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NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has ingested its first solid sample into an analytical instrument inside the rover, a capability at the core of the two-year mission.
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by edward wright
Much is being made of Wang Yaping, who is described as “China’s first teacher in space.” The Chinese space program is all about public relations and scoring “firsts.” Yet, no one seems to ask if this claim is accurate.
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Declassified Soviet Accident Report Reveals Truth by merryl azriel Yuri Gagarin became the first man
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Mission Deemed Success Despite Parachute Snafu by anna heiney / NASA’s Kennedy Space Center MOJAVE,
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Enormous Increase is Unprecedented, Not Understood BERLIN-ADLERSHOF, Germany — The most detailed record of cloud
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Variety of Partnerships Utilized to Find Remaining Dangers WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA announced Tuesday a
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Pioneers Changed the Course of Human Space Exploration by cody knipfer / NASA History Office
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In part 2 of his interview with Moonandback, Jeff Feige talks about Orbital Outfitters’ product
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Plan for Suborbital Space Passenger System LE BOURGET, Switzerland — Swiss Space Systems (S3), the
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Four Men and Four Women Chosen For Intense Training Regimen HOUSTON, Texas — After an
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SXC Adds a New CEO and New CCO AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — Space Expedition Corporation
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Richard Branson Makes Announcement Hailing “The Next Generation of Women in Space” LONDON, U.K. —
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by merryl azriel Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen have been developing Copenhagen Suborbitals, the open
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Jeff Feige, CEO of the spacesuit company, Orbital Outfitters talks with Moonandback about the company,
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by michael belfiore At the GE Look Ahead Executing Innovation conference in Toronto last month,
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Here’s a very cool Luminox watch commercial featuring the XCOR Lynx suborbital spaceplane.
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by michael shinabery President John Kennedy promised the Congress in 1961 that “before this decade
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Remarkable Progress Seen as Combo of Satellites Provide Data FRASCATI, Italy — Satellites are being
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Testing Main Hybrid Rocket Motor that Will Power Dream Chaser by t.j. aulds SPARKS, Nev.
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Wednesday 19 June 2013