NASA and SpaceX are now aiming for a March debut of the first capsule from a private company designed to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Feb 6, 2019
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NASA's Opportunity rover is silently marking the 15th anniversary of its touchdown on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2019
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With an eye to launching the first tourists to space by year's end, Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, blasted off the 10th test flight of its New Shepard rocket on Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Jan 23, 2019
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the first pictures of a retro-looking, steely rocket called Starship that may one day carry people to the Moon and Mars.
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Jan 11, 2019
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Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2018
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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is gearing up to finally send its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space.
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2018
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After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years.
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2018
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If you've ever lost your balance standing on a bus that takes a sharp turn at speed or felt your car skid when you drive around a corner too fast, you've experienced the effects of centrifugal force. Turning while simultaneously ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2018
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Mars is about to get its first U.S. visitor in years: a three-legged, one-armed geologist to dig deep and listen for quakes.
Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2018
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For the first time, researchers have succeeded in directly measuring the aerodynamics of flying animals as they manoeuvre in the air. Previously, the upstroke of the wings was considered relatively insignificant compared ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2018
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