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  SpaceX: countdown to the era of commercial space flight

  By Sam Byford on May 22, 2012 03:30 am

  SpaceX is a company founded by Elon Musk of PayPal and Tesla, which recently became the first Continue reading…

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  Watch this: SpaceX launch live on NASA TV at 3:44AM ET / 8:44AM BST

  By Sam Byford on May 22, 2012 02:46 am + 36 comments

  After a series of delays and false starts, the historic SpaceX mission to the International Space Continue reading…

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  SpaceX Dragon capsule scheduled for yet another launch attempt Tuesday at 3:44AM ET

  By Chris Welch on May 21, 2012 03:16 pm + 13 comments

  The on-again, off-again launch of SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule is on target for yet another Continue reading…

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  Reminder: watch the SpaceX launch livestream Saturday at 4:55AM EDT (update: aborted)

  By Andrew Webster on May 18, 2012 01:23 pm + 17 comments

  It took a long time to get to this point, with a number of delays along the way, but SpaceX's Continue reading…

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  Starlite: the miracle material that could be lost forever

  By Jamie Keene on May 17, 2012 08:46 am + 95 comments

  On a 1990 episode of the BBC TV show Tomorrow's World, presenter Peter McCann showed off a new Continue reading…

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  'Space Program: Mars' exhibit brings NASA's glory days to Park Avenue

  By Jamie Keene on May 17, 2012 05:55 am + 1 comments

  Artist Tom Sachs' latest installation could be seen as a "what might have been" if the golden age of Continue reading…

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  Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome and Soyuz rocket launch in pictures

  By Andrew Webster on May 16, 2012 09:47 am + 14 comments

  With the demise of NASA's space shuttle program, Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome has now become a main Continue reading…

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  NASA prepares astronauts for manned asteroid mission

  By Adi Robertson on May 16, 2012 08:57 am + 3 comments

  Anyone who was disappointed to learn that Planetary Resources would rely on robots for its asteroid Continue reading…

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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…