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SATURDAY: SpaceX Gets Set For Historic Mission

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 05.18.2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run thi...

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TONIGHT: Space Shuttle Veteran, Cosmonauts Launch Into Space

Posted 05.14.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 05/14/2012 07:47 AM EDT on SPACE.com Three astronauts are finally ready to blast off toward the International Space Sta...

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Mars Rover Moving Again After Five-Month Winter

AP | Posted 05.09.2012

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PASADENA, Calif. -- The Mars rover Opportunity is on the go again. After spending nearly five months conducting experiments in one spot, the NASA rov...

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"Everybody Say 'Poyekhali'!" -- Yuri's Night in Boston

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.23.2012

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After two more people had arrived, the decision was made to dim the lights and start the movie First Orbit. This unique film shows a nearly continuous orbit of the Earth as seen from the International Space Station, simulating what Yuri Gagarin would have seen on his flight.

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PHOTOS: Space Walks And Gorgeous Views From NASA's Gemini Missions

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 04.06.2012

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April 2012 marks 50 years since the beginning of NASA's Gemini program. Carried out from 1962-1966, during the feverish middle years of the space race...

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Robotic Cargo Ship Launched Toward Space Station

Posted 03.23.2012

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By: Denise Chow Published: 03/23/2012 01:00 AM EDT on SPACE.com A huge robot European cargo ship launched to the International Space Station today...

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TOMORROW: Five Rocket Launches To Light Up Evening Skies

Posted 03.17.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 03/16/2012 03:21 PM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 3:57 p.m. EDT. After a four-day delay, NASA is planning...

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Astronauts' Eyes At Risk From Space Travel, MRI Study Suggests

Posted 03.13.2012

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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/13/2012 10:06 AM EDT on SPACE.com Scientists have long known that extended spaceflight is bad for astronauts' ...

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Mars Mission Cuts Have Scientists Seeing Red

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and ALICIA CHANG | Posted 04.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — NASA said Monday it's not giving up on Mars, but it'll have to get there later and at a lower price. Earlier this month, the presi...

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Paradoxically Ordinary

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 04.20.2012

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I was lucky enough to be selected for the Valentine's Day TweetUp at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. 150 followers of the @NASA account randomly chosen and invited to come to DC and meet with astronaut Ron Garan.

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PHOTOS: John Glenn's Historic Space Mission, 50 Years Later

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 02.17.2012

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Orbiting Earth seems ho-hum today, in an era when the ISS is ever-present in our skies and space tourism is a growth industry. Things were differe...

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Private Spaceflight Venture Gears Up For First Passenger Flights

Posted 02.09.2012

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — This year is key for Virgin Galactic's bid to become the first commercial spaceliner service, as rocket-powered flights of it...

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Astronaut Wannabes Swamp NASA, But What Is Agency Looking For?

Posted 02.06.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 02/04/2012 08:43 AM EST on SPACE.com NASA may not have space shuttles to launch people into the final frontier anymo...

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"Alien" Particles Detected Outside Solar System

AP | By ALICIA CHANG | Posted 02.01.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun's influence is different and stranger than expected, sc...

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Russia Identifies Likely Cause Of Mars Probe Failure

AP | By JIM HEINTZ | Posted 04.01.2012

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MOSCOW -- The head of Russia's space agency said Tuesday that cosmic radiation was the most likely cause of the failure of a Mars moon probe that cras...

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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster 26 Years Later

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 01.29.2012

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On January, 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after lifting off from launch pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral...

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Russian Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station

Posted 01.28.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 01/27/2012 08:15 PM EST on SPACE.com A robotic Russian cargo ship pulled up to the International Space Sta...

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Russian Cargo Ship Launched Toward Space Station

AP | Posted 03.27.2012

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MOSCOW -- Russia's space agency says an unmanned cargo ship carrying 2.6 tons of supplies and equipment has lifted off for the International Space Sta...

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Mars Probe Crash Sparks Conspiracy Theories

| Denise Chow | Posted 01.23.2012

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When an ill-fated Russian Mars probe fell to Earth over the weekend, the spacecraft's untimely demise set off a flurry of conflicting media reports...

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First Private Cargo Run To Space Station Delayed

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 01.20.2012

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station is off until spring. SpaceX planned to launch its unmanned ...

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Lunar Outpost May Be Built By Former Space Rivals

Posted 01.20.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 01/19/2012 05:51 PM EST on Space Russia is talking to NASA and the European Space Agency about building mann...

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SpaceX Dragon, First Private Rocket To Space Station, Suffers Launch Delay

Posted 01.17.2012

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By: Denise Chow Published: 01/16/2012 02:40 PM EST on Space The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International S...

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Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space!

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 03.11.2012

Here's a month-by-month listing of events I'm excited for in 2012.

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WATCH: NASA Astronauts Answer YOUR Questions From SPACE

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 03.07.2012

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Today I asked questions submitted by you to two astronauts whose answers were by turns insightful, hilarious, and awe-inspiring.

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The Joy of Finding Out

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 02.17.2012

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The focus of Dr. Coleman's presentation was life aboard the International Space Station, from washing her hair (it's hard when water, like everything else, floats!) to the differences between modules built by different countries

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