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In Pictures: Atlantis: The final mission
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NASA space shuttle: Coming to a city near you?
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In Pictures: Challenger 25th anniversary
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$70 million per seat: Is NASA getting ripped off?
$70 million per seat: Now that the Russians have the only vehicle capable of shuttling astronauts to the Space Station, they can charge whatever they want for the ride — and they want $70 million per seat.
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$70 million per seat: Russia raises price for NASA astronauts on Russian rockets
The $424 million deal between NASA and the Russian Space Agency represents flights to and from the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft, as well as training, for six astronauts in 2016 and the first half of 2017.
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NASA's big decision: Build a moon base or lasso an asteroid?
NASA and lawmakers disagree over the future of human spaceflight. NASA has its sights set on an asteroid landing, while legislators want a permanent moon base.
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Spaceflight conference: No NASA reps, but Sigourney Weaver is there
NASA banned employees from attending the annual National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. But 'Alien' star Sigourney Weaver will be there.
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How sequester cuts could set back scientific research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are among those hit hard by the sequester cuts that take effect on March 1.
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US scientists seek to prevent another meteor explosion
NASA and the Air Force are working together to develop plans to prepare for future meteor strikes like the one in Russia earlier this month.
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Space shuttle Endeavour: A final 2 m.p.h. mission through Los Angeles
The space shuttle Endeavour began its 2-mph crawl through streets of Los Angeles at about 2 a.m. Friday. A retired laser scientist uses Endeavour's terrestrial crawl as a teaching moment for Los Angeles school children.
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Why is Barack Obama's signature on Mars? (+video)
Curiosity drops a few rather big names in recent images taken with its MAHLI camera.
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Astronauts, family remember Neil Armstrong
Astronauts from the Apollo era and forward joined Neil Armstrong's family to celebrate the life of the first human to set foot on the moon.
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Across America, tributes to Neil Armstrong (+video)
As a blue moon rose Friday, people across the country celebrated the life of Neil Armstrong, who in 1969 became the first human to set foot on the moon.
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Blue moon: A cosmic wink at Neil Armstrong memorial service
The blue moon Friday is on the same day of a private memorial service for Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. A blue moon occurs when there's a second full moon in one calendar month. It won't happen again until July 2015.
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Next Mars mission to probe Red Planet's core
Scheduled to land on Mars sometime in 2016, NASA's next planetary mission will measure seismic waves and heat flows through the Red Planet's interior.
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What everyone is saying about NASA's Mars rover landing (+video)
The successful landing of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on the Red Planet marks a historic moment in the history of planetary science. Here's what people are saying about it.
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NASA showered with praise over Curiosity Mars rover landing
NASA is exulting in its latest success: A one-ton robotic science lab safely deposited on the surface of Mars via never-before-attempted entry and descent maneuvers.
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President Obama hails NASA's Curiosity Mars rover landing
The president called the daring landing of the one-ton rover on the Red Planet and 'unprecedented feat of technology.'
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Curiosity rover beams back first photo from Martian surface (+video)
A black-and-white image of the wheel of NASA's one-ton Curiosity rover resting on Martian was the first visual proof that the craft had safely touched down on the Red Planet.
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NASA rover lands safely on Mars
'Curiousity' dropped down onto the surface of the red planet early Monday morning and is already sending back pictures.
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NASA awards $1.1 billion to Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corporation
Three private companies – Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation – will share $1.1 billion from NASA to help restore the US human spaceflight program.
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NASA launches $1.1 billion deal with private spaceflight companies (+video)
A trio of private spaceflight companies – Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation – are to get $1.1 billion in funding from NASA under a new deal to launch US astronauts into space.
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Space community mourns Sally Ride (+video)
Following the death of astronaut Sally Ride everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Barack Obama has offered a tribute to the first American woman in space.
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Astronaut Sally Ride 'broke barriers with grace and professionalism,' says NASA (+video)
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday.
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Earth as art: the top five Landsat images (+video)
As we mark Landsat's 40th birthday, we present you with some of the best images ever created by this Earth-monitoring satellite program.
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Landsat program marks 40 years of photographing Earth from space (+video)
The Landsat program, a network of seven Earth-facing satellites, turns 40 on Monday.
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SpaceX Dragon cargo ship splashes down in Pacific Ocean (+video)
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, a privately owned spacecraft, returned to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station
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SpaceX rocket on its way to outer space (+video)
This is the first privately-funded spaceflight to the International Space Station; it launched Tuesday after a scrubbed mission over the weekend.
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