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One-way Mars trip: Application deadline for Martian colony nears
Martian wannabes dust off those resumes: The application deadline for a one-way mission to Mars is almost here. While the…
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NASA wants to put rodents on space station
Call them the “rat-stronauts.” NASA is drawing up plans to launch a team of rats with the right stuff to…
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The U.S. Air Force’s unmanned X-37B space plane has now circled Earth for more than 400 days on a hush-hush…
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more. Flight controllers confirmed Friday that the orbiting spacecraft…
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A 36-year-old spacecraft controlled by a private team nearly performed an engine firing Wednesday (June 25) to increase its spin,…
Read MoreNASA says engine issue delays crew’s arrival at International Space Station
BAIKONUR, Khazakhstan – An engine snag has delayed the arrival of a Russian spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International…
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Private Mars colony project wants help choosing 2018 lander experiments
You can help choose one of the science payloads that a Mars colonization effort will launch toward the Red Planet…
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