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NASA to lease old KSC shuttle pad for commercial launches
WASHINGTON -- An old space shuttle launch pad at Kennedy Space Center soon could be home to commercial rockets under a plan announced Friday by NASA. The agency plans to lease what's known as Pad 39A to prospective tenants. Possible candidates include...Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Orion Space Mission, SpaceX
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Astronaut flies NASA's Dream Chaser spacecraft in flight simulator | Video
Lt. Col. Jack Fischer visits NASA-Langley to fly the Dream Chaser spacecraft on the motion-based Research Flight Deck simulator. Read the whole NASA Dream Chaser spacecraft simulator story.
Tags: Science and Technology, Space Programs, Science
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'Selfies,' a social media term the world could do without
Social media allow people to broadcast where they are, what they're doing, whom they're doing it with and why they're doing it in the first place. That's crucial information we're fortunate to receive several times a day from everyone we've ever met,...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Fenway Park, Apple iPhone, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope disabled
Planet-hunting scientists were dealt a major blow Wednesday when NASA officials announced that a crucial wheel on the Kepler space telescope had ceased to function and that the craft had been placed in safe mode. Even as NASA officials raised the...
Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Science and Technology, Science
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Wind blasts on Neptune, Uranus may shed light on exoplanet weather
Inscrutable ice giants Neptune and Uranus have only a thin rind of windy weather over their fluid contents, a team of planetary scientists say. The research published in the journal Nature relies on decades-old data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft -- and...
Tags: University of Arizona, Science and Technology, University of Oxford, Science, NASA Voyager Program
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Nanotube factory setting up shop in Newport News
TidewaterBizA maker of heat-resistant nanotube fiber moved into a facility near Oyster Point in Newport News. BNNT, LLC is in the process of setting up equipment, including a laser, in its factory at 300 Ed Wright Lane after finalizing financing with a group of...Tags: Nanotechnology, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Science and Technology, Plant Openings
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Space plane arrives at NASA facility for flight testing
A white-and-black space plane, very much resembling the now-retired space shuttle, was trucked to a NASA flight center in the Mojave Desert to begin a round of testing to see if it has the right stuff to carry astronauts one day. Tucked under a white...
Tags: Boeing Co., Science and Technology, SpaceX, Technology, Space Programs
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Weston team wins NASA contest
Cypress Bay High School students rocketed to the top of a field of nearly 600 entries from 20 countries in this year's NASA Ames Space Settlement Design Contest. The team of Robert Gitten, Jackie Linevsky, Zared Schwartz, Jonathan Schiller, Reagan...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral
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My Word: Remembering Astronaut Cooper's firsts
Most people have seen videos of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon after taking manual control of the landing. But who led the way with many space-mission firsts? In May 1963, I was working at NASA Mission Control at Cape Canaveral...Tags: Neil Armstrong, Ceremonies, Science and Technology, Maitland, Space Programs
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New Texas senator is commercial space supporter
WASHINGTON -- The last time Congress wrote a blueprint for NASA policy, a major powerbroker in the 2010 proceedings was then-U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. Aligned with traditional aerospace companies, Hutchison used the bill to force the White...Tags: Ted Cruz, Science and Technology, Space Programs, SpaceX, Politics
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NASA: New pump vanquishes space station ammonia "gusher," jury still out on little leak
AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An impromptu spacewalk over the weekend seems to have fixed a big ammonia leak at the International Space Station, NASA said Thursday. The "gusher" erupted a week ago, prompting the hastiest repair job ever by...Tags: Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Movies, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Space Programs
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Correction: Space Station-Star Trek story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 15 about astronauts at the International Space Station getting the new "Star Trek" movie, The Associated Press reported erroneously when the film opened on Earth. "Star Trek into Darkness" opened in the United States...Tags: Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Star Trek (movie, 2009), Science and Technology, Google+, Space Programs
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