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September 30
- Space Crew Celebrates Movie-Watching Tradition
- NASA Probe Snaps Photos of Mercury But Suffers Minor Glitch
- Speeding Galaxies Distorted by Space Winds
- How NASA Hopes to Mine Water on the Moon
- Clown, Cosmonauts and Kids Choose Space Mission's Symbols
September 29
- Cosmic Rays Hit 50-Year High
- Launching Wednesday: New Station Crew, Space Tourist
- Magnetic Fields Guide Star Birth
September 28
- NASA's Moon-Crashing Spacecraft Gets New Crater Target
- NASA Probe Zooms by Mercury in Last Flyby
- Space Clown to Lighten Mood In Orbit
- Out There: Water, Water Everywhere
September 25
- Rare Space Object Discovered by High Schooler
- U.S. Launches Two Experimental Missile Defense Satellites
- Russia Delays Mars Moon Mission Until 2011
- Spaceship Prototype to Launch on New SpaceX Rocket
- Water Makes Moon Suddenly a More Attractive Destination
September 24
- New Device Tested for Extracting Oxygen from the Moon
- Moon Water: A Game-Changing Discovery
- Water Ice Exposed in Mars Craters
- Weird Ways to Search for ET
- Did Comet Crashes Help Spark Earth Life?
September 23
- Part of Planet Formation Possibly Seen in Real-time
- It's Official: Water Found on the Moon
- Student-Built Space Camera Photographs Earth, Costs $150
- Prospect of Water Ice Spurs Excitement for Moon Exploration
- Space-Based Vaccine May Go to Human Trials
September 22
- NASA Moves Up Launch Debut for New Moon Rocket
- New Views of Our Milky Way Revealed
- Radical New Theory: Black Holes Attack and Devour Stars from the Inside
September 21
- Surprising, Huge Peaks Discovered in Saturn's Rings
- Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Florida Home
- 'Big Bang Theory' Becoming Favorite of Audience It Lampoons
- How Mars Turned Red: Surprising New Theory
September 20
- Eerie Cloud Created by NASA Rocket Experiment
- Shuttle Discovery Begins Ferry Flight to Florida
September 18
- NASA Reveals Crew for Last Scheduled Shuttle Mission
- Moon Craters Could Be Coldest Place in Solar System
- New Satellite Launches to Boost DISH Network
- 'Extraordinary Results' Expected from Revamped Hubble
September 17
- China Includes First Women in Search for New Astronauts
- Planck Telescope Snaps First Images
- Space Station Crew Welcomes Japan's First Cargo Ship
- Tentative Signs of Water Found on Moon
- Buzz Lightyear to Get Ticker Tape Parade After Record Spaceflight
- On Top of the World With the SETI Institute
- Nanosatellite to Test Life’s Handedness in Space
- Japanese Cargo Ship Closes in on Space Station
- Sun Surprisingly Active During Low Point in Cycle
September 16
- Engine Leak Stalls Xombie Rocket’s Bid for NASA Cash
- Best UV View Ever of Andromeda Galaxy
- NASA Gives Museums, Schools First Look at Shuttle Artifacts
- Google Lunar X Prize Teams Taking Shape
- Lawmakers Give NASA Moon Plan a Boost
- First Rocky World Confirmed Around Another Star
- Strange Dwarf Planet Has Red Spot
- New Map Reveals Geology of Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
- Comet Outburst Spawns Mini-Comets
September 15
- Giant Cracks on Mars Hint at Ancient Lakes
- Doomed Space Missions: A Rich History of Planned Destruction
- NASA's Mars Rover Might Be Stuck For Good
- Longest Lightning Storm: Saturn Sets Record
September 14
- Japanese Cargo Ship Faring Well on First Voyage
- NASA Rocket to Create Clouds Tuesday
- Gotcha! Jupiter Turned Comet into a Moon
- UFOlogy: Aliens and Hucksters Among Us
September 13
- Team Armadillo Succeeds in Mock Moon Landing Challenge
September 12
- Space Junk Problem Detailed
- Space Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely in California
September 11
- On the Scene: NASA's Huge Rocket Test
- Space Shuttle Discovery Headed For California Landing
- Mystery Explained: Glow in Night Sky Was Astronaut Urine
- Space Burrito Recipe Revealed by Astronauts
- NASA Picks Moon Crater to Slam Into
- Shuttle Astronauts Hope for Friday Landing After Delay
- A Great Week to See the Milky Way
September 10
- Stormy Weather Delays Space Shuttle Landing
- Bad Weather Prevents Space Shuttle's 1st Landing Try
- Why Do We See the Moon in Daylight?
- NASA's New Moon Rocket Passes First Engine Test
- Japan Launches Space Cargo Ship on Maiden Flight
- Space Junk Forces Shuttle Discovery to Dodge on Way Home
- Japan to Launch New Space Freighter Today
- Life in the Dark: How Organisms Survived Asteroid Impacts
September 9
- Hubble Astronauts Awed by New Images
- Buzz Lightyear Sets Duration Record Aboard Space Station
- Astronauts Prepare Space Shuttle for Thursday Landing
- Hubble Telescope is Back: Fantastic New Images Released
- Japan's Space Hopes Riding on New Spaceship's Debut
- Twin Astronauts on Twitter May Meet Up in Space
- Clues Emerge Over Mystery Satellite Soon After Launch
- White House Panel Spells Out Human Spaceflight Options for NASA
September 8
- Shuttle Discovery Undocks From Space Station
- Shuttle Astronauts to Leave Space Station Today
- Photos from Revived Hubble Telescope Expected Wednesday
- New Pictures of Neptune's Moon Triton
- NASA Tracks Chinese Satellite Debris Headed Near Space Station
- Swedish Astronaut Shares Space Shuttle Sweets
September 7
- Astronauts Pack Up Space Shuttle For Trip Home
- Easy to Spot: Space Station and Shuttle Together
- Milky Way Expected to Survive a Beating
September 6
- Shuttle Astronauts in Homestretch of Space Mission
- Astronauts Outfit Space Station in Mission's Last Spacewalk
September 5
- Japan's First Space Cargo Ship Ready to Fly
- Astronauts Gear Up for Mission's Last Spacewalk
- Space Sights and Smells Surprise Rookie Astronauts
September 4
- Astronauts Take a Break From Busy Space Mission
- Mars Orbiter Glitch Stalls Science for Weeks
- Laser-Propelled Spaceships Could Transform Transportation
- Orbital Trash Buzzes Space Station, Shuttle
- Most Distant Galaxy With Big Black Hole Discovered
- Spacewalkers Install Massive Cooling Tank on Space Station
September 3
- Obama Administration Mulls U.S. Human Spaceflight Future
- Mount Wilson Observatory May Escape Wildfire
- Spacewalk to Go Ahead as Space Junk Threat Fades
- Kepler Telescope Could Find Habitable Moons
- Full Moon of September 2009: What You Can See
- 400 Years After Galileo: Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy
- 400 Years After Galileo: Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy
- New Origin of Life Proposed: Zinc & Zap
September 2
- Trash in Space May Force Shuttle, Station to Dodge
- Big Artistic Performance to Be Set in Space
- Astronauts Complain of Stuffy Heads in Space
- NASA's New Spaceships Could Tag-Team Asteroid
- 150 Years Ago: The Worst Solar Storm Ever
- Space Station Experiment to Hunt Antimatter Galaxies
- Nearby Galaxy Is Almost Milky Way Look-alike
- Engine Test for New NASA Rocket Targeted for Sept. 10
- Spacewalkers Remove Massive Tank From Space Station
September 1
- NASA's New Moonship Passes Review Amid Rocket Uncertainty
- Astronauts Prepare for Mission's First Spacewalk
- Solar Systems Warped by Interstellar Wind
- Wildfire Threatens Historic Observatory Used by Edwin Hubble
- Chinese Rocket Launches Satellite to Wrong Orbit