UK astronaut Tim Peake puts space back on agenda in Britain
Britain has decided to boldly go where others have gone before.
Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2015
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News tagged with space shuttle program
NASA calls on SpaceX to send astronauts to ISS
SpaceX received orders Friday from the US space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station in the coming years, helping restore US access to space, NASA said.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2015
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Journaling: Astronauts chronicle missions
LOG ENTRY: SOL 25—Remember those old math questions you had in Algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to figure out when it'll be empty? Well, that ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2015
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Don't make us hitch rides with Russia: NASA chief
The head of NASA appealed to Congress on Friday to put more money into restoring America's ability to send astronauts into space instead of relying on Russian rockets.
Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2015
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Tanks from retired shuttle Endeavour going to space station
The space shuttle Endeavour is retired and on display at the California Science Center, but it's still contributing to the space program.
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2015
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Federal officials examine probable cause of spaceship crash
The National Transportation Safety Board is considering what caused a Virgin Galactic spaceship to break apart over the Mojave Desert during a test flight 10 months ago, killing the co-pilot and seriously injuring the pilot.
Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2015
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Looking back at the Mir space station
The Mir Space Station was Russia's greatest space station, and the first modular space station to be assembled in orbit. Commissioned in 1986, the name can be translated from Russian as "peace", "world", and even "village" ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2015
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John Glenn: Evolution should be taught in schools
John Glenn, who declared as a 77-year-old in a news conference from space that "to look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible," says facts about scientific discovery should be taught ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2015
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Successful SpaceX escape test 'bodes well for future'
SpaceX's Dragon capsule sailed through the first flight test of its emergency astronaut escape feature Wednesday, a critical step toward launching people into space from US soil in the next two years.
Space Exploration
May 7, 2015
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SpaceX to test 'eject button' for astronauts (Update)
Private US space transport company SpaceX is to test an eject button for astronauts on Wednesday in the first flight test of the abort system on the Dragon spaceship.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2015
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