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  NASA reveals Orion capsule, set for eventual Mars mission

  By Louis Goddard on July 3, 2012 06:03 am + 52 comments

  NASA has unveiled a new passenger module with the ultimate goal of taking astronauts to Mars. Dubbed Continue reading…

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  New SpaceX rocket generates 147,000 pounds of thrust in test video

  By Louis Goddard on June 26, 2012 04:33 am + 22 comments

  SpaceX, the private space transport firm headed up by PayPal founder Elon Musk, has released a Continue reading…

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  China's first female astronaut helps Shenzhou-9 complete country's first space docking (updated)

  By Amar Toor on June 17, 2012 11:57 pm + 62 comments

  Chinese astronaut Liu Yang made history on Saturday, when she became the country's first woman to Continue reading…

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  NASA opens Launch Control Center to visitors for first time in decades

  By Andrew Webster on June 12, 2012 01:59 pm + 9 comments

  In just a few days time NASA will be opening up its Launch Control Center to the public, the same Continue reading…

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  SpaceX rocket carries the ashes of Scotty from 'Star Trek' and 307 others into space

  By Vlad Savov on May 22, 2012 08:14 am + 10 comments

  James Doohan, the actor who famously portrayed Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer on the original S Continue reading…

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  SpaceX launch aborted at last second

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 19, 2012 12:57 pm + 26 comments

  In a dramatic turn of events in Cape Canaveral this morning, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch was 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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  Japan launches Korean satellite in play for commercial space business

  By Sam Byford on May 18, 2012 04:15 am + 1 comments

  Japan launched its first rocket carrying a foreign satellite this morning, in a joint operation by 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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  Liberty rocket could begin commercial low-orbit space flights by 2016

  By Andrew Webster on May 10, 2012 10:54 am + 5 comments

  With demise of NASA's space shuttle program, commercial companies are stepping up to fill the void Continue reading…