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  Virgin Galactic hires former NASA and military pilots to take passengers into space

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 8, 2013 10:56 am + 9 comments

  As Virgin Galactic prepares for its first commercial space flights planned for later this year, the Continue reading…

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  SpaceX signs three-year deal with Spaceport America to test Grasshopper reusable rocket

  By Sam Byford on May 8, 2013 03:49 am + 2 comments

  SpaceX has secured a three-year lease to make use of New Mexico's Spaceport America. The commercial 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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  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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  FAA denies reports that it will soon approve testing of Dreamliner battery fixes

  By Bryan Bishop on February 26, 2013 07:32 pm + 15 comments

  The Federal Administration Aviation is disputing reports that it will soon approve testing of a set Continue reading…

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  Nvidia Tegra 4: the first benchmarks

  By Vlad Savov on February 24, 2013 04:00 pm + 114 comments

  Nvidia's next-generation mobile processor, the Tegra 4, may have been announced at CES last month, Continue reading…

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  North Korea conducts underground nuclear test

  By Sam Byford on February 11, 2013 11:07 pm + 259 comments

  North Korea announced plans last month to carry out its third nuclear test, and it followed through Continue reading…

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  FAA may approve Boeing 787 Dreamliner test flights as early as this week

  By Bryan Bishop on February 4, 2013 08:32 pm + 19 comments

  The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner last month due Continue reading…

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  North Korea to conduct nuclear test 'targeted at the United States'

  By Sam Byford on January 23, 2013 11:30 pm + 208 comments

  North Korea has announced plans for its third nuclear weapon test. In comments carried by the Continue reading…

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  Europe's first 4K channel goes live, but only as a demonstration

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 14, 2013 08:58 am + 34 comments

  4K TV was one of the biggest stories of CES, but the question remains: how will users get native Continue reading…