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Lockheed Accelerates Orion to Achieve 2013 launch and potential 2016 Manned Lunar Flyby

[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Despite utilizing just half the work force originally planned and cutting back further on the…

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More Surprises From Pluto

[/caption] Ah, Pluto. Seems every time we think we've got it figured out, it has a new surprise to throw…

13 years ago

President Obama to Attend Endeavour’s Last Launch on April 29

[/caption] President Barack Obama and the entire First Family apparently plan to attend the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour,…

13 years ago

Yuri Gagarin From the Earth to Mars Tribute

[/caption] 50 Years ago, the dream of human spaceflight opened with the courageous blastoff of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside the…

13 years ago

NASA Selects Museums in Florida, California, New York and the Smithsonian for retiring Space Shuttles

[/caption] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden today unveiled the winners in the bidding war to become home to one of NASA’s…

13 years ago

Stirring Video Tributes to Yuri Gagarin

http://youtu.be/fuxeRNtN160?hd=1 Today, April 12, is the 50th Anniversary of Earth’s first manned spaceflight by Hero Cosmonaut , Yuri Gagarin of…

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Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1 Photo Album – 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight

[/caption] 50 Years ago on April 12,1961 the era of Human spaceflight opened with a roar to the heavens above…

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Astronomy Without A Telescope – Our Unlikely Solar System

[/caption] Recent modeling of Sun-like stars with planetary systems, found that a system with four rocky planets and four gas…

13 years ago

Countdown to Yuri’s Night and the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight !

Mark your calendars. April 12, 2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight and Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s astonishing First Orbit…

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Curiosity Mars Rover Almost Complete

[/caption] NASA’s massive ‘Curiosity’ rover is almost ready to begin the first leg of its long trek to the surface…

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