NASA to Review Psychological Screening Process
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NASA said Wednesday it had seen no signs of instability in astronaut Lisa M. Nowak before she was arrested on charges she tried to murder a woman she thought was her rival for a shuttle pilot's affections.
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By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 7--Astronauts are people, too.   The pilots, doctors, engineers and scientists who become astronauts go through stringent psychological evaluation in addition to rigorous training in the years before their space missions.
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By Rasha Madkour Associated Press  HOUSTON -- The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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MOFFETT FIELD, CALIF. - The Mars rover Opportunity is set to examine the heat shield that protected the robot as it plunged through the planet&#39;s atmosphere last January.
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As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agency&#39;s risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.
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Even as NASA marks the second anniversary of the Columbia accident, and the tragic loss of seven astronauts returning home after a successful flight, agency officials and astronauts are looking&nbsp;toward&nbsp;a return to space shuttle flights.
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NASA is set to release results of an internal investigation into whether a couple of astronauts were drinking heavily just before launch, but no one expects new details to emerge.
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Scientists say it may be possible to develop a taste test to diagnose depression and to decide on drugs.
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NASA scientists are studying autistic savant Kim Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain will help explain his mental capabilities.
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NASA asked its orbiting astronauts Monday to take a closer look at the gears that control the international space station's solar wings to try to find out what's grinding inside and causing steel chips to clog the system.
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A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.
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NASA is studying the possibility of reducing the number of missions it will fly before retiring its three-orbiter space shuttle fleet, agency officials said Friday.
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When NASAâs Genesis solar-wind sample return capsule skyrockets from space next week and drops into the Utah Test and Training Range, that landmark in civilian space draws upon a once classified satellite snooping program.
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Astronauts prepared on Sunday for a lengthy inspection of space shuttle Discovery's heat shield for possible damage following Saturday's night-time launch, the first since space shuttle Columbia's destruction in 2003.
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NASA is reviewing a list of&nbsp;fission-powered missions  that could pre-empt&nbsp;the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) effort now being  eyed for space travel no sooner than 2015.
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Astronauts aboard Discovery plan a  final, routine check of the space shuttle's heat shield and the  launch of two small satellites on Wednesday before landing two  days later.
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CLEVELAND, OH -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agencyâs risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.