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NASA Brings Back the X-Plane, and This One’s Electric
While NASA has had a long and storied history of building and testing experimental aircraft – called X-planes -- it…
Saturn V’s New Mission Is To…Mississippi?
The Saturn V rocket that was supposed to launch Apollo 19 to the Moon in 1973 has found a new…
First 3D Tools Printed Aboard Space Station
The Additive Manufacturing Facility, or 3D printer, on-board the ISS has made its first tool.
470 Million Year Old Meteorite Discovered In Swedish Quarry
A fossilized meteorite from a quarry in Sweden is a new type of space rock that's different from other meteors.
Mammals Were Already Flourishing When The Axe Fell On The Dinosaurs
Mammals were well on their way to dominance long before an asteroid strike was the death-blow for dinosaurs.
Mysterious Greek Device Found To Be Astronomical Computer
A decade of high-tech scanning has confirmed that the Antikythera Mechanism is an ancient astronomical computer.
Mars Stink To Be Duplicated For Earthbound Humans
The smell of Mars could be recreated here on Earth. Might it help prepare colonists for their stay on Mars?
The Relaunch Is On Like Donkey Kong
Elon Musk has announced plans to reuse its four rockets in September or October 2016.
These are the 40 Who Might Die on Mars
200,000 people applied to be one-way colonists to Mars. Now they're being whittled down to 40.