The Spirit of St. Louis in outer space
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What The Associated Press described as test pilot Michael Melvill&#39;s &quot;corkscrewing, white-knuckle ride&quot; on the first leg of SpaceShipOne&#39;s successful attempt to win the $10 million X-Prize, was actually a remarkable rendition of what generations of
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HOUSTON -- Despite facing down tough computer glitches amidst a busy mission to build up the International Space Station (ISS), spirits are high among the ten astronauts aboard the orbital laboratory.
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In the neighborhood of astronaut Lisa Nowak, parents are now able to play catch with their kids on balmy evenings. Instead of the hum of satellite trucks, they can hear birds chirping at sunset.
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ST. PETERS, Mo. - The origins of the universe could soon be uncovered with the help of silicon and other materials. In 2001, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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By Joey Holleman, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Dec. 7--Look! Up in the sky! Is that an exceedingly slow shooting star, a really high-flying jet or a UFO that lost its bearings on the way to Roswell?   Nope. That's space shuttle Discovery.
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When you&#39;re orbiting 240 miles above Earth in the International Space Station, grabbing a midnight snack is a bit more complicated than sneaking into the kitchen.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA -- While SpaceShipOneâs wispy contrail from sky to space quickly vanished into the thin desert air here, Mondayâs flight at Mojave Spaceport left a solid line in the sand -- to create a &quot;new space age&quot; of personal space travel.
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You&#39;re speeding through space at 28 000 kilometres per hour, at times the outside temperature gets down to a chilling minus two hundred degrees Celsius, there is no quick getaway.
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NASA -- A decade in Mission Control for native Texan Steve Walker has seen him help steer the Space Shuttle to historic destinations. Among them were the Russian Mir Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station...
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NASA builds its spacecraft in some of the tidiest rooms on Earth, but a few microbial stowaways always manage to survive and sneak a ride into space.
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When floating through space, and orbiting the Earth, an astronaut witnesses a sunset and sunrise every 45 minutes. Exploring beyond the atmosphere furthers
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By Nolan Rosenkrans, Philadelphia Daily News  Feb. 23--Despite the remarkable technical feat of space travel and the high-level skills that astronauts need, being one isn't quite as prestigious as it used to be.
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BLOOMINGTON -- It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... space shuttle? When Mary Milliman went out to her deck at Lake Bloomington Tuesday night, she was surprised to see two bright lights in the night sky.
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Astronomers have produced the first truly useful image ever of something in space using gamma rays. It's a picture only an astronomer could love, but it appears to help solve a century-long mystery.
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By MIKE SWAIN Science Editor  HERE is the world in all its wonder - captured from space in photographs as beautiful as anything from an artist's brush.   These remarkable pictures come from US space agency Nasa's satellite Earth observatory.
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ST. LOUIS -- It&#39;s a big day for a big check in St. Louis where the team behind a rocket plane called SpaceShipOne has accepted a $10 million prize for advancements in private space travel and tourism.
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Blog: In Los Angeles, fans of the sci-fi classic get down to some serious watching.