Astronauts
- Hubble Photographs Strange Galaxy
- Beleaguered Japanese Asteroid Probe Headed Home
- The Enduring Mystery of Life's Origin
February 4
- Obama's Proposed Space Weapon Ban Draws Mixed Response
- From 'Trek' to 'Wars,' Part 2: George Takei on Star Trek
- How Amateur Sleuths Spot Satellites
- Valve Concerns Delay February Space Shuttle Launch
February 3
- Museum Soars 'To The Moon' with Snoopy in Space Exhibit
- NASA Weighs Excessive Vibrations on Space Station
- Mars Rover Spirit Back in Operation
- Scorched Earth: Small, Hot Planet Found
- From 'Trek' to 'Wars': George Takei on Clone Wars
- Columbus Space Lab Revives European Weightless Research
- Mars Rover Technology Yields Mega-Photo of Obama Inauguration
February 2
- NASA, Google Unveil Mars in 3D
- Firm Seeks $8 Million For Experiment That Survived Columbia Accident
- House Approves $600 Million for NASA in Economic Stimulus
- Back from the Brink: Broken Satellite Fixed and Ready to Fly
- Iran Launches Omid Satellite Into Orbit
- On Titan: It's Raining Methane
- Mexican Satellite Firm's Future Might Hinge on New Spacecraft