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November 4, 2015

SpaceX moves closer to launching spy satellites

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the start-up rocket-maker headed by billionaire Elon Musk, moved a step closer to launching military and spy satellites this week.

November 4, 2015

Colo. company runs spacecraft through tests in Calif. desert

A Colorado company developing a spaceship to take astronauts to the International Space Station has run the craft through a series of tests at a NASA facility in California.

November 4, 2015

Warp speed, Scotty: Faster than light drives a reality?

A loophole in Einstein's general theory of relativity could allow a ship to traverse vast distances in less time than it would take light. The trick? It's not the starship that's moving — it's the space around it.

November 4, 2015

NASA's ape-like RoboSimian set for DARPA robot challenge

A NASA team is putting the finishing tweaks on its amazing, and somewhat creepy, climbing robot RoboSimian, a four-limbed automaton built to compete in a U.S. military robotics challenge in 2015.

November 4, 2015

Hawaii rocket carrying satellite fails after takeoff

Hawaii’s first satellite crashed back down to Earth shortly after liftoff when a rocket failed.

November 4, 2015

Flexible 'tentacle robots' could aid planetary exploration

Space robots are about to get a whole lot sleeker and slinkier.

November 4, 2015

NASA moving ahead with asteroid-capture plan, wants to grab one in 2019

NASA's ambitious plan to capture an asteroid and put it in a stable orbit around the moon for later exploration is moving forward, with the space agency recently offering an update on how the project is progressing. 

November 4, 2015

Cooling pump on space station shuts down, NASA says

NASA said Wednesday it was looking into a problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station, but there was no immediate danger to the six crewmen on board.

November 3, 2015

Air Force’s X-37B breaks orbit record

Boeing’s X-37B space plane broke its endurance record in orbit last month when it surpassed 470 days.

November 3, 2015

Japanese firm proposes building solar panel ring around moon

A Japanese construction firm has an illuminating idea to solve the planet’s energy problems: build a belt of solar panels 6,800 miles around the moon.