On a PBS NewsHour broadcast, Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the upcoming SpaceX flight.
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Commentary
Getting to Where We’re Going Means Something New
by michael doornbos I’ve spent the last few days reading the Omni Magazines from 1978 and
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The Real Story Behind the “Manned” Space Program
by edward wright All organizations that have enduring for any length of time have
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A United Vision for Space
by rick tumlinson It’s been a couple of months since the NASA budget came out
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Powering the Future, Building the Engines of Tomorrow
by mark stewart If R is for Rocket, as Ray Bradbury suggested in the title
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Priming the Suborbital Pump
by edward wright Currently, there are two major markets for commercial suborbital spaceflight. The first
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How Safe Does a Rocket Have to Be?
by andrew rush Rocket science, rocket artistry, momentum-altering sorcery. Whatever term you apply to it,
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What Bell does ‘Planetary Resources’ Ring for the Google Lunar X PRIZE?
by michael doornbos Unless you’ve been trapped underground this week, you’ve probably heard that some
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Planetary Resources – Standing on the Shoulders of the Google Lunar X PRIZE
by alex hall A short while ago, we got the full run down on the
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The Worldwide Rights are Not Enough
by andrew rush Pierce Brosnan declared the plot of his 1999 James Bond film The
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Intellectual Property Rights and Lunar Land Grants
by andrew rush Recently, the Web (or at least the space-oriented part) has been filled
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Orbit
Miles O’Brien Reports: SpaceX Readies for Launch – Showdown Over Dragon Capsule Seat
Planetary
NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
PASADENA, Calif. — Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the
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News
NASA Langley’s SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX COTS2 Launch
HAMPTON, Va. — A team from NASA’s Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras
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News
Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA
BOULDER, Colo. — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to
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Video
Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 2 – Future Plans
At the recent Space Access Conference in Phoenix, Ben Brockert continues his interview talking about
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News
Robonaut 2, the Legless Patent Dynamo
by andrew rush Even though it doesn’t have any legs (yet), Robonaut 2 is
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Sub orbit
XCOR Aerospace Announces Lynx Suborbital Flight Winner
MOJAVE, Calif. — XCOR Aerospace today announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard
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News
Elton John, ‘The Rocket Man’, Greets the ‘Rocket Men’ (Video)
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock
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Environment
Our Weather Forecasting About To Get A Whole Lot Better
GREENBELT, Md. — NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP),
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Video
Moonandback Interview with Ben Brockert, part 1 – The STIG Rocket
Ben Brockert, an Engineer for Armadillo Aerospace, talks with MM about the developement and experience
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Orbit
Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba, Russian Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight
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Video
Moonandback Interview with David Masten, part 2 – Opportunities & Updates
Dave Masten talks with MM about his belief that NASA should take ownership of the
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Thursday 17 May 2012