Read more spaceflight stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12535/spaceflight.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:52:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54869/mock-mars-mission-blasts-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEurope launched its first shot at a manned mission to the Red Planet today—by locking six scientists in a tiny capsule in Moscow for 105 days to simulate the voyage, the BBC reports. The volunteers, who can leave the experiment but score $20000 if they make it, will perform...http://www.newser.com/story/54869/mock-mars-mission-blasts-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 12:26:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35488/iran-aims-to-put-a-man-in-space.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran plans to send a manned mission into orbit within the next 10 years, the CBC reports. The news comes on the heels of a recent, and disputed, rocket launch the Iranians claim put a satellite, its first, into space. The country says its space presence would monitor weather and...http://www.newser.com/story/35488/iran-aims-to-put-a-man-in-space.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 Aug 2008 17:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/9204/islamic-rituals-face-a-celestial-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe wasn’t the first Muslim in space, but Malaysia's Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will be the first to follow customized guidelines for religious observance in orbit, the Guardian reports. Praying toward Mecca and fasting between sunrise and sunset seemed impossible until scholars spent a year bringing the challenges down to Earth...http://www.newser.com/story/9204/islamic-rituals-face-a-celestial-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Oct 2007 13:44:00 CDT