Provides the latest RSS feeds for Space Science News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Wisconsin Star.com http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/cat/89d96798a39564bd/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:13:36 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:13:36 -0400 30 On July 19, 2013, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be turned to image Saturn and its entire ring system during a total eclipse of the Sun, as it has done twice before during its previous 9 years in orbit. But this time, the images that will be collected have been specifically designed for something very special. They will capture, in natural color, a glimpse of our own planet next to Saturn and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215291440/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:00:02 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215291440/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This image shows a trio of galaxies often called the Draco group because they are located in the northern constellation of Draco. The galaxy on the left is NGC 5985, the center is the elliptical galaxy NGC 5982, and the bottom right is NGC 5981. Astrophotographer Terry Hancock and former NASA scientist Fred Hermann teamed up to take this photo. The image was released June 17, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215293741/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:49:39 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215293741/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); China's next phase of its moon exploration program, the Chang'e-3 would soft land on the lunar surface and deploy instrument-laden ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215293740/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:49:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215293740/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's Cassini spacecraft, now exploring Saturn, will take a picture of Earth from a distance of hundreds of millions of miles on July 19. NASA is inviting the public to help acknowledge the historic interplanetary portrait as it is being taken. Earth will appear as a small, pale blue dot between the rings of Saturn in the image, which will be part of a mosaic, or multi-image portrait, of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215293719/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:48:43 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215293719/scat/89d96798a39564bd science fiction series launches tonight (June 19) on Comedy Central, beginning the latest swan song for a show that's famous for coming back from the dead. "If it is the end, we feel good," series executive producer David X. Cohen said during a conference call with reporters earlier this month. "It will be our best 'last season ever' ever." ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215292376/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:43:19 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215292376/scat/89d96798a39564bd LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215290715/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:27 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215290715/scat/89d96798a39564bd Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war. Karzai says he has suspended negotiations with the US on what troops will remain in the country after 2014. He says he did this "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." The Afghan president's statement was released by his office on ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215290929/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:59:02 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215290929/scat/89d96798a39564bd By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215290346/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:46 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215290346/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215289779/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215289779/scat/89d96798a39564bd The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of its low-profile existence, stymied by Congressional in-fighting and its work at times censored by government lawyers. The ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215289780/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:29 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215289780/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Ahmad Jamshid - Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288835/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:13:29 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288835/scat/89d96798a39564bd authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288836/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:13:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288836/scat/89d96798a39564bd SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288983/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:48:55 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288983/scat/89d96798a39564bd The image was stark (AP) -- a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288984/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:48:52 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288984/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288029/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:48 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288029/scat/89d96798a39564bd China's first teacher in space Wang Yaping is in orbit and due to deliver a lecture to students via a video feed on Thursday, China Central Television ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288666/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:15:06 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288666/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Lynne Sladky - San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) and Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) collide during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Finals basketball series, Tuesday, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288055/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:09 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288055/scat/89d96798a39564bd BERLIN - President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday. A senior administration official says Obama will propose cutting the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third. That would bring the total number of warheads in each country to about 1,000. Obama is not expected to propose any timeline for achieving those ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288240/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:58:36 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215288240/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Lynne Sladky - San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) and Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) collide during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Finals basketball series, Tuesday, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215287151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:06:22 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215287151/scat/89d96798a39564bd Many Chinese newspapers also reported in March that Wang Yaping was born in April 1978, the same year as Liu Yang, the first female astronaut, was born. (Screenshot via NTD ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285725/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:13:09 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285725/scat/89d96798a39564bd Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin recently kicked off a tour in support of her seventh album, "American Kid," featuring the song "Don't Let Me Die in Florida." The album "was written to honor my father," Griffin says. It's her first collection of mostly new songs since "Children Running Through" in 2007. Before "American Kid," Griffin ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285571/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285571/scat/89d96798a39564bd Charlie Sheen sitcom "Anger Management." In a statement Tuesday, producer Lionsgate says the actress won't be returning to the FX comedy. The company says it wishes her "the very best" but has no further comment. Blair's departure comes while the comedy is about halfway through completing its 90-episode order from FX. The actress's publicist didn't ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285494/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:55:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285494/scat/89d96798a39564bd This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013 the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285521/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:54:24 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285521/scat/89d96798a39564bd The new class of trainees includes four women and four men. From left, Josh A. Cassada, Victor J. Glover, Tyler N. Hague, Christina M. Hammock, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne C. McClain, Jessica U. Meir and Andrew R. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215286098/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:55 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215286098/scat/89d96798a39564bd The U.S. space agency says its proposed asteroid capture mission takes several of NASA's ongoing initiatives and aligns them for one major mission. These chunks of ancient space rocks hold clues about the formation of the universe, pose threats to our planet, and present new territory for explorers. NASA's proposed asteroid mission is a logical next leap for the space agency, says ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284731/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:09:56 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284731/scat/89d96798a39564bd People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284534/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284534/scat/89d96798a39564bd New York Stock Exchange was foiled by the agency's surveillance programs. 4. TOP GENERAL WORRIES ABOUT WOMEN AND SPECIAL OPS Men might not accept women in units that have long operated as small, male-only teams, he says. 5. IN BRAZIL, COMPLAINTS OF A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING GOVERNMENT Protests grow, with demonstrators from all walks of life voicing a central lament: The government provides ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285328/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:48:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285328/scat/89d96798a39564bd Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285312/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:27 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215285312/scat/89d96798a39564bd Michael J. Holstine, business manager at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W.Va., tells NBC's Kevin Tibbles that the steerable radio telescope, which is the largest in the world, can "peer back to just after the big ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284352/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:41 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284352/scat/89d96798a39564bd 1998 qe2 will pass by at about 15 timeses the distance between the earth and moon. while scientists think it's a safe distance -- in other words, what could go wrong? probably best to stock up on can goods. the hurtling rock almost two miles long. they believe it is a remnant of a former ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284354/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:40 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284354/scat/89d96798a39564bd A Russian space capsule containing mice, sand eels, geckos, gerbils, snails, fish and plants returned to Earth after a month-long mission in space. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284353/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284353/scat/89d96798a39564bd A life-sized Lego model of a Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter arrives in New York City before heading to California's Legoland. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284355/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215284355/scat/89d96798a39564bd The Runaway General ") led to McChrystal's ouster, died in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215283475/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:54 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215283475/scat/89d96798a39564bd It doesn't take an Einstein to see that international differences can still crop up on the final frontier: Take the case of the European Space Agency's Einstein cargo craft, for example. Russian concerns about some potentially moldy cargo bags caused a holdup in the schedule for unloading seven tons of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281280/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:22 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281280/scat/89d96798a39564bd selected as an astronaut candidate ."Her mother's response, to scream so loud that McClain's stepfather ran out of the house thinking his wife had just injured herself, was rivaled only by McClain's. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215282082/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:19 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215282082/scat/89d96798a39564bd Colorado authorities lifted mandatory evacuation orders in the state's second largest city as a historically damaging fire continued to burn to the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281482/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:52 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281482/scat/89d96798a39564bd FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281220/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:47 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281220/scat/89d96798a39564bd Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281699/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:40:02 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281699/scat/89d96798a39564bd On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the space shuttle Challenger for a 147-hour mission. NBC's Robert Bazell Reports from Cape Canaveral, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281485/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:34:12 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281485/scat/89d96798a39564bd Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades. The eagerly awaited report by Congress' non-partisan scorekeeping agency said the legislation would increase federal spending in the form of benefits for those gaining legal status, but those expenses would be more than offset by a rise in the labor force, increasing ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281177/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:59 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215281177/scat/89d96798a39564bd Jean-Jacques Dordain, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General, welcomes Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French Prime Minister at the Inauguration of the Paris Air Show on June 17, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215282076/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:52 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215282076/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215282077/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215282077/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); NASA new astronaut candidates (from top left to bottom right): Josh Cassada, Victor Glover, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir and Andrew ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280945/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:54 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280945/scat/89d96798a39564bd Saturn is widely regarded as the most beautiful object in the solar system, and tonight you can get a detailed look at the iconic ringed planet through a powerful telescope during a live webcast. The online Slooh Space Camera will air a ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280944/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:54 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280944/scat/89d96798a39564bd Computerworld - NASA wants to find asteroids that could threaten Earth and figure out what to do about them and it wants your help doing it. The space agency today issued an asteroid-focused Grand Challenge, calling on scientists and citizen scientists to help in the hunt for killer asteroids. "NASA already is working to find asteroids that might be a threat to our planet, and while we ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280947/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:20 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280947/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Matt Cardy, Pool - British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference at the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279984/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:44 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279984/scat/89d96798a39564bd Scientists are expecting a very large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models. NOAA-supported modelers at ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280312/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:07 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280312/scat/89d96798a39564bd Mosaic of Saturn seen in eclipse in September 2006. Earth is the bright dot just inside the F ring at upper left. (CICLOPS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI) Citizens of Earth, get ready for your Cassini close-up: once again the spacecraft is preparing to capture images of Saturn positioned between it and the Sun, allowing for incredible views of the ring system and its atmosphere — and also a tiny ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280949/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:06 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280949/scat/89d96798a39564bd Danish toymaker Lego says it will produce a version of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover requested in an online vote by customers. The rover was selected from a number of candidate creations that passed 10,000 votes on Lego's Cuusoo website, CNET reported Tuesday. "The product aligns well with the Lego Group's mission to 'inspire and develop the builders of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280408/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:48 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280408/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This false-color image of cloud features seen on Venus by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) on the European Space Agency's Venus Express. The image was captured from a distance of 30,000 km on December 8, 2011. Venus Express has been in orbit around the planet since ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279755/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:38:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279755/scat/89d96798a39564bd IN CHARGE IN THE CHAIR: iPortal from Kiwi company Dynamic Controls lets those who use a powered wheelchair connect up their iPhone or iPad to the chair then use the chair's joystick, switch or head array to control the phone. Users can browse the web, make phonecalls and use other apps, along with seeing key information about their chair, such as seating and battery capacity. It's all go in the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280948/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:00 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215280948/scat/89d96798a39564bd Vice President Joe Biden (Fernando Vergara/AP) Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, seeking to revive efforts to pass gun-reform legislation in Congress, warned lawmakers opposed to reform that Americans aren't on their side. "The country has changed" since the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Biden said during remarks delivered on Tuesday ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278726/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:22:59 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278726/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA announced that eight new astronauts would be joining the U.S. space program. Of the eight new recruits, four are women--marking the first time NASA has selected an equal number of men and women for an incoming astronaut class. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279727/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:41 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279727/scat/89d96798a39564bd giving the Earth a close miss , no ‘doomsday’ asteroids have yet been found. That doesn’t mean they aren’t out there, though, hurdling toward Earth with the potential to end life as we know it. With that in mind, NASA this week issued a ';Grand Challenge'; to find ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279756/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:11 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279756/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – NASA wants to send a manned mission to an asteroid as early as 2021 but needs help from citizen scientists around the world to identify a suitable space rock to land on and explore, the US space agency said Tuesday. NASA scientists and space flight veterans invited everyone from students in Siberia to companies in Cleveland to submit ideas for ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279752/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:08:51 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279752/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA says it is instituting a "Grand Challenge," with the goal of finding all asteroid threats to human populations and deciding what to do about them. Complementing the recently announced mission to redirect an asteroid and send humans to study it, the initiative will use multidisciplinary collaborations and a variety of partnerships with other government agencies, international ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279757/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:50 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279757/scat/89d96798a39564bd A European spacecraft gathering the most detailed record of cloud motion in the atmosphere of Venus has found the planet's winds are getting faster. The European Space Agency Venus Express has been studying the planet well known for its curious super-rotating atmosphere, which whips around the planet once every four Earth days, while the planet itself only rotates once every 243 Earth days. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279758/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:49 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215279758/scat/89d96798a39564bd JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Christina Hammock is realizing a dream she has had since she was a 6-year-old growing up on the North Carolina coast. The 34-year-old Jacksonville native, who has undergraduate and graduate degrees from North Carolina State, is among eight candidates selected to begin astronaut training by NASA. Hammock, currently assigned to National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278232/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278232/scat/89d96798a39564bd Umm Satta grieves for her slain college student son, Sattar Jabbar, near Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near the Shiite mosque, Iraqi officials said. Most of the casualties were among students from a nearby Imam al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies. Police officials said the university's Shiite ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277705/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:13 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277705/scat/89d96798a39564bd An artist's conception shows a robotic probe, powered by a solar electric propulsion system, closing in to corral an asteroid. NASA is aiming to send out such a probe in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278480/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:28:09 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278480/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA has picked eight Americans, a mix of scientists and military pilots, to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 49 active astronauts at the agency's astronaut corps at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.The new U.S. space travelers, which NASA unveiled Monday, could be ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278481/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:28:00 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278481/scat/89d96798a39564bd The European Space Agency (ESA) has given final approval for the construction of a new space telescope that will map the geometry of the dark elements of the universe to an unprecedented accuracy. The high-tech Euclid telescope is scheduled to launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in 2020 and will assist scientists in their search for dark energy ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278482/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:25:37 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278482/scat/89d96798a39564bd By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have for months been trying to take Kweiras and two ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278281/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:19:10 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278281/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Reuters/Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron (R), Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan (2nd R), U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto walk together during the G8 Summit ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278483/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:51 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278483/scat/89d96798a39564bd After months of delays, the Taliban opened a political office in the Qatari capital of Doha, paving the way for talks to begin. The decision was a reversal of months of failed efforts to start peace talks while Taliban militants intensified a campaign targeting urban centers and government ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278346/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:58:42 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215278346/scat/89d96798a39564bd There may be killer asteroids headed for Earth, and NASA has decided to do something about it. The space agency announced a new "Grand Challenge" today (June 18) to find all dangerous space rocks and figure out how to stop them from destroying Earth. The new mission builds on projects already underway at NASA, including a plan ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277196/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277196/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); Two astronauts from a NASA Orion spacecraft venture on a spacewalk to explore an asteroid's surface and collect samples in this still from a video depicting the agency's Asteroid Retrieval and Utilization ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277197/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277197/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's audacious plan to grab an asteroid and park it near the moon is short on candidate space rocks at the moment, one researcher says. It's possible that not a single known object meets the current criteria of ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277199/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:20 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277199/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This sky map for shows the location of Saturn, Spica and Arcturus in the night sky for June 18, 2013. The trio form a cosmic triangle in the northern summer ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277198/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:20 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277198/scat/89d96798a39564bd Laser shots that harness a million watts of power for about five one-billionths of a second were fired by MSL's ChemCam instrument into a soil target named 'Sutton Inlier'. Sixteen frames from the 20 minutes experiment are ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277200/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277200/scat/89d96798a39564bd The 2013 astronaut candidate class comes from the second largest number of applications NASA has received -- more than 6,000. Half of the selectees are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected for a class. The group will receive a wide array of technical training at space centers and remote locations around the globe to prepare for missions to ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277201/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:20:34 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277201/scat/89d96798a39564bd SEATTLE — A U.S. Army major from Spokane has been named one of NASA's eight new astronaut trainees. KING-TV reports ( http://www.king5.com) 34-year-old Anne C. McClain is a graduate of West Point and a helicopter pilot. She also recently graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. NASA announced Monday she will start her training in August with seven others, including three ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215276931/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:24 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215276931/scat/89d96798a39564bd ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders took a united stance Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement to forge a "united, inclusive and democratic" government - but couldn't agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215276353/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:45 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215276353/scat/89d96798a39564bd A digital all-sky mosaic of our view of the Milky Way from Earth, assembled from more than 3,000 individual CCD frames. Credit: Axel Mellinger. Waller’s book is designed as a reference guide for those with a serious interest in astronomy, but who perhaps are just starting to think about taking it in school. Another audience could be the serious amateur astronomer wanting to understand more ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277203/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:20 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277203/scat/89d96798a39564bd Over the past six years wind speeds in Venus’ southern atmosphere have been steadily rising (ESA) High-altitude winds on neighboring Venus have long been known to be quite speedy, whipping sulfuric-acid-laden clouds around ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277204/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:19 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215277204/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); NASA new astronaut candidates (from top left to bottom right): Josh Cassada, Victor Glover, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir and Andrew ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215275823/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:18 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215275823/scat/89d96798a39564bd Space Mission control has instructed the crewmembers of the International Space Station (ISS) to open the hatches of the recently docked ATV-4 unmanned cargo spaceship and carry out disinfection procedures, over fears of mold and bacteria contamination. The ATV-4 (the fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle) was launched from the Kourou space center in French Guyana on June 5, and docked with ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274783/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:01:06 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274783/scat/89d96798a39564bd Great Daylight Comet of 1910 present themselves seemingly without warning and put on memorable displays. Others, such as the infamous Comet Kohoutek ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215275824/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:23 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215275824/scat/89d96798a39564bd a hearing on 19 June . Whatever the outcome, the overall training plans for the new astronaut corps will mostly stay the same, says Ellen Ochoa, director of the Johnson Space Center. Existing plans are already designed to teach astronauts how to prepare for a mission to ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215275819/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:22 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215275819/scat/89d96798a39564bd Swiss Space Systems is developing a new private space shuttle designed to fly unmanned, and eventually manned, flights to suborbital space. See how aerospace veteran Thales Alenia Space will build the habitable section ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274335/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:09:13 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274335/scat/89d96798a39564bd The end of the beginning ," the White House on Tuesday announced plans for direct talks with Afghanistan's Taliban militia, but cautioned against expecting any quick breakthrough that might speed the end of America's longest war. Among the likely items on the agenda: The return of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, held captive by the Taliban-allied Haqqani network since 2009. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215273071/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:08 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215273071/scat/89d96798a39564bd war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in Qatar. American officials with the Obama administration said the office in the Qatari capital of Doha was the first step toward the ultimate U.S.-Afghan goal of a ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215273072/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:07 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215273072/scat/89d96798a39564bd Image Credit: Lawrence Sromovsky, (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison), Keck Observatory As Uranus speeds in its orbit in the solar system, there are three large space rocks that are in lockstep with the gas giant, according to new simulations. Two of them are wobbling in unstable ';horseshoe'; orbits near Uranus, while the third is in a more reliable Trojan orbit that is always 60 degrees in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274336/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:29 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274336/scat/89d96798a39564bd Kepler space telescope may instead be entering early retirement, spending its golden years seeking out planets with a gravitational magnifying ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274330/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:34:54 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215274330/scat/89d96798a39564bd In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, one of two initial U.S. Air Force SR-71A reconnaissance aircraft that was retired from operational service and loaned to NASA for high-speed research programs arrives at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California in January of 1990. The aircraft deployed its drag chute even before its nose gear touches the runway at the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272763/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:02:42 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272763/scat/89d96798a39564bd The contorted object captured by Hubble in this cool space wallpaper is IRAS 22491-1808, also known as the South America Galaxy. It is an ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) that emits a huge amount of light at infrared wavelengths. The reason for this intense infrared emission lies in an episode of strong star formation activity, which was set off by a collision between two interacting ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272762/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:02:42 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272762/scat/89d96798a39564bd President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Monday, June 17, 2013. Obama and Putin discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria during their bilateral ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215271524/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:40 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215271524/scat/89d96798a39564bd political office Tuesday in Doha as a stepping stone to full Taliban renouncement of al-Qaida. In Doha, a Qatari official confirmed that the Taliban office was open. The administration officials say the U.S. and Taliban representatives will hold bilateral meetings, then it is expected that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council will follow up with its own talks a few days ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272764/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272764/scat/89d96798a39564bd Fireworks and the quarter Moon seen over the skies of Pisa, Italy on June 16, 2013. Credit and copyright: Giuseppe Petricca. This lovely image of the Moon with fireworks exploding nearby in the sky was taken by astrophotgrapher Giuseppe Petricca over the weekend. ';In Pisa, it was the Patron Saint’s Day, and I managed to catch fireworks, launched from the middle of the river Arno, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272765/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:48 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215272765/scat/89d96798a39564bd PESHAWAR, Pakistan -; A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 27 people. Among those killed was a newly-elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215270624/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:55:53 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215270624/scat/89d96798a39564bd To celebrate the latest honour for the Curiosity Mars rover - immortality in Lego - New Scientist presents the pick of space probe models from Mars and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215271292/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:32:46 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215271292/scat/89d96798a39564bd Nasa 's newest astronaut class, a group that includes the highest number of women since the program began more than 50 years ago, have been speaking about their selection.The agency's 21st astronaut class, announced on Monday, includes four women and four men, who made it through a pool of 6,100 applicants, the largest ever. Those who make it through the program will have the ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215270498/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:31:12 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215270498/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON -; The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday lawmakers are worried about the possibility of further disclosures about the government's sweeping electronic surveillance and the impact that could have on efforts to combat ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215269004/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:51:43 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215269004/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); This artist's illustration shows the European Space Agency's infrared Herschel Space Obsevatory set against a background image of the Vela C star-forming region. The space telescope launched in 2009 and ended its mission in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215269980/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215269980/scat/89d96798a39564bd BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 24 people and wounding 52, Iraqi officials ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215269262/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:12:22 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215269262/scat/89d96798a39564bd NASA's 2013 class of astronauts include a diverse group of people from a variety of backgrounds. Get to know the newest batch of U.S. space travelers in this SPACE.com ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268755/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:48:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268755/scat/89d96798a39564bd '); Artist Stephan Martiniere, who created this vision of future space travel, will judge the first-ever FarMaker Interstellar Speed Sketch contest at the Starship Congress conference on interstellar ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268756/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:48:21 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268756/scat/89d96798a39564bd WASHINGTON -; The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267863/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:48:07 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267863/scat/89d96798a39564bd São Paulo - More than one hundred thousand demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities yesterday in a growing protest movement that is tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The marches blocked streets and halted traffic in at least cities, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268216/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:20 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268216/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Allauddin Khan - FILE - In this Thursday, June 13, 2013 file photo, Afghan National Army soldiers stand in position, in the Sangin district of Kandahar province southern Afghanistan. ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267890/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:32:39 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267890/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Rahmat Gul - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul, ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267891/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:32:38 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267891/scat/89d96798a39564bd NEW YORK - In 18 years, messages beamed out into space from Earth by a new alien-messaging project Monday (June 17) will reach a distant star system known as Gliese 526. Officials with ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268752/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:26:25 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268752/scat/89d96798a39564bd ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268108/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:08:44 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215268108/scat/89d96798a39564bd Thirty years ago Tuesday, Sally Ride became the first woman to fly in space. She was aboard the shuttle Challenger. Less than three years later, it would explode on takeoff, killing seven crew ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267641/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:42:22 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267641/scat/89d96798a39564bd Washington, June 18 : NASA announced Monday that it has selected its first new contingent of potential astronauts in four years and half of them are ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267642/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:42:01 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215267642/scat/89d96798a39564bd Obama and Putin met privately at the G8 summit to talk about pressing security issues and agreed to work together to protect, control and account ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215266874/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:29:33 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215266874/scat/89d96798a39564bd An estimated 100,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of eight different Brazilian cities, venting frustrations over poor transportation, health services, education and security despite heavy taxes. (June ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215266499/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:39:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215266499/scat/89d96798a39564bd LOS ANGELES, June 18. /ITAR-TASS reporter Alexandra Urusova /. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration / NASA / has chosen eight Americans that will be able to participate in the first mission to Mars by 2020, as said in a statement of NASA on Monday. "The new space explorers are inspired by our scientific experiments that are carried out on the International Space Station," ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215265647/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:31:57 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215265647/scat/89d96798a39564bd abortion wars return to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. The legislation expected to pass the Republican-controlled House as early as Tuesday has no chance of becoming law in the near future: The Democratic-led Senate will ignore it and ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215264973/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:21:30 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215264973/scat/89d96798a39564bd School officials say the team designed a robot that they operated with a remote control to test its durability and precision on a terrain that mimicked another planet’s ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215265459/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:08:00 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215265459/scat/89d96798a39564bd Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the federal government is to start the training of local astronauts for space travel by 2015. Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Ita Ewa, Monday announced the government's intention to train astronauts for space travel while giving a report of the achievements of his ministry in the past two years, at a press conference in Abuja. Ewa who ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215265162/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:05:10 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215265162/scat/89d96798a39564bd View Photo Associated Press/Bebeto Matthews - City council candidate Mel Wymore, center, talks with Leah Gunn Barrett, right, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV) executive director, following a gun law rally on ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215264056/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:17:13 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215264056/scat/89d96798a39564bd KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security around the country from the U.S.-led NATO coalition.The handover of responsibility on Tuesday marks a significant milestone in the nearly 12-year war and marks a turning point for American and NATO military forces, which will now move entirely into a supporting role. It ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215263460/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:25:17 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215263460/scat/89d96798a39564bd On Monday, NASA introduced eight new astronaut candidates - four women and four men - who will "help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system," NASA said. "This is the first class in three years, and the 21st overall in our nation’s nearly 55-year journey in space," said NASA Associate Administrator Lori Garver in ... http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215263881/scat/89d96798a39564bd Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:04:32 -0400 http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/sid/215263881/scat/89d96798a39564bd