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  Xombie rocket flight successfully simulates landing on another celestial body

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 3, 2013 03:57 pm + 5 comments

  Masten Space Systems has been testing variations of its "Xombie" sub-orbital rocket out in the Continue reading…

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  First traces of particles linked to dark matter found aboard International Space Station

  By Carl Franzen on April 3, 2013 02:46 pm + 22 comments

  All of the stars and planets and other visible matter in the universe only make up about five Continue reading…

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  NASA trailer reaches crowdfunding goal, will be shown before 'Star Trek: Into Darkness'

  By Amar Toor on March 30, 2013 09:42 am + 68 comments

  "We are the Explorers," an Indiegogo campaign that aims to create a 30-second trailer about the US Continue reading…

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  NASA said to request $100 million for plan to capture near-Earth asteroid

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 29, 2013 06:04 pm + 44 comments

  NASA is taking a plan to send an unmanned spacecraft to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit Continue reading…

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  First 'express' flight to the International Space Station cuts travel time from two days to six hours

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 28, 2013 06:53 pm + 12 comments

  Typically, trips from the earth to the International Space Station take about two days — but Continue reading…

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  NASA remotely controls Athlete rover with Leap Motion: 'let's bring a billion human beings into a holodeck'

  By T.C. Sottek on March 27, 2013 11:30 pm + 28 comments

  "Just for you guys today we're going to do something special, something that's never been done Continue reading…

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  This crowdfunding campaign aims to put a 30-second NASA commercial in movie theaters

  By Adrianne Jeffries on March 26, 2013 08:11 pm + 36 comments

  Earlier this month, NASA released a video entitled, "We Are The Explorers," a moving montage of the Continue reading…

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  NASA says meteor fireball likely responsible for last night's east coast light show

  By Amar Toor on March 23, 2013 01:57 pm + 12 comments

  NASA has announced this week that a bright flash observed over the East Coast of the US Friday night Continue reading…

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  Chinese research scientist accused of spying on NASA

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 21, 2013 01:38 am + 16 comments

  A research scientist working for a NASA contractor at the Langley Research Center was arrested on Continue reading…

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  Human civilization reaches beyond the solar system as Voyager 1 enters unknown space (update)

  By T.C. Sottek on March 20, 2013 12:48 pm + 114 comments

  More than 35 years after leaving Earth, scientists say the Voyager 1 spacecraft appears to have left Continue reading…