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A Successful First Flight For NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
American spaceflight enters a new era
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A Wayward Boat And Other Disruptions Delay Test of NASA’s Newest Spaceship
Orion’s quest for space will have to wait until tomorrow
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Welcome to the Next Era of NASA Spaceflight…to Mars
NASA’s long-distance crew capsule, Orion, will get its first test flight tomorrow
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With An Eye To Mars, NASA is Testing its Astronaut Twins
Scott and Mark Kelly, the only twins to have traveled in space, are embarking on a mission to help NASA prepare for Mars
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One Idea to Get to Mars: Fill the Walls of a Spaceship With Water
The insulation from radiation would also be drinkable
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Astronauts Nap on the Launchpad While Waiting for a Ride to Space
There’s not much to do while NASA goes through its pre-launch checks
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The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On
Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth
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This Company Is Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon
Your reward: a spot in a digital time capsule buried beneath the lunar surface
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Tomorrow, a Man-made Spacecraft Will Land On a Comet for the First Time, Ever
The action starts bright and early
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Would Astronauts Survive an Interstellar Trip Through a Wormhole?
Well, it depends on your definition of “wormhole” …
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Why “Interstellar” Belongs in the Pantheon of the Best “Realistic” Science Fiction Films
The film follows a well-trodden path, says Smithsonian space historian Cathleen Lewis, who gives it a thumbs up
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Virgin Galactic’s Aggressive Plan to Get Back in the Air
The company hopes to resume flying with a new ship by summer 2015
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Past Transit Tragedies Point to a Way Forward for Virgin Galactic
From a fatal Apollo fire to the sinking of the Titanic, history has a few lessons following last week’s spaceflight disasters
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What SpaceShipTwo’s Crash Means for Virgin Galactic And Private Spaceflight
Private spaceflight may see tighter federal regulation
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Just Crashed in California
The private spaceflight company was testing a new fuel for their experimental spaceship
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The European Space Agency Has Made the Weirdest Short Film
The ESA’s advertising Rosetta with a very unusual sci-fi short
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The Antares Rocket Explosion Wasn’t Orbital Sciences’ First Big Malfunction
Orbital Sciences has lost some of NASA’s gear before, because going to space is really, really hard
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Reminder: Keep Your Boat AWAY From NASA’s Rocket Launches
A mission to the ISS was cancelled because of a wayward boat
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From Lightning on Jupiter to Apollo 13’s Call for Help, Hear Some of NASA’s Greatest Recordings
An audio archive captures some iconic moments of space history
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