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SpaceX: Future or Failure?

Anna Leahy | Posted 05.22.2012

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Spaceflight is hard. Really hard. And that's one reason that we bother going to space at all.

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WATCH: SpaceX Rocket Blasts Off Toward International Space Station

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 05.22.2012

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Second time's a charm. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early Tuesday morning, carrying the Dragon caps...

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Postcard From the Earth

Margaret Lazarus Dean | Posted 05.21.2012

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Someone in the crowd called out, "The space station!" and pointed toward the sky. We all looked up, and there, directly above us, a tiny point of light the same size and brightness as any star was moving through the night sky.

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Thousands Cheer As Space Shuttle Reaches New Home

Posted 04.17.2012

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By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 04/17/2012 05:49 PM EDT on SPACE.com CHANTILLY, Va. — Cries of "I see it!" rang out through the crowd a...

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WATCH: NASA's Oldest Shuttle Makes Final Takeoff

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The space shuttle Discovery soared over the Washington Monument, the White House and the Capitol in a high-flying salute to the nation's...

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Retired Shuttle Takes Off On Historic Final Flight

Posted 04.17.2012

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By: Robert Z. Pearlman Published: 04/17/2012 07:11 AM EDT on SPACE.com WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the worl...

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PHOTOS: Smithsonian Plans Festival To Welcome Discovery

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian Institution plans a four-day festival with NASA to welcome space shuttle Discovery into its collection in April. The Na...

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Launchpad For Lease: NASA Renting Out Space To Cope With Budget Woes

Posted 02.22.2012

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Looking for an awesome place to throw a party? Look no further than a space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. Part of the iconic NASA fa...

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Retired Space Shuttle To Get $100 Million Home

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 03.19.2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's retired space shuttle Atlantis is a step closer to completing its final journey. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor...

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WATCH: NASA Makes Huge Announcement

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.14.2011

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NASA announced on Wednesday the design of the Space Launch System, or SLS, a rocket that will carry humans to destinations that include asteroids and ...

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Graduating All Over Again

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.14.2011

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Events of July 8, 2011 Online, I see a lot of "You know you're a 1990s kid if..." jokes, and, since I am a 1990s kid, a lot of them make me smile, be...

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End Of An Era: Space Shuttle Makes Historic Final Landing

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.20.2011

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See video of Atlantis' landing below. Click here for photos of the touchdown. (AP, By MARCIA DUNN) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Atlantis and four astronau...

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Cancelled Space Shuttle Program Hurts Houston Ego, Economy

Posted 09.06.2011

HOUSTON — The end of the space shuttle program is hitting its Florida launch home in the pocketbook with some areas practically becoming economic gh...

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What's Next For Space Shuttles?

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 07.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the space shuttle program winds down, questions are flying about what's happening and why. The launch countdown began Friday for the ...

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NASA's Ares Rocket Dead, But Congress Lets You Pay $500 Million More For It

Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to congressional inaction, NASA must continue to fund its defunct Ares I rocket program until March -- a requirement that will cost the agency ...

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Kosmas Gaining Support in FL 24: It's About Space

Richard Hebert | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, one of three Florida Democrats in Congress that the Republicans would dearly like to defeat, has now picked up endorsements from two of the district's three largest-circulation daily newspapers. And the third daily doesn't count.

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70,000 Sea Turtle Eggs To Be Relocated, Hatched, Released Away From Oil Spill

AP | By BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP)-- An effort to save thousands of sea turtle hatchlings from dying in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming weeks...

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The Brother Who Wants to go to Another Planet

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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(originally published at Politic365.com) When President Obama nominated retired Marine Corps General Charles F. Bolden, Jr. to head the National Aero...

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Obama: NASA Still Has Space Adventures Ahead

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Barack Obama boldly predicted Thursday his new plans for space exploration would lead American astronauts on hi...

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NASA Space Shuttle Launch (VIDEO): Discovery BLASTS OFF

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery and seven astronauts rocketed into orbit before dawn Monday on one of NASA's final stockpiling missions to the ...

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NASA Day Of Rememberance: Remembering Our Lost Astronauts

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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This Friday, January 29, is a Day of Remembrance for NASA. The day is intended to remember the 17 astronauts who were lost in these three tragedies an...

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Ares I-X: NASA's New Rocket Versus Tallest Rockets EVER (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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As NASA prepares for the launch of its lofty new Ares I-X rocket, we decided to take a look back at the biggest rockets of years' past. See how NA...

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Ares I-X: NASA Launching Brand New Rocket In Effort To Return Astronauts To Moon

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck o...

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Ares I-X Launch: NASA's Second Attempt To Launch Rocket Plagued By Weather

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program t...

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NASA Savors Return of Atlantis

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA savored the return Wednesday of Atlantis and its astronauts from a near-perfect space station mission _ then quickly...

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