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Space X Capsule Splashes Down Successfully

The first fully private space mission to the Space Station ended successfully this morning. The Space X capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean about...
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Hawks and Falcons: Covering the SpaceX COTS-2 Launch with the 920th Rescue Wing

If you have ever watched a rocket or space shuttle launch in person from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, then you...
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First private rocket to the International Space Station successfully launched

The California based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit in an...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 soars into commercial space history with perfect liftoff

Elon Musk's dream of founding a commercial transport service to the International Space Station (ISS) took flight tonight as the SpaceX Falcon...
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Annular 'Solar Eclipse 2012' viewing made safe, easy with multiple online feeds

Skywatchers are all afire today: there will be a solar eclipse on Sunday, May 20, 2012, but one that is a relative rarity: an annular solar eclipse...
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Winner of the trip aboard of the Lynx Mark I space vehicle announced

The Mojav e based XCOR Aerospace today announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard the Lynx Mark I suborbital launch vehicle. XCOR Chief...
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Observatory plans 3.2 billion pixel camera

The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is in the process of designing the world's highest resolution digital camera: a 3.2 billion pixel...
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How to make a black hole

Black holes are, well, odd. They are the place where common sense goes to die. Physics takes such a beating when it comes to black holes that when...
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Successful Progress launch leads off busy schedule at space station

Today's successful launch of an unmanned Russian Progress supply vessel leads off a busy end-of-the-month for astronauts aboard the...
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Space Shuttle Discovery cheered as it heads to its final home

With more than 148 million space miles in the record books, Discovery, NASA's most-traveled space shuttle, made a triumphant pilgrimage to its...
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