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All eyes are on the rover Curiosity
The rover Curiosity is expected to transmit a huge scientific payload from Mars, and the mission may also heavily influence how lawmakers in Washington, D.C., decide to spend money on the space race. Supporters hope a successful landing Sunday night...
Tags: U.S. Senate, NASA, Space Programs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science and Technology
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Mars rover: Curiosity's landing, as told through Twitter
L.A. NOWAfter successfully sticking its highly anticipated landing on Mars Sunday night, Curiosity will begin a two-year, $2.5-billion mission to look for the building blocks of life on the Red Planet.... -
Politicians cheer Curiosity's successful landing on Mars
Some of the celebration surrounding the Mars Science Laboratory's successful landing Sunday night on the Red Planet had a political tone. The touchdown of the over-budget $2.5-billion Mars rover mission comes as tax dollars for planetary exploration...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, NASA, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, SpaceX
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SpaceX Dragon returns to Earth, ends historic trip
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon supply ship returned to Earth on Thursday, ending its revolutionary nine-day voyage to the International Space Station with an old-fashioned splashdown in the Pacific. The unmanned capsule parachuted...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, NASA, Space Programs, Port of Los Angeles, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia)
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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean
CNNThe unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California on Thursday, completing the first commercial flight to the International Space Station, NASA and company controllers reported. The SpaceX Dragon capsule landed at...Tags: NASA, PayPal, Inc., Space Programs, Science and Technology, Rocketry
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250 gather at Naval Academy to remember first African-American graduate
When Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown was a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was ostracized, his classmates once trashing his room ahead of an inspection. But the Navy embraced him as a trailblazer in Wednesday funeral services, part of which were held...Tags: Cancer, West Point, U.S. Army, Jimmy Carter, Human Interest
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Parking spot for Mars rover is picked for convenience
The rover being sent to Mars in search of extraterrestrial life has found its parking spot, and like many humans, its getting one as close to its destination as possible. Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Caņada Flintridge said this...Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff
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Congress looks at boosting JPL budget
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s missions to Mars have gotten a boost from congressional leaders, who this week found up to $100 million more for NASA’s planetary science program. The White House’s initial proposal for the 2013 NASA budget...
Tags: NASA, Astronomy, Space Programs, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Private supply SpaceX rockets toward space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. The SpaceX company made history...
Tags: Business Enterprises, James Doohan, NASA, Satellite Technology, Tesla Motors, Inc.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says launch 'a giant weight ... off my back'
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder and chief executive of SpaceX, sent his Falcon 9 rocket into space early Tuesday morning with an unmanned Dragon capsule after an original mission was aborted over the weekend. How’s he feeling? Extremely relieved....
Tags: Business Enterprises, NASA, Virgin Group, Ltd., Tesla Motors, Inc., Satellite Technology
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Private craft makes history with space station docking
The Associated PressThe private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector. It marked the first time a business...Tags: Richard Branson, Business Enterprises, NASA, Virgin Group, Ltd., PayPal, Inc.
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SpaceX completes historic docking with the space station
SpaceX's cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station in a historic first for spaceflight. The unmanned, cone-shaped capsule became the first privately built and operated vehicle to ever dock to the orbiting outpost at 9:...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, NASA, Space Programs, SpaceX, Science and Technology
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