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In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects ...

One of the cleanest places beyond Earth ... Space Station (ISS) have had rashes, allergies and the odd infection, and scientists now believe the station's environment is too clean.

One of the cleanest places beyond Earth may be making its residents ill. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have had rashes, allergies and the odd infection, and scientists now ...

The ISS lacks many of the environmental microbes, the sort found in soil, water and plants, that humans have evolved alongside for millennia. Instead, the microbial life floating around the ...

bluefield – Students and faculty at Bluefield State University participated in the first campus wide Earth Day clean up Tuesday ... but to build a space for students to observe throughout ...

Concern is growing about the 130 million pieces of space debris orbiting Earth, as space exploration increases. Space researchers are advising that the debris needs to be cleaned up before the ...

In other words, there is a lot more potential debris being added to orbit — at a time when there's already too much junk orbiting Earth as it is. Space debris doesn’t stick around forever ...

Here is a list of ways to get involved in the days leading up to Earth Day and on Earth Day. Earth Day clean up and service ... Blueprint for Impact Hub Space, 81 Broadway St., Asheville.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Encore Vet Group has been holding an Earth Day clean-up event for more than ... project for the Saratoga Springs Open Space Project and the City of Saratoga Springs.