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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Sunsets
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Space Shuttle Discovery
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Coming home
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Snowed in
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Ignition
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Green flights? NASA explores biofuel use in planes.
Commercial jets could fly safely with a blend of jet fuel that includes a plant oil, NASA researchers said Thursday. NASA is one of several government agencies examining the use of renewable biofuels to reduce dependency on foreign oil while reducing carbon emissions.
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Giant leap in race to replace space shuttle? Dream Chaser gets big boost.
Sierra Nevada Corp., which is designing a mini space shuttle called the Dream Chaser, announced that it's joining forces with Lockheed Martin – heavy-hitter in aerospace.
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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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Space shuttle Endeavour piggybacks on 747 for last leg of Calif. journey (+video)
Today, Endeavour and its carrier plane, called the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, will soar over Austin and refuel at Biggs Army Base in El Paso, Texas, before continuing west toward California.
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Space shuttle Endeavour makes layover in Houston, next stop L.A. (+video)
Endeavour landed in Houston while riding piggyback atop a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet to end the first leg of its three-day journey to Los Angeles, where the retired space shuttle will ultimately be transformed into a museum exhibit at the California Science Center.
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Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off for last time, heading to California
The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, left its Florida home port for the last time on Wednesday and headed to California to begin a new mission as a museum exhibit.
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Space Shuttle Discovery mounted on 747 for ride to Smithsonian (+video)
The retired Space Shuttle Discovery is now sitting on top of NASA's modified jumbo jet, in preparation for its delivery to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Sunsets
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Space Shuttle Discovery
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Coming home
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Snowed in
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Mystery missile? Pentagon, NASA experts say it was a plane
Mystery missile: Pentagon and NASA experts say the mysterious plume off southern California Monday was probably made by a jetliner and not by some mystery missile.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Ignition
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/23
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 09/08
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Mexico's ground still moving from April earthquake
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Baja California and the American Southwest is continuing to displace the ground, according to NASA radar images.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 06/30
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 06/29
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In Pictures: Space Photos of the Day 06/16
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NASA's new jumbo-jet-mounted telescope takes its first snapshots
Peering out of a hole in the side of a jumbo jet, NASA's new Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) captured its first images of Jupiter and of the galaxy M82.
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Should planes fly in Iceland volcano ash? Be careful, study says.
Some European airlines have begun test flights to see if it is safe to fly through the volcano ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull. But a NASA study says a little ash can cause serious problems.
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