Space Flight

At Shuttle Program’s Twilight, Tears and Cheers as Triumphs and Tragedies are Remembered

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – With the shuttle program’s end less than three months away, NASA took time to honor the…

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

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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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Here's footage from the first space shuttle flight, 30 years ago today on April 12, 1981. One of the big…

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The Expedition 27 crew aboard the International Space Station sends a special message to the world to wish everyone a…

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[/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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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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[/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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The aerospace industry is typically filled with engineers, scientists and pilots. Hardly the segment of the population that is subject…

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[/caption]Elon Musk, the CEO and chief rocket designer of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced today (April 5) that SpaceX will…

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