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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Launching Americans back to space and the International Space Station (ISS) from American soil on American rockets via NASA's commercial crew program (CCP) has just suffered another significant but not unexpected delay, with an announcement from NASA that the target date for inaugural crewed flight aboard a SpaceX commercial Crew Dragon has slipped significantly from 2017 to 2018.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Monday's (Dec. 12) planned launch of NASA's innovative Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) hurricane microsatellite fleet was aborted when a pump in the hydraulic system that releases the Pegasus air-launch booster from its L-1011 carrier aircraft failed in flight. UPDATE: launch delayed to Dec 15, story revised
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New samples obtained by the Curiosity rover have shed more light on environmental changes over the past few billion years, offering more evidence in support of it being habitable.
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An international team of scientists claim that a superluminous event in a distant galaxy was caused by a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole.
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Want to buy a green laser but need help choosing one? This guide will help!
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For centuries, human beings have been creating mechanical models the Solar System, which today is known as an orrery,
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - An exciting new chapter in hurricane monitoring and forecasting intensity prediction is due to open Monday morning at NASA's Kennedy Space Center when a new constellation of microsatellites dubbed CYGNSS are slated to be deployed from an air-launched Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket.
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CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL - The most powerful US Air Force military communications satellite ever built was propelled to orbit by a ULA Delta IV rocket that provided a dinnertime launch delight Wednesday evening for the crowds of spectators gathered around America's premier gateway to space.
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Every year, NASA release Spinoff, a publication produced by the Technology Transfer Program that shows how NASA technology has benefits here on Earth.
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SpaceX is postponing the resumption of launches for their Falcon 9 rocket into early January 2017 as they continue to deal with the fallout from the catastrophic launch pad explosion in Florida that destroyed a Falcon 9 during preflight test operations three months ago.
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A comprehensive guide to astronomical oppositions, occultations, eclipses, comets and more for 2017.
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A new study produced by an international team of researchers shows that Dark Matter may be more smoothly distributed than previously thought
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It turns out, that famous question of "How do you go to the bathroom in space?" is not so easy to answer. At least, not when it comes to 'going' -- repeatedly -- in your spacesuit, when you may have been wearing it continually for six days or more.
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