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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch: AWESOME VIDEO From Multiple Points of View

Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth safely on Friday after a successful mission resupplying the International Space Stat...

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Shuttle Landing: Atlantis Astronauts Back On Earth

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.27.2009 | Technology

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flig...

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In Search of a Real Spaceship

Buzz Aldrin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Technology

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Two Shuttle accidents -- each caused by NASA hubris -- combined with a tight budget have caused NASA to retire the fleet. Understandable, but in a move that truly makes no sense, they will be replaced by...the space capsules we long ago outgrew.

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Randy Bresnik: Astronaut Stuck In Space While Wife Giving Birth

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word Friday on the birth of a crewman's daughter as they moved more supplies into ...

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Shuttle Atlantis in Orbit: Make It a Teachable Moment

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology

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After Atlantis returns to Earth, a space shuttle will clear the tower only five more times before the fleet -- Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis -- is retired in 2010.

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Shuttle Spacewalk: Astronauts Step Out On First Spacewalk Of Atlantis Mission

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.20.2009 | Technology

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the Internationa...

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Latest Space Shuttle's Mission: Trash the Urine Recycler

Alex Pasternack | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

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When the space shuttle launched on Monday, it wasn't carrying a new satellite or even burrito ingredients. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts f...

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Space Shuttle Launch LIVE VIDEO: Atlantis Lifts Off For Space Station (PHOTOS)

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

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**Scroll down for photos, video** CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed into orbit Monday with six astronauts and a full load of...

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Space Shuttle Launch: Chicago Surgeon To Operate On Space Station's Robotic Arms

Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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The nation's space program is calling on a Chicago surgeon to fix faulty robotic arms on the international space station, Monifa Thomas of the Chicago...

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Farouk El-Baz: From Egypt's Deserts to the Moon and Back

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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El-Baz plans to highlight the issues of sustainable development and self-preservation at the Arab Environment 2009 conference in Beirut, Lebanon this November

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Space Shuttle Discovery Blasts Off For International Space Station

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts steered closer to the international space station for a Sunday linkup, while checkin...

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Bad valve forces NASA to call off shuttle launch

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery for a second time Tuesday after a critical fuel valve failed to wor...

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands Safely, Mission Successful

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 08.31.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful constructi...

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The Eagle Has Landed

Jeff Gralnick | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

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We'd managed, somehow, to turn the grand adventure of space exploration into a monstrously expensive giant yawn, which when you think about it is a helluva trick.

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Mars Flight Simulation: 6 Men Endure 105 Days Of Isolation In Simulated Flight

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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MOSCOW -- Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smilin...

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NASA Officials Cancel Launch Of Space Shuttle Endeavour

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday and forced...

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Atlantis Astronauts Grab Hubble Space Telescope, Now Face 5 Treacherous Space Walks

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 06.13.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Atlantis' astronauts grabbed the Hubble Space Telescope on Wednesday, then quickly set their sights on the difficult, dan...

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NASA says space station safe from debris

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 04.16.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA gave the all-clear to the international space station Monday, telling its astronauts they would not need to steer aw...

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Space Shuttle Discovery Lifts Off After Weeks Of Delay

NBC News | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery lifted off Sunday on a trip to the international space station, after more than a month of delay ca...

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NASA Shuttle Launch Set For Sunday Night

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit Sunday evening, setting off on a space station construc...

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Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic Unveils Plans For Tourist Spaceport In New Mexico

Business Week | Dianna Dilworth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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As NASA prepares to retire the space shuttle by the end of the decade, just in time for completion of the International Space Station, the tourism ind...

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