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Movie review: Little life on - Planet 51'
Just when you thought animated sci-fi couldn't get any worse than "Astro Boy," along comes the insipid "Planet 51" to blow it out of the galaxy.
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Joint efforts made to safeguard outer space security
Major countries around the world have stepped up their activities in the outer space since the entry of the 21st century.
Ex-USSR cosmonaut Feoktistov dies
The USSR's first civilian cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov, a crew member of the Voskhod spaceship in 1964, has died in Moscow aged 83, Russian media say.
Baby born while astronaut dad spacewalks
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.
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Ohio's Urbana University will display never-before-seen space images
An Ohio university is celebrating the International Year of Astronomy by displaying never-before-seen photos from NASA space telescopes.
Astronaut finally new dad, daughter born back home
An astronaut in space is finally a new dad.Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik announced the birth of his daughter Abigail on Sunday morning, after being notified privately of the good news.His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston late Saturday, Central Time.
Costa Rican creates plasma rocket to pick up space trash
Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars.
Capone says the animated comedy PLANET 51 is lost in space
With so many strides having been made in the last couple years in the field of animation , it feel a little bizarre to come face to face with a film that barely seems to be trying to break new ground.
Astronauts step out to replace antenna
Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis installed a communications antenna outside the International Space Station on Thursday during the first space walk of their mission.
Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency
A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?Curiosity about the complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news.
Cassini's Big Sky: The View from the Center of Our Solar System
When NASA's Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the Saturnian system.
Planet 51 Star Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth
Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth.
Watching a cannibal galaxy dine
This amazing image also shows thousands of star clusters, strewn like glittering gems, churning inside Centaurus A. Centaurus A is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years. One of the most studied objects in the southern sky, by 1847 the unique appearance of this galaxy had already caught the attention of ...
Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth
Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race
Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian
Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis last May.
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What's Up at Chabot: Full-dome show explores Mayans' astrological contributions
JOHN CUSACK MIGHT SURVIVE the end of the world in the new movie "2012," but if you want the real story of unlocking the Mayan calendar, experience Chabot's new digital full-dome show "Tales of the Maya Skies." Produced by Chabot Space and Science Center, the show explores the cosmology of the ancient Maya, their culture and contributions to ...
Will Arnett of 'Arrested Development' joins new space-based ...
Will Arnett is going to space, which has nothing to do with the puppet in this picture.
'Planet 51' puts a cork in humor
How might a kid a ' OK, a teenager a ' protect himself from that dreaded fate described in legions of sci-fi movies , the anal probe? If you weren't thinking "champagne cork," you were way off, according to the sci-fi kids cartoon "Planet 51." A genial but generic riff on sci-fi movie history, "Planet" has barely enough slapstick to keep the kids ...
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