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Used frying oil to power MIT shuttles

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you catch a whiff of french fries this fall when an MIT shuttle rolls past, it won't be a coincidence. Part of the fuel in its tank may have come out of a kitchen deep fryer just a few ...

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SpaceX readies new attempt of rocket launch to space lab (Update)

SpaceX on Monday readied a fresh bid to become the first private company to launch its own craft to the International Space Station after fixing an engine problem that grounded its earlier attempt.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second (Update)

Engineers aborted the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a landmark mission to the International Space Station at the last second Saturday due to a rocket engine problem.

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created May 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 19

SpaceX readies ambitious ISS launch

California-based company SpaceX was poised to launch its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station Saturday in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Review: No real point to Foursquare, yet addictive

(AP) -- It took a return to the South to get me back on Foursquare. Months later, I'm still not sure why I need it, yet I can't seem to stay away.

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Georgia Tech researchers address bus bunching

As any city dweller knows, buses are rarely on time. It’s typical to wait a while, only to have several buses show up one after another, a phenomenon known as bus bunching.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8

John Glenn reunites with 50-year-old Mercury team

(AP) -- John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight.

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created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar

The little planes that connect America's small cities to the rest of the world are slowly being phased out. Airlines are getting rid of these planes — their least-efficient — in response to the high cost of fuel. ...

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created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boeing leasing shuttle hangar to build new capsule (Update)

Boeing is taking over one of NASA's old space shuttle hangars to build a new capsule that the company hopes will lift astronauts to orbit in four or five years.

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created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Major moments in the US shuttle program

The US space shuttle is part cargo truck, part passenger bus, part airplane built for orbit, and has known soaring highs and devastating lows during its 30-year career.

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Astronauts load storage bin on last space shuttle

(AP) -- NASA's orbiting astronauts detached a huge storage bin full of trash from the International Space Station on Monday and loaded it aboard Atlantis for the last shuttle ride back to Earth.

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created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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