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NASA Administrator Set to Resign

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe is set to resign this week from the agency, after heading it up for three years.…

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X-43 Flight Delayed

NASA has pushed back the launch of its X-43A because of instrument trouble used up most of their launch window…

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NASA’s New Supercomputer is World’s Fastest

NASA unveiled its new supercomputer on Tuesday, which took the lead as the fasted computer in the world. Named "Columbia",…

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Spacecraft Designer Maxime Faget Passes Away

Dr. Maxime Faget, one of the most prolific of NASA's spacecraft designers, passed away on Saturday at the age of…

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Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies

Astronaut Gordon Cooper, who piloted missions in both the Mercury and Gemini programs, died on Monday at his home in…

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NASA Pushes the Limits with New Awards

NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts has selected 12 proposals for further study as part of its goal of finding revolutionary…

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SpaceShipOne’s Engine Designer Working with NASA

SpaceDev, the company that designed and built the hybrid rocket engine for Scaled Composite's SpaceShipOne, announced that they've entered discussions…

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NASA Centres Could Be Damaged by Ivan

Although Hurricane Ivan spared NASA's Kennedy Space Center, several of the agencies other facilities weren't so lucky. The Stennis Space…

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Cleaning Up Kennedy Space Center After Frances

NASA workers are continuing to assess the damage that Hurricane Frances wreaked on the Kennedy Space Center when it tore…

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NASA Assesses the Damage From Frances

It's bad, but it could have been much worse. Hurricane Frances devastated Florida over the weekend, with the eye sweeping…

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