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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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Amid North Korea crisis, US scrubs missile test to avoid 'misperception' (+video)
Calling off the missile test – which had nothing to do with North Korea – is just one way the US is quietly trying to defuse tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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Dempsey: Pentagon prepared for potential North Korean action
Though he doesn't foresee North Korea taking serious military action, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon has bolstered its missile defenses to be prepared.
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$4m of pot on beach in California highlights smuggling trend (+video)
$4m of pot on beach: The $4 million in marijuana found near an abandoned boat near Santa Barbara is not the first. Police say more than 20 of these pot smuggling boats have landed in the area in the past year.
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X-37B: US launches super-secret, orbiting, robotic plane
The X-37B is designed to stay in space as long as nine months and to collect electronic signals of all kinds in a way that other countries can't stop. The Air Force is not commenting on its mission.
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SpaceX founder Musk eyes 'self-sustaining' Mars civilization
In Musk's vision, the ambitious Mars settlement program would start with a pioneering group of fewer than 10 people, who would journey to the Red Planet aboard a huge reusable rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane.
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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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World's most powerful rocket launches secret US satellite
The second classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office to launch in nine days blasted off with the most powerful liquid hydrogen rocket engines ever built. The spy agency plans a third launch in August.
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US spy agency undertakes 'critical national security launch'
An Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite on Monday, just days after the Air Force's secret X-37B space plane returned from its secret 15-month mission in orbit.
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Mysterious Air Force space plane lands after 15 months in orbit
An unmanned space plane built by Boeing, the second of its kind, returns to Earth after 463 days in orbit for a clandestine mission.
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Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel
During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
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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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DARPA hypersonic glider skin peeled off, says Pentagon
Darpa Hypersonic Glider: The Pentagon has explained why it aborted the DARPA hypersonic glider last year. Apparently, the unmanned craft's skin started to peel off as it reached speeds of Mach 20.
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Will SpaceX build a new launch pad in Texas?
The company known as SpaceX is considering building a rocket launch pad in the area near Brownsville, Texas.
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Opinion: For nuclear security beyond Seoul, eradicate land-based 'doomsday' missiles
America's 450 launch-ready land-based nuclear-armed ballistic missiles are the opposite of a deterrent to attack. In fact, their very deployment has the potential to launch World War III and precipitate human extinction – as a result of a false alarm. We’re not exaggerating.
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Blue Marble: NASA releases hi-res image of Earth's B-side
As a followup to last week's wildly popular shot of our planet's Western Hemisphere, NASA has now released the flipside (which just might turn out to be the more popular track in the long run).
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Planet Earth poses for new high-res NASA 'Blue Marble' portrait
Suomi NPP is equipped to do far more than provide Earthlings with some stunning views of their home planet. Five instruments are traveling aboard the first-of-its-kind satellite, designed to improve both short-term weather forecasts and the overall understanding of long-term climate change.
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X-37B mystery plane: nine-month flight extended
X-37B robot plane has its mission extended past 270 days in continuous flight. The mission of the X-37B is unknown.
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New satellite launches: Will it improve weather forecasts?
The $1.5 billion, SUV-sized craft will monitor 30 features that affect daily and seasonal weather patterns, as well as long-term climate behavior.
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Prototype of next-generation weather satellite: Can it go to work fast enough?
After cost overruns and years of delay, the US is set to launch a prototype weather satellite before dawn Friday. Its data are badly needed as the number of Earth-observing satellites dwindle.
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NASA pinpoints crash site of fallen satellite
NASA has determined the exact point where its huge UARS climate satellite fell to Earth. It's in the Pacific Ocean.
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Pentagon loses contact with unmanned glider moving at Mach 20
The Pentagon tested its hypersonic Falcon HTV-2 vehicle Thursday, losing contact with the craft as it hurtled over the Pacific Ocean.
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In Pictures: Supersonic planes
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NASA Aquarius to launch on Friday
NASA Aquarius: a new NASA instrument called Aquarius is set to study salt levels in the Earth's oceans after launching on Friday.
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day: Sunsets
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