Lindsay Lohan and Father Fighting Again
	Lindsay Lohan may be one of the most narcissistic, shamelessly self-absorbed young actresses in Hollywood, and her once-promising career heading nowhere fast, however there is one thing that cannot be denied even by her harshest critics – namely that the thrice-rehabbed party girl has probably the most annoyingly controlling and fame-whoring parents in Hollywood. Lindsay's mother Dina – who only achieved a modicum of fame af ... [read more >>]
	19 April 2008, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

'Flying' Teachers - NASA Starts Learning Again
	NASA's space shuttle, Endeavour, flies in space at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour (24,000). It is the 22nd mission to the International Space Station and it was launched at 6:36 pm (2236 GMT) on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Teacher Barbara Morgan, 55, is the incontestable star of the second shuttle mission to the International Space Station this year. This mission is intended to be diffe ... [read more >>]
	09 August 2007, 06:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Entire Mission in Halo 3 Played!
	Not that FPS gamers and Halo 3 fans needed more reasons to scratch their eyes at the game� ... [read more >>]
	01 August 2007, 03:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

India Plans Lunar Landing Using Scramjet Hypersonic Space Plane
	The United States, Russia, India, Japan and China have all announced plans to send astronauts back to the Moon around 2020. India's space agency, although lacking the level of funding found in the US and Japan, has an ambitious plan for the next decade. In a statement made this spring by India's then president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the country wants to launch its first lunar orbiter, the Chandraayan-1, in early 2008 ... [read more >>]
	30 July 2007, 08:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Highly Controversial Mars Sample Return Mission
	There is currently an important controversy at NASA, concerning a mission that would return samples from Mars. While many NASA planetary scientists agree, in view of the huge scientific importance of the mission, some disagree, fearing that it will dry up money for other missions. The Mars Sample Return Mission would be a spaceflight mission to collect rock and dust samples from Mars and to return them to Earth for analysis. ... [read more >>]
	27 July 2007, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Japanese Moon Mission Indefinitely Postponed Due to Technical Glitch
	The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has just put its moon mission on indefinite hold due to technical glitch, in what seems to be a never ending streak of bad luck for the country's ambitious plans to get to the Moon. Called the Selenological and Engineering Explorer — or SELENE, the space probe was designed to take off on August 17 aboard the H-2A propeller rocket and later to land on the Moon, in a premiere ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2007, 04:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

When Will We Get Back on the Moon?
	On July 20, 1969, 38 years and one day ago, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the lunar surface, while in command of the Apollo 11 mission. One of the defining moments of human history, the event is best remembered through Armstrong's words on his first stepping onto the Moon's surface: That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. At the time, the landing was also seen a ... [read more >>]
	21 July 2007, 07:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Shuttle Atlantis Is Ready for the Columbus Mission
	Columbus is the European module for the International Space Station to be launched aboard Atlantis this year and is a science laboratory designed to be a part of the International Space Station (ISS). Named after the famous explorer, the 12.8 tonne is now completely outfitted and ready to enter Atlantis' payload bay. "The launch of Columbus will be a major landmark in European space exploration," said Bernardo ... [read more >>]
	13 July 2007, 09:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

This Sunday, NASA Will Launch New Mission, Toward the Two Largest Asteroids in the Solar System
	This weekend, NASA will launch a new mission, the Dawn spacecraft, which will venture into the asteroid belt to rendez-vous with two of the largest asteroids in the solar system, Ceres and Vesta. The asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, is the largest concentration of asteroids in the solar system, where 98.5% of asteroid orbits can be found. Ceres is the largest asteroid about the size of Texas, recently classif ... [read more >>]
	06 July 2007, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Company Sells Tickets for the First Private Expedition to the Moon
	Investing in space technology now may be similar to buying Microsoft shares two decades ago: highly profitable. It seems the next industry area to experience an economic boom will be the exploration of space and space tourism. That's exactly what a company called Space Adventures, headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, is proposing. It may be an investment for your own amusement, but the destination is worth every dollar. T ... [read more >>]
	29 June 2007, 08:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Samba and Tango in Space
	Samba and Tango are the names of two of ESA's four satellites in the Cluster mission that are now orbiting in formation, separated by only 17 km, the closest two ESA satellites have ever been. It is hoped that this tight formation will allow new scientific discoveries about the Sun and the solar wind. The Cluster mission is a European Space Agency (ESA) unmanned space mission to study the Earth's magnetosphere using ... [read more >>]
	21 June 2007, 12:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Spectacular Photos of Two of the Largest Known Asteroids!
	The Hubble Space Telescope has recently sent some very impressive pictures of two of the largest known asteroids, showing the craters and other spectacular features on the two cosmic boulders, that will soon be explored in detail by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Hubble is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. Its position outside the Earth's atmosphere provides significant advantages over groun ... [read more >>]
	21 June 2007, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

China Develops a New Generation of Rockets, Large Enough to Launch a Space Station
	China's ambition seems to be surpassed only by the number of inhabitants, when it comes to space exploration. The official state media reported plans to develop a new generation of carrier rockets having the largest payload capacity ever, able to launch a space station into orbit. China is the third country, after the United States and the former Soviet Union, to put an astronaut in space in a space shuttle "Made in China,&qu ... [read more >>]
	18 June 2007, 10:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

First Pictures from Venus Sent by Messenger Spacecraft
	Today, NASA published the first pictures of Venus, as seen by the Messenger probe, heading for Mercury. In a rehearsal for the big event of meeting Mercury up close, the Messenger space probe is swinging by Venus in a slingshot maneuver that will propel it towards the smallest planet in our solar system. NASA's spacecraft Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) is a mission launched Augus ... [read more >>]
	15 June 2007, 03:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Caution: Spacewalkers at Work!
	Yesterday, two of the astronauts on board the International Space Station floated outside to work on the retraction of the starboard solar array. They helped fold up an old solar wing and to resurrect a rotating joint that will make the new pair of solar arrays follow the Sun. Last week, two Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) walked out into space and climbed on the station to install deflector ... [read more >>]
	14 June 2007, 05:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Astronauts Train for Space Missions in Underwater Laboratory
	NASA astronauts are preparing for manned missions on the Moon and possibly even on Mars in a more earthly environment. An underwater lab provides the best and least expensive training grounds due to the increased density and lift force water provides. Located 18 meters (6 feet) under the surface, the lab is testing the astronauts' abilities to move around and perform various maintenance and medical tasks in simulated low gravity. ... [read more >>]
	18 May 2007, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Get Rid of a Dead Astronaut's Body?
	As usual, NASA is being thorough when it comes to absolutely every aspect of the space missions. As the first manned Mars mission is approaching (NASA planning to land on Mars in 30 years), the space agency has begun to think about some unpleasant, yet important, aspects of the mission that could take a few years, only the actual trip taking up to two years. For instance, when does a critically ill astronaut become expendabl ... [read more >>]
	02 May 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ESA Prepares for a Human Mission to Mars
	That's why, at the beginning of 2008, a crew of six will be sent on a 500 day simulated mission to Mars. In reality, the crew will remain in a special isolation facility in Russia. To investigate the psychological and medical aspects of a long-duration mission, such as to Mars, ESA (European Space Agency) is looking for experiment proposals for research to be carried out during their stay. The crew will be put through all kinds of ... [read more >>]
	02 April 2007, 08:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia