Topic: Space Shuttle Discovery
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In Pictures: Gabrielle Giffords, political survivor
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The 9 weirdest things ever flown on the Space Shuttle
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Female Astronauts
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Microgravity
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Sunsets
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Astronomers discover the Ed Begley Jr. of galaxies
An international team of researchers have spotted the most fuel-efficient galaxy yet, which converts nearly 100 percent of its hydrogen gas into stars.
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Space shuttle Endeavour's L.A. journey subject of beautiful time-lapse video
The amazing time-lapse view of Endeavour's L.A. street journey, which ran from Friday to late Sunday, was created by a team of photographers organized by Matthew Givot
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Space shuttle Endeavour touches down (+video)
The space shuttle Endeavour landed in California on its way to its final resting place. On the way, it made a flyover in Tucson, Arizona where former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, Endeavour's retired commander, were watching.
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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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will.i.am, NASA team up for first song from Mars (+video)
will.i.am and NASA will debut 'Reach for the Stars' Tuesday. The new will.i.am single will be beamed from the NASA Curiosity rover.
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NASA's pioneering astronauts: Where are they now? (+video)
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was one of 300 astronauts. What became of some of the more famous ones?
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Is NASA focusing too much on Mars? (+video)
Even as the Curiosity Mars rover was still testing its equipment in preparation for its surface mission, NASA has unveiled plans for another unmanned mission to Mars. Is the agency playing favorites?
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NASA to launch new mission to Mars to probe below the crust (+video)
NASA'S first mission deep below the surface of Mars aims to understand how the Red Planet formed and how that geological history compares with that of another rocky planet – Earth.
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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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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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Apollo 11: See the first photo ever taken by someone on the moon
On the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, here is the first photo taken by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong after exiting the landing module on the moon.
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Will Curiosity be NASA's last Mars rover? (+video)
Budget cuts have forced NASA to drastically scale back its planetary science missions. But the space agency still has hopes for a future mission that will collect samples of Martian soil and bring them to Earth.
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Future Mars rover mission could rely on new supersonic parachutes, atomic clocks (+video)
As NASA's planetary exploration budget is squeezed, NASA scientists are finding new ways to lower the costs of future Mars rover missions.
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Alan Poindexter dies: Space community mourns NASA astronaut
Alan Poindexter dies: NASA and astronauts around the world remember the former US Navy Captain and NASA astronaut as a man who 'proudly served his country for 26 years'.
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Ex-NASA astronaut killed in jet ski accident
Alan Poindexter, a former US Navy captain and two-time shuttle astronaut, died in a jet ski accident in Pensacola, Florida, NASA said.
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Space Shuttle Enterprise sails to New York
Named for the iconic 'Star Trek' spacecraft, the Enterprise was the first of NASA's fleet of space shuttles.
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The space shuttle named by Star Trek fans makes its final voyage
The space shuttle Enterprise arrived in New York City at its new home on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, now named the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
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Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives in New York. Where will the other shuttles go? (+video)
Like the Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise, which is now on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, NASA's three real space shuttles — the ones that rocketed into orbit — also will spend their retirement in museums.
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Space shuttle Enterprise arrives at New York's Intrepid museum (+video)
NASA awarded Enterprise to the Intrepid in April 2011. At the same time, the space agency assigned the museum homes for its space-flown orbiters.
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Russian Soyuz (finally) lifts off for space station (+video)
A Russian Soyuz rocket, with three astronauts aboard, is due at the International Space Station Thursday. On Saturday, the SpaceX 'Dragon' will follow.
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European Space Agency to explore Jupiter's moons (+video)
The ESA has given the go-ahead for a solar-powered space probe that will examine the icy Jovian moons of Ganymede and Europa, along with Jupiter's upper atmosphere.
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Space Shuttle Enterprise arrives in NYC atop a Boeing 747 (+video)
Earlier today, NASA's Space Shuttle Enterprise touched down in New York City, where it will find a new home in the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
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Space shuttle Enterprise takes final flight to New York (+video)
The space shuttle Enterprise flew atop a jet airliner bound for New York on Friday, where it will go on display later this year.
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