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NASA's International Space Station to Open to Visitors
By Jasmine Aguilera
SpaceX: Japanese Billionaire Will Be First Space Tourist
By Casey Quackenbush
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Stephen Hawking Says The Human Race Has No Future If It Doesn't Go To Space
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New technology would use lasers to help a small device travel near the speed of light
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SpaceX Successfully Lands Rocket on Drone Ship, Sends Cargo To Space Station
The landing is another milestone for the company.
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Watch Jeff Bezos’ Space Company Successfully Land a Rocket
It's a hat trick for Blue Origin's New Shepard
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SpaceX Scrubs Mission SES-9 for Third Time in a Week
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is Delayed a Day
The rocket had been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral on Sunday night
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Opening the Door to Space Tourism
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President Obama Calls the International Space Station
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Tesla’s Elon Musk: Nuking Mars Can Make It More Like Earth
His plan for refurbishing the red planet may seem a bit rash
By Chris Matthews / Fortune
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A Japanese Drinks Company Just Sent Some Whiskey to the International Space Station
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The Smithsonian Needs Your Help to Display Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit
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The debris was a fragment from an old Russian weather satellite
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It felt terrible, but lives will be saved in the future
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"Feels like Christmas in July," the astronauts said
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NASA Prepares 'Flying Saucer' for Take Off
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Watch the video featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson
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With surprising agility, study finds
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The Opportunity Mars Rover Finally Completes a Marathon
But it wasn't exactly a fast race
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Watch NASA Fire Up the Biggest Rocket Booster Ever
And blast a serious hole in the Utah desert in the process.
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See the SpaceX Rocket Crash Land in Middle of the Ocean
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