Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated over the possibility his feat could someday help save the ...
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2012
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(AP) -- Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week's Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall.
Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2011
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A piece of the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia has surfaced in eastern Texas, where a severe drought has dried up a lake and exposed debris from the 2003 accident, NASA said Tuesday.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2011
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For many, no single word evokes as much pain. Challenger.
Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2011
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2010
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I recently watched NESC Deputy Director Mike Kirsch stand before a roomful of engineers at the Langley Research Center and tell them that with every passing day, NASA breaks a record: the longest stretch without a major accident ...
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2024
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"Never again" is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, never making ...
Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2023
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America may now be aiming to put astronauts back on the Moon, but for years the United States turned its back on manned missions after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2023
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It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation's first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space.
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2023
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In hypersonic flight, an aircraft or spacecraft moves at least five times faster than the speed of sound—producing extreme heat that can push the craft beyond its physical limits. The difficulty and importance of protecting ...
Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2022
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