On the wake of the release today of President Obama’s massive $3.8 trillion budget spending plan one thing that has been completely cut from the line item is NASA’s Constellation Lunar endeavor, the next big step in space exploration which was to replace the 20-plus year old Space Shuttle program.
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NASA has given the green light for the space shuttle Endeavor to launch early next month.
Endeavour will blast off on February 8th on a mission to the International Space Station.

Before the space shuttle is officially retired, NASA is holding an internal contest to select the final space shuttle patch, according to Wired. Eight-five of the team who work on the shuttle designed patches, according to the report. The finalists have been narrowed down to 15 and voting has begun on the final patch.

Voyager 2, which passed out of our solar system two years ago, continues to send back data and discoveries about the nature of our universe. The probe is giving NASA scientists a look at the universe beyond our solar system and is currently 8.3. billion miles away from the sun.

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<p>The space agency launched an iPhone application last week that allows users to track current and future launches as well as keep up with the position of the International Space Station.</p>
<p> The app also offers users access to the agency’s vast image library and integrates NASA’s Twitter feeds, making it a one-stop fingertip-shop for all of NASA’s interstellar goings-on.</p>
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<p>NASA’s Swift satellite has sent back a stunning new look at our closest neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.</p>
<p>The newly released photo shows a high-resolution image of our neighbor in ultraviolet.</p>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mercury_new.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16679" style="margin:5px;" title="mercury_new" src="http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mercury_new.jpg" alt="mercury_new" width="200" height="302"/></a>After a third success flyby, NASA’s Messenger probe has set a course for Mercury.</p>
<p>The probe completed a 12,000 mile-per-hour flyby last week, where it lost some data due to a communications glitch, and then set course f

<p>The Mars rover Spirit traveled millions of miles to the red planet and has been sending back NASA scientists a wide variety of pictures and data.</p>
<p>But now it appears the rover may have come up against an obstacle it can’t overcome.</p>
<p>The rover has been stuck in the sands of Mars since May and yesterday NASA scientists said they may not be able to get it out.</p>
<p>“There is a very real possibility that Spirit may not be able to get out,” John Callas, the rover project manager, wrote in a status report yester