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May 29
- Space Shuttle Atlantis May Begin Trek Home on Sunday
- Moon to Block Bright Star Antares June 6
- Galaxy Cluster X-ray Revealed
- Solar Alignments Cause 'Manhattanhenge' This Weekend
- Docking Boosts Space Station's Population to Full Size of 6
- NASA: Next Space Shuttle Launch May Be Delayed
May 28
- Virgin Galactic Completes First-Phase Rocket Tests
- Discovery: Even Tiny Stars Have Planets
- Chandra Telescope Spies X-ray 'Ghost' of Black Hole
- Race to the Bottom
- Search is On for the Light of Life
May 27
- Giant Balloon to Launch Sun-Watching Telescope
- See Two Star Clusters Near the Moon
- Exoplanet Phases Seen in Optical Light
- Romania Targets Moon with Balloon-Launched Ball
- Flagship Mars Rover Gets Name: Curiosity
- Hidden Radio Supernova Finally Found
- Rocket Blasts Off to Double Space Station Crew
May 26
- Opportunity Rover Passes 10-Mile Mark on Mars
- Find the Sombrero Galaxy
- Giant Moon Blanket Could Protect Astronauts
- With New Launch, Space Station Becomes Truly International
May 25
- Nearby Galaxy Mysteriously Missing Parts
- Intelsat Maneuvering Has Rival SES Rethinking Its Own Plans
May 24
- Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely After Hubble Success
- Bad Weather Delays Shuttle's 1st Florida Landing Attempt
May 23
- Shuttle Astronauts to Try for Sunday Landing
- Obama Nominates Former Astronaut Bolden for NASA Chief
- Stormy Weather Thwarts Shuttle Landing Again
May 22
- NASA Gets Out of Satellite Servicing Business
- Jupiter and Neptune Get Close May 27
- Weather Looks Doubtful for Space Shuttle Landing
- Stormy Weather Delays Space Shuttle Landing
May 21
- Shuttle Atlantis to Return Home From Hubble
- NASA's Lunar Orbiter on Track for June Launch
- Entire Region of Mars Likely Shaped by Water
- Spirit Stuck in 'Insidious Invisible Rover Trap' on Mars
- Earth Speaks: New Project Collects Messages to the Cosmos
- Probing Antarctica’s Lake Bonney
- Astronauts Prepare Shuttle Atlantis for Friday Landing
May 20
- Shuttle Atlantis in Good Shape for Friday Landing
- Astronauts Drink Recycled Urine, and Celebrate
- Astronauts Conserve Power for Potential Landing Delay
- NASA: 2nd 'Hubble Revolution' Starts Today
- Online Community Project Aims for the Moon
- Astronauts Take Time Off After Fixing Hubble
- Dodging Space Junk: Shuttle Looks Good So Far
May 19
- Hubble's Last Visit To Be Relived in 3-D
- Mars Hoax Circulates: 'Big as the Moon!'
- First Space Message Sent Using Mobile Phone Technology
- Mars Probes Team Up to Save Stuck Rover
- Astronauts Say Farewell to Hubble Telescope
- Space Littering Can Impact Earth’s Atmosphere
- Astronauts to Say Goodbye to Hubble Telescope
- STS-125 Mission Updates: Part 2
May 18
- Astronaut Searches for Life ... on Mount Everest
- Astronauts Give Hubble Telescope One Last Hug
- Major Space Telescopes
- Bounty of Space Telescopes Fuels Golden Age of Astronomy
- Astronaut Looks at Earth: 'It's Too Beautiful'
- Neutron Star Crust Is Stronger than Steel
- Hubble Telescope Gets Last Spacewalk Tune-Up
May 17
- Astronauts Repair Key Hubble Device in Tough Spacewalk
- Astronauts Use Brute Force to Rip Handrail Off Hubble
- Spacewalkers Tackle Daunting Hubble Telescope Repair
May 16
- Spacewalkers Make Tricky Repairs to Hubble Camera
- Astronauts to Try Complex Repair on Hubble's Broken Main Camera
May 15
- Astronauts Have Trouble Upgrading Hubble Telescope
- Bolden Reacts To Reports of His Impending NASA Nomination
- Saturn Scientist Dishes on New Trek Film
- See Moon Shadows on Jupiter
- Space Shuttle, Hubble Spotted Crossing the Sun
- Venus and Mars: Double Planet Treat in the Dawn Sky
- Astronauts Tackle Delicate Hubble Telescope Maintenance
- Stuck Bolt on Hubble Telescope Put Scientists on Edge
May 14
- Rivers Might Have Flowed Recently on Mars
- Astronauts Give Hubble Telescope New Camera Eye
- First Twitter Message From Space Sent
- Move On to Mars
- Astronauts Begin Spacewalk Marathon to Fix Hubble
May 13
- Chinese Space Junk Buzzes Shuttle, Hubble Telescope
- Hubble Astronauts in Space Junk Hot Zone
- NASA's Planet Hunter Starts Hunting
- Astronauts Grab Hubble Telescope for Tune-Up
- Italy Aims to Send Spider-Bot Swarm to Moon
- Shuttle Astronauts Close in on Hubble Telescope
- New Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
May 12
- Shuttle's Heat Shield Dings Appear to be Minor, NASA Says
- Astronauts Spot Small Dings on Shuttle Heat Shield
- Powerful Herschel Telescope to See Cold, Early Universe
- Planck 'Time Machine' to Study Big Bang
- New European Telescopes to Peer into Obscure Cosmic Corners
- Spirit Rover Stuck in Martian Dirt
- Hubble-Bound Astronauts Inspect Shuttle for Damage
May 11
- Scientists Hail Hubble-bound Shuttle
- Space Shuttle Launches to Save Hubble Telescope
- Launch Today: Shuttle Atlantis to Fix Hubble Telescope
- Hubble: The Telescope That Almost Never Flew
May 10
- Hubble Photographs Giant Eye in Space
- Weather Improves for Monday Shuttle Launch to Hubble
- The Hubble Rescue Mission: What Could Happen?
- Space Shuttle Cleared for Monday Launch to Hubble
May 9
- Saturn's Rings: Take One Last Look
- Hubble's Final Fix-It Flight Almost Never Was
- On Guard: NASA Plans Trio of Sun-Watching Missions
May 8
- New Forecast Calls for Calmer Sun
- Everest Trek: Going Where No Astronaut Has Gone Before
- Weather Looks Good for Monday Space Shuttle Launch
- Hubble Huggers Ecstatic for Telescope’s Facelift
- Film Review: New 'Star Trek Soars Into Final Frontier
May 7
- Russian Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station
- Obama's NASA Budget Draws Mixed Reviews
- Cell Phone Ultrasound Device Like Trek 'Tricorder'
- Star Trek's Utopia: Yes We Can!
- Saturn Probe Beams Home Stunning Views
- Leonard Nimoy Cried Watching New Star Trek Movie
- Spending on Space Tourism Booms
- Astronauts' Choice: Hubble Telescope's Best Cosmic Views
- Earth Life to Get Space Stress Test
May 6
- Rocket Carrying Ashes to Space Crashed to Earth Instead
- Star Trek's Warp Drive: Not Impossible
May 5
- Little Ice Age Unlikely, Scientists Say
- Hubble Telescope Poised for Grand Cosmic Finale
- Star Trek: The Real Doctor McCoy
May 4
- Tiny Satellite to Test Drugs in Space
- U.S. Military's Experimental Tactical Satellite Set for Tuesday Liftoff
- Fixing Hubble: Space Mechanics Set for Last Service Call
- Satellite Technology Helps Canada Patrol Waterways
May 1
- Glaring Rocket Launch Could Surprise East Coast Residents
- NASA Begins Job Cuts for Shuttle Retirement
- Hubble FAQ: Inside the Last Space Telescope Repair Mission