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  SpaceX mission gets NASA approval: takeoff set for May 19th

  By Chris Welch on May 14, 2012 10:48 am + 11 comments

  SpaceX has received approval from NASA to launch its Dragon capsule into orbit on May 19th. Continue reading…

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  Sound in space: how waves behave in almost zero gravity

  By Jamie Keene on May 14, 2012 08:31 am + 19 comments

  There might not be any air in space, but NASA scientist and astronaut Don Pettit has come up with a Continue reading…

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  SpaceX: May 7th launch 'unlikely' due to software issues

  By Sam Byford on May 3, 2012 01:31 am + 4 comments

  SpaceX may be forced to delay its historic first private flight to the International Space Station Continue reading…

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  Russian SAR-400 robot wants to show you what it feels like to touch Mars

  By Andrew Webster on April 25, 2012 03:28 pm + 6 comments

  Russia is working on its own version of NASA's Robonaut with a machine called SAR-400 that's due to Continue reading…

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  SpaceX launching first commercial flight to International Space Station on May 7th

  By Sam Byford on April 25, 2012 05:08 am + 17 comments

  After a series of delays, SpaceX has confirmed the date of its inaugural test flight — May 7th is Continue reading…

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  SpaceX wants to build a commercial spaceport in southern Texas

  By Adi Robertson on April 10, 2012 02:37 pm + 15 comments

  SpaceX, one of the companies building the next generation of American spacecraft, is apparently Continue reading…

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  SpaceX shows off Dragon spacecraft's interior

  By Sam Byford on March 19, 2012 05:49 am + 9 comments

  SpaceX has posted a look at the interior of its Dragon spacecraft. Dragon was the first commercial Continue reading…

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  'Angry Birds Space' hands-on video: pigs in space

  By Ross Miller on March 11, 2012 04:49 pm + 57 comments

  Full disclosure: it wasn't until watching NASA's Angry Birds Space tutorial that we decided to drop Continue reading…

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  Robonaut performs first human-robot handshake in space

  By Andrew Webster on February 16, 2012 11:28 am + 7 comments

  For the first time ever an astronaut and a robot shook hands — in space. After nearly a year of Continue reading…

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  Launch of first commercial spacecraft to dock with ISS delayed to March

  By Dieter Bohn on January 21, 2012 08:43 am + 6 comments

  Unfortunately, the unmanned Dragon space capsule that was originally going to be launched into space Continue reading…