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35 Years Ago: NASA Unveils First Space Shuttle, 'Enterprise' | Fox News

Thirty-five years ago today, Americans got their first good look at a spaceship that would become a national icon.

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As the Star Wars Blu-ray edition releases, Shatner emotes on Trek v. Wars - National Technology | Examiner.com

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Mars Rover 'Opportunity' Nears Endeavor's Crater 'Spirit Point' [VIDEO] | IBTimes TV

Marisa Krystian | Aug 08, 2011 | 1min:20sec Mars Rover 'Opportunity' Nears Endeavor Crater 'Spirit Point'. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover ‘Opportunity’ will revisit the rim of Endeavour crater on Mars, where its rover twin ‘Spirit’ finished its 6-year-long mission in May Driving commands sent up to Opportunity directed the six-wheel rover to make the final push toward Endeavour crater, a 14-mile-wide depression near the Martian equator that likely could be its final destination.

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Dead NASA Satellite Plunging to Earth in a Week: But Where? - International Business Times

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NASA Discovers New 'Tatooine' Planet With Two Suns | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

First we get the Back to the Future sneakers and now Tatooine? It's a big week for sci-fi movie buffs, as NASA on Thursday revealed that its Kepler mission had uncovered evidence of a circumbinary planet, or a planet that orbits two stars.

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NASA unveils deep-space rocket to succeed the space shuttle – USATODAY.com

NASA unveiled plans for a rocket successor to the space shuttle Wednesday: an $18 billion design aimed at a 2017 unmanned test flight of the most powerful rocket since the moon race's Saturn V rockets.

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Spaceflight Now | Space Station Mission Report | Russia sets Nov. 12 for next manned Soyuz rocket launch

Alleviating concerns the International Space Station could be temporarily abandoned late this year, the Russian space agency has set Nov. 12 for the next crewed flight of the Soyuz rocket after an unmanned launch of the normally-reliable booster failed last month.

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Richest Haul of Planets Ever Found Includes 16 New Super-Earths - International Business Times

 

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NASA Finds “Death Star” Blasting Planet With X-Rays – News Watch

A planet about 880 light-years from Earth may be about to meet Alderaan‘s fate: It’s being blasted apart by a “death star.”

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