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  1. Air Force to Launch Robotic Spacecraft

    LOS ANGELES -- After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology te...

  2. NASA to Test Robot Gas Attendants for Satellites

    An experiment riding on the final voyage of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is set to test out technologies that could be used on future robotic spacecraft.The experim...

  3. NASA says all signs go for first private flight to space station

    A private spaceship mission to the International Space Station is on track for a planned April 30 launch, which will mark a historic first for the orbiting laborator...

  4. First commercial spaceship to launch to space station April 30

    The launch of the first commercially built space capsule to the International Space Station will occur at the end of April, NASA officials announced Thusday, March 1...

  5. NASA to light up East Coast with rocket barrage

    NASA will launch five rockets in five minutes Wednesday, March 14, to study fast-moving winds at the edge of space -- and many skywatchers along the United States ' ...

  6. Platform Review: Candidate Positions on Science and Tech Issues

    John McCain and Barack Obama have spent the past few weeks fighting over the state of the economy and whether pigs wear lipstick, but they also have real policy diff...

  7. NASA takes first ever video of dark side of the moon

    A gravity-mapping spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed home its first video of the lunar far side — a view people on Earth never see.The new video was captured by...

  8. Secret U.S. Spy Satellite Launches Into Orbit on Huge Rocket

    A huge unmanned rocket carrying a secret new spy satellite for the United States roared into space Sunday, Nov. 21, to deliver what one reconnaissance official has t...

  9. Armadillo rocket tests supersonic parachute, reusable spaceship

    The private spaceflight company Armadillo Aerospace is taking a close look at the results from its latest rocket test in the New Mexico desert — a flight that hit a ...

  10. Air Force launches new military communications satellite

    An unmanned rocket lit up the Florida night sky Thursday, Jan. 19, as it launched a vital new communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. military — the first m...

  11. Russia considering moon base with NASA, space chief says

    Russia is talking with the US and Europe on plans to create a manned research base on the moon, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said Thursday.Roscosmo...

  12. Has Moon's Legacy Been Altered? NASA Wants to Know

    Has bacteria in astronaut poop left on the moon been genetically altered? Did solar wind and ultraviolet radiation destroy the flag at Tranquility Base, landing site...

  1. SpaceX commercial rocket blasts off for International Space Station

    A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-...

  2. Commercially built rocket will fly to the space station; 'new way of doing business for NASA'

    For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of th...

  3. NASA's space exploration plans take a galactic hit

    NASA plans to drop nearly $310 million from the budget for its Planetary Science division in 2013, a 20 percent cut that affects future missions to Mars, lunar scien...

  4. Google and James Cameron to hunt for natural resources on asteroids

    A new company backed by two Google Inc. billionaires, film director James Cameron and other space exploration proponents is aiming high in the hunt for natural resou...

  5. Russian Rocket Blasts Off to ISS

    Carrying food, fuel & supplies

  6. Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions

    NASA is making a cosmic U-turn on the road to Mars.For the past two decades, the U.S. space agency has been practically obsessed with Mars. It has hardly missed an o...

  7. Mars or Bust in 2016: New Unmanned Mission to the Red Planet

    America and Europe have come together with one motto in mind -- Mars or Bust: 2016.On the deep space road trip, the latest collaboration between the European Space A...

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