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  NASA launching rocket tonight on self-destruction mission to study the early universe

  By Carl Franzen on June 4, 2013 06:00 pm + 11 comments

  NASA is launching a rocket high into Earth's atmosphere tonight between 11 PM and midnight Eastern Continue reading…

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  NASA's Android smartphone satellites return blurry images from space

  By Carl Franzen on May 3, 2013 06:10 pm + 37 comments

  NASA has taken many images of the Earth from space, but none quite like this. The blurry images Continue reading…

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  Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo breaks speed of sound in first rocket-powered test flight

  By Nathan Ingraham on April 29, 2013 01:31 pm + 26 comments

  Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has completed the first rocket-powered test of its SpaceShipTwo Continue reading…

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  SpaceX's prototype rocket Grasshopper hovers at 820 feet in highest flight yet

  By Carl Franzen on April 23, 2013 12:45 pm + 62 comments

  Last night SpaceX released a video of the latest successful test flight of its Grasshopper prototype Continue reading…

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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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  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recovers Apollo spacecraft engines from the bottom of the ocean

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 20, 2013 01:10 pm + 40 comments

  Last year, Amazon CEO and space enthusiast Jeff Bezos discovered the underwater whereabouts of Continue reading…

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  NASA says SpaceX Dragon is safe to dock with the International Space Station on Sunday

  By T.C. Sottek on March 2, 2013 03:28 pm + 4 comments

  SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was delayed after experiencing a glitch on Friday, casting doubt on its Continue reading…

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  Goodbye terra firma, Hello Kitty

  By Amar Toor on February 6, 2013 04:35 am + 36 comments

  Lauren Rojas went the extra mile for her middle school science fair — 17.73 miles, to be exact. Continue reading…

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  Pictures of two different Iranian space monkeys the result of a mix-up, animal allegedly 'in good health'

  By Dante D'Orazio on February 2, 2013 09:33 pm + 108 comments

  After Iranian-controlled news agencies reported on Monday that the government had successfully Continue reading…

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  Iran's monkey may not actually have made it back from space alive

  By Adi Robertson on February 1, 2013 01:11 pm + 128 comments

  After Iran released news that it had successfully launched and recovered a monkey from space, some Continue reading…