NASA picks four astronauts to fly first commercial spaceflights
NASA has selected four veteran astronauts to lead the way back into orbit from U.S. soil.
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NASA's reliance on outsourcing launches causes a dilemma for the space agency
The spectacular failure of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last week underscores a growing problem for NASA: its reliance on private companies and Russia in order to launch many of its crucial missions.
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2015
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High schoolers' experiment lost again on launch failure
Three high school students were going to get the science lesson of a lifetime by flying their experiment in space.
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2015
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Image: STS-7 launches through the clouds
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger launched on mission STS-7 from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-7 crew consisted of ...
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 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.
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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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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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You can see the Hubble Space Telescope in the sky above
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has now been in orbit for 25 years and this achievement has been a wonderful excuse to pore over the telescope's beautiful imagery, to consider its valuable contribution to science, to remember ...
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Apr 30, 2015
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