SpaceX aims to propel modern rocket science into a brave new era Tuesday by landing a key part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Boris Morukov, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor who led an extraordinary experiment in which volunteers simulated a flight to Mars while never leaving a Moscow car park, has died at 64, his scientific institute said Friday.
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(AP)—NASA's new Orion spacecraft zoomed toward a high point of 3,600 miles (5,800 kilometers) on an orbital test flight Friday, ushering in a new era of exploration that could one day put people on Mars.
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Dec 5, 2014
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With the imminent debut of its Orion spacecraft, NASA is on a high not felt since the space shuttle days.
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Dec 3, 2014
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NASA has a new state-of-the-art space capsule on the launch pad and a new high-tech countdown clock to go with it.
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Dec 2, 2014
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NASA's multi-billion dollar Orion capsule is poised for its first test launch Thursday, in a demonstration flight that aims to propel it higher than any spacecraft meant to carry humans in 40 years.
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Dec 2, 2014
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It's not Science Fiction! It's Not Star Trek!
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Dec 1, 2014
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Last week was a particularly grim one for private space flights. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave Desert, about 150km north of Los Angeles, killing a pilot, Michael Alsbury, and seriously injuring another, ...
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Nov 5, 2014
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A 15-foot (4.4-meter)-tall shuttle monument of stainless steel and granite has been unveiled on Florida's Space Coast.
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Nov 2, 2014
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo accident proved what astronauts and their families know too well: Space can be deadly.
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Nov 1, 2014
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