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August 29
- Mars Rover Leaves Crater for Martian Plains
- NASA Studies Shuttle Program Extension, Fall Launch Delay
- Dnepr Rocket Launches Satellite Quintet into Orbit
August 28
- 90 Days on Mars: Phoenix Lander Sends Martian Postcard
- Dead Star Shines Bright
- Rocket Racing League Tests New Engine
- Drilling Into Alien Oceans
August 27
- Stuck Pin Delays Shuttle's Trek to Launch Pad
- Powerful Cosmic Collision Creates Divorce of Matter
- Space Station Computers Catch Virus in Orbit
- Galaxy Surprise Sheds Light on Dark Matter
- NSF Taps Tiny CubeSats for Big Space Science
August 26
- McCain to Bush: Keep Space Shuttle Options Open
- Mars Rover Begins Climb Out of Vast Crater
- Doorstep Astronomy: Venus Shines Bright
- TV's 'Mythbusters' Tackle Moon Landing Hoax Claims
- NASA's Newest Space Telescope Renamed Fermi
- Mars Lander Digs Deeper Into Mars
- Scientists See Moon as Research Outpost, Training Ground
- 'Battlestar Galactica' Franchise Steams Ahead
August 25
- Melting Glaciers Sculpted Mars Gullies
- Giant Galaxy Cluster Seen in Early Universe
- Astronaut Biography: Michael E. Fossum
- Navigating By X-Ray Pulsar
- STS-123 Commander: Dominic L. Gorie
- New Planet Search Methods Push Tally Near 300
- Photo Shows Stars Born in Huge Cosmic Wombs
- Bigelow Aerospace Advances Work On Full-scale Space Habitat
August 23
- Space Shuttle Atlantis Beats Weather for Move
August 22
- Russian Rocket: All Fueled Up, But No Place to Fly
- Suborbital Rocket Carrying NASA Experiments Crashes off Wallops Island
- Mars Lander Samples All Layers of Surface
- See Trio of Planets at Sunset
August 21
- Report: More Support, Testing Needed for NASA Exploration
- Parachute Test Fails for NASA's New Spaceship
- How Stars Form Amid Black Hole Chaos
- Mars Lander Just Keeps Digging
- Dress Rehearsal for Mars
- Adopt a Scientist: The Makeup of Mesmerizing Mars
August 20
- Middleweight Black Holes Nearly Ruled Out
- Space 'Ropes' Hang Together by Threads
- Mars' Ice Clouds Eat Up Ozone
- How to Mine Martian Water
August 19
- Shock Absorber Plan Set for NASA's New Rocket
- Russian Rocket Launches New Communications Satellite
- New Thin Skin to Protect Tiny Spacecraft
- NASA Closes Florida Spaceport for Tropical Storm Fay
- The Storied History of the Word 'Planet'
August 18
- Tropical Storm Delays Space Shuttle's Move
- Huge Comet Discovered
- First Japan-built Commercial Satellite Launched by Ariane 5
- Sloshing Inside Earth Changes Protective Magnetic Field
August 16
- Milky Way's Halo Loaded with Star Streams
August 15
- Film Review: 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'
- Cassini Spots Icy Jet Sources on Saturn Moon
- Ariane 5 Rocket Successfully Launches Satellite Duo
- Film Review: 'Fly Me to the Moon' Launches in 3-D
- Space Plane Prototype Suffers Anomaly in Launch Test
- The Great (and Sometimes Serious) Debate About Pluto
- Partial Lunar Eclipse to Grace Old World Aug. 16
August 14
- NASA Gets First Image of a Mars Dust Particle
- NASA Won't Launch Fall Shuttle Missions Early
- Discovery Explains Why Asteroids and Meteorites Are Different
- The Summer Triangle: Target of Kepler Mission
- Titan's Ice Volcanoes Might Produce Stuff of Life
August 13
- Senator Says Russia's Actions Could Hurt U.S. Space Program
- Crane Accident Damages Malaysian Satellite
- Spaceship Could Fly Faster Than Light
August 12
- Shuttle Astronauts Eager for Risky Mission to Hubble
- Chasing Dust Devils from Earth to Mars
August 11
- NASA: Shuttle Successor to Fly No Earlier Than 2014
- 'Star Trek Online' is Ready to Beam Up
- Mars Lander Gets Another Sample In Oven
- Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday Morning
- Hubble Space Telescope Hits Orbit 100,000
- Cassini Spacecraft Revisits Icy Saturn Moon
- U.S. Senators, FCC Weigh in on Dispute Between SES and OnSat
- Microbes Could Travel from Venus to Earth
August 8
- Sen. Barack Obama Pledges Space Advocacy
- Astronauts Help Usher in Beijing Olympics
- Cassini Prepares for Monday Flyby of Saturn Moon
- Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12
August 7
- Pieces Coming Together for Next Space Shuttle Launch
- Study: All Planets Are Born in Killer Environments
- Clays Shed Light on History of Mars Water and Possibly Life
- Ocean Glints Could Reveal Alien Planets
- UFOs: Flying Emotions
August 6
- SpaceX Traces Third Rocket Failure to Timing Error
- Spacecraft Tracks Asteroid For Rendezvous
- Milky Way's Dark Matter Clumpier Than Thought
- New Gear to Boost Space Station Population
August 5
- PayPal Co-Founders Invest $20 Million in SpaceX
- Teams Set For Mock Moon Landing Contest
- Great Planet Debate: Scientists Could Overturn Official Definition
- Scientists Set Record Straight on Martian Salt Find
August 4
- New Data Suggest Mars Soil Not As Life-Friendly As Thought
- NASA Scientist: Reports of Mars Life Finding Are ‘Bogus’
- Industry Officials Predict Current Procurement Plan Will Delay Galileo
- Dark Energy Signs Seen in Giant Clusters and Voids
August 3
- SpaceX's Falcon 1 Falters For a Third Time
August 1
- Solar Eclipse Wows Airborne Skywatchers Over Arctic Circle
- Queen's Guitarist Publishes Astrophysics Thesis
- Rocket Racer Takes to the Skies
- NASA Now Looking for Life's Building Blocks on Mars
- Milky Way: A Night Sky Wonder