A look at people killed during space missions
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo accident proved what astronauts and their families know too well: Space can be deadly.
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News tagged with space shuttle columbia
NASA's Chandra releases timelapse movies of Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A
New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky—the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A—are being released from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over about two decades. ...
Astronomy
Apr 24, 2024
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Space station cargo launches by light of nearly full moon
Fresh supplies shipped out late Tuesday for the International Space Station, where the shelves finally are getting full after a string of failed deliveries.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2016
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US shuttle debris surfaces amid Texas drought
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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Video: The latest look at 'first light' from Chandra
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured many spectacular images of cosmic phenomena over its two decades of operations, but perhaps its most iconic is the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.
Astronomy
Aug 27, 2019
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If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?
A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia?
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2013
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What animals have been to space?
When we think of spaceflight, we think astronauts. You're a human, you perceive the Universe with your human-centric attitudes. You… specist.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2015
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NASA: Legendary astronaut, moonwalker John Young has died
Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87.
Space Exploration
Jan 7, 2018
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NASA: Good night moon, hello new rocket technology
(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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Coming down in flames: Fiery endings for spacecraft
China's defunct Tiangong-1 space lab is expected to make a fiery re-entry into the earth's atmosphere in the coming days and disintegrate in what Chinese authorities promise will be a "splendid" show.
Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2018
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