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President Barack Obama has issued a new National Space Policy for the United States. Obama wants ''¦ space as a stable and productive environment for the peaceful use of all nations.'

On Saturday morning, June 26, 2010, a lunar eclipse will occur for people in the Americas. The 'Moon Illusion' lunar eclipse will occur as the Moon nears the horizon (Moonset). Elsewhere in Eastern Asia and Australia, the lunar eclipse will occur near Moonrise.

The U.S. space agency announced on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, that it would like to delay the last two space shuttle missions so the last one lifts off in February 2011, rather than in November 2010.

Former U.S. congressman and astronaut John Glenn says that our future space exploration can't be 'done on the cheap' and we 'must do it right.' He recommends keeping the NASA Space Shuttle fleet.

A NASA-funded study of the Moon has determined that its interior holds more water than all of the water contained in the Great Lakes (on the border of Canada and U.S.A.) does here on Earth. And, that water is indigenous to the Moon.

A video of the JAXA Hayabusa capsule making its blazing return to Earth is shown in a YouTube video filmed by NASA scientists.

The Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft is returning to Earth with samples taken from asteroid Itokawa. You can catch the re-entry of Hayabusa by linking to a NASA video feed flying near the Australian landing site.

NASA is offering to put a picture of YOU on one of its two last space shuttle flights. The U.S. space agency says, 'launch your face into space and become a part of history.'

At 2:45 p.m. on Friday, June 4, 2010, the privately funded Falcon 9 rocket was launched successfully into space from its space pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

The Falcon 9 rocket is ready for its maiden test flight on June 4, 2010. The privately funded rocket, built by the U.S. space transport company SpaceX, is a key commercial component in the future of U.S. space exploration and development.

The NASA space shuttle Atlantis made its last scheduled landing at 8:48 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. One space shuttle down, two to go. Happy retirement Atlantis!

The Phoenix Mars Lander has been observed to have severe ice damage to its solar panels. NASA says its 'work is finished.'

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will honor the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex in a ceremony on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. The Canberra site will be formally recognized as a Historic Aerospace Site.

The space shuttle Atlantis has lifted off from the surface of Earth for its final trip into outer space. Its six-person crew is heading for the International Space Station to perform spacewalks and install components to the orbiting structure.

The NASA space shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. It is ready for its final mission into space, STS-132, which is set to launch on Friday, May 14, 2010.

A team of NASA researchers found that omega -3 may help to reduce bone loss and muscle atrophy during long periods of weightlessness for astronauts. The study also points to the benefit of omega-3 as a countering agent for osteoporosis in people on Earth.

The U.S. space agency NASA, best known for its missions to space, also goes exploring into the ocean, beginning in May 2010, with the 14th expedition of its NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO).

In a successful test for the escape system of the Orion space capsule, NASA shows that it works perfectly for the now defunct Constellation program. However, Orion may never get off the ground in that capacity.

The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has reestablished contact with the long-lost Soviet robot Lunokhod 1. After nearly forty years without a signal between it and Earth, the Lunokhod 1 lunar rover is once again helping humans learn more about the Moon.

A robot will become a member of the International Space Station starting in September 2010 when the STS-133 crew delivers the human-style droid R2 to the Space Station onboard the space shuttle Discovery.