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Virgin aims for first space launch within a year
British business magnate Richard Branson hopes to launch a vessel into space within the next 12 months, kicking off an era of commercial space travel.
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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SpaceX aims to put man on Mars in 10-20 years
Private US company SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2011 |
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Tevatron retires: The era of big American physics about to end
The era of big American physics ends Friday with the retirement of the Tevatron particle accelerator, which has been recreating the Big Bang under four miles of Illinois prairie for 25 years.
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars
(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009 |
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TDRS-4 mission complete; spacecraft retired from active service
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 4 (TDRS-4) recently completed almost 23 years of operations support and successfully completed end-of-mission de-orbit and decommissioning activities. TDRS-4's operational ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 08, 2012 |
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Dancing droplets rock out on space station
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. In the latest ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 07, 2012 |
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Why space shuttle fleet is retiring, what's next
As the space shuttle program winds down, questions are flying about what's happening and why. The launch countdown began Friday for the second-to-last flight. Some answers about the end of the space shuttle:
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 13, 2011 |
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NASA mulls 'what-ifs' of unmanned space station
NASA is mulling the worst-case scenarios of leaving the $100 billion International Space Station unstaffed for a period of time following the crash of a Russian rocket, US astronauts said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Why shuttles are being retired, what's next
Thirty years of flight by NASA's space shuttles will end once Atlantis returns home from this last mission. The space agency will be looking to deeper space exploration, but the future is still somewhat unclear.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2011 |
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Next-to-last space shuttle launch faces more delay
The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, this time to at least the middle of May for extra electrical tests.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 06, 2011 |
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Ocean-studying satellite 'no longer recoverable'
Astronauts famously call Earth the blue planet, a reflection of its watery surface. But, if you want to understand the other special thing about our planet -- its life -- you need to look at the green. Plants ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Hubble telescope makes one millionth science observation
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope crossed another milestone in its space odyssey of exploration and discovery. On Monday, July 4, the Earth-orbiting observatory logged its one millionth science observation during ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2011 |
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US-Russian crew blasts off for space station
A Russian spacecraft carrying an American and two Russians blasted off Monday from the snow-covered Kazakh steppes in a faultless launch that eased anxiety about the future of U.S. and Russian space programs.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Last shuttle spacewalkers make history above Earth
NASA completed its part in the construction of the International Space Station on Friday, with the final spacewalkers in the 30-year shuttle program attaching an extension boom.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2011 |
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Spacewalk No. 2: Astronauts improve space station
(AP) -- Discovery's astronauts took one final spacewalk at the International Space Station on Wednesday to get the outpost squared away before the shuttle program ends.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2011 |
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