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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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In Pictures: Real-life wonder women
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Remembering the Challenger: Five ways it changed spaceflight
Twenty-five years ago Friday, the space shuttle Challenger came to a tragic end, exploding on liftoff and claiming the lives of seven astronauts. Here are five ways the Challenger pushed spaceflight forward.
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NASA prepares twin spacecraft for crash landing
Ebb and Flow, two spacecraft that have been investigating the moon's gravitational field, will end their existence by smashing into the moon's north pole next week. The event is not likely to be visible from Earth, but the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter may catch a glimpse.
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Sally Ride was gay. Should that matter? (+video)
Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, never hid her 27-year relationship with Tam O'Shaughnessy. But she didn't advertise it either.
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Sally Ride: Why aren't there any openly gay astronauts? (+video)
Most people didn't know that the first American woman in space, astronaut Sally Ride, was a lesbian until her obituaries were published on Monday. Is being openly gay a career-wrecker for astronauts?
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Female space shuttle commanders remember Sally Ride (+video)
Two women who became space shuttle commanders after seeing Sally Ride's historic flight in 1983, reflect on the legacy of the first American woman in 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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Sally Ride: The celebrity-shy, first US woman in space (+video)
Sally Ride was very private, but she inspired a generation of female scientists with her historic shuttle flight in 1983. Sally Ride, a physicist, proved that women could be equal partners with men 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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China's first female astronaut: Who is she? (+video)
Liu Yang, a fighter pilot, is slated to become China's first female astronaut to travel into space on Saturday.
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NASA probe shoots video of the dark side of the moon (+video)
One of NASA's twin Grail probes circling the moon has captured a video of the side that perpetually faces away from Earth.
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NASA's twin moon probes renamed by children: 'Ebb' & 'Flow'
The probes' new names were offered by fourth grade students in Bozeman, Mont., who were chosen as the winners of NASA's naming contest.
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NASA Grail probes circling the moon on New Year's Day
After a 3½-month journey, a NASA spacecraft flew over the moon's south pole, fired its engine and dropped into orbit in the first of two back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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Milestones in U.S. manned spaceflight
A timeline of significant moments in America's quest to reach for the stars.
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Editor's Blog
The astronaut who learned how to seeStory Musgrave flew on six space shuttle missions -- and on every one of the shuttles that NASA is retiring this year. In a career of standout performances, he never forgot to savor the experience.
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In Pictures: Real-life wonder women
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Remembering the Challenger: Five ways it changed spaceflight
Twenty-five years ago Friday, the space shuttle Challenger came to a tragic end, exploding on liftoff and claiming the lives of seven astronauts. Here are five ways the Challenger pushed spaceflight forward.
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Space junk close to International Space Station; new astronauts arrive
Space junk has NASA keeping a close eye on the International Space Station. New residents arrived Thursday.
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Sally Ride's flight suit stolen by Houston man
Calvin Dale Smith of Houston has been charged with stealing several NASA artifacts.
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What's next for US spaceflight, if not the moon?
Under Obama's 2011 budget, NASA would cancel plans to put astronauts back on the moon by 2020 and hand off space-taxi services to private companies.
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Star gazing with the Obamas on the White House lawn
Barack and Michelle Obama, with Sasha and Malia, host a star-gazing party at the White House with student astronomers and celebrity astronauts.
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