The Rocket's Descent
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Roger Clemens joins Barry Bonds in the slow burn that lasts a lifetime and then lingers after death as long as the game is played and tongues can way.
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Kern County -- The first privately funded rocket to reach space completed the first half of a $10 million flight competition Wednesday by soaring to an altitude of 64 miles -- but only after enduring a white-knuckle series of barrel rolls.
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The race to send privately owned rockets into space heated up yesterday with the second successful test of a craft built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan.
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Some science may have been lost as the Genesis space capsule landed in the Utah desert with a thud. But there might be a glimmer of good news in the failed NASA mission.
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A rocket that was the first launched from a commercial spaceport in New Mexico &#151; and the first to crash &#151; has been found in the desert, company officials said Saturday.
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A rocket has been launched carrying a satellite to track and study the most powerful explosions seen in the universe since the Big Bang.
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A rocket carrying an Israeli spy satellite crashed shortly after liftoff on Monday, officials said. The Defense Ministry blamed a malfunction in the third stage of the rocket, which took off from an air base in Israel.
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A Russian rocket carrying two cosmonauts and one US astronaut launched successfully Thursday on a mission to the International Space Station.
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In the quest for a cheaper route to space, astronauts competing for the X Prize are willing to take risks. But some wonder if blasting off in an untested rocket ship suspended from a giant balloon is taking things too far. By Dan Brekke.
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A visit to a rocketmaker shows a reliance on very basic materials. The range of rockets fired at Israel has slowly been growing.
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The European-designed Huygens spacecraft has begun its 20-day descent to Saturn&#39;s satellite Titan with the aim of penetrating its thick atmosphere and unraveling the mysteries below.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER   Associated Press writer  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky Saturday as the spacecraft blazed off the launch pad for the first nighttime liftoff in four years.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA - In a mission that could herald a new era of space tourism, a privately built, three-person rocket ship flew to space and back today in a mission that frightened those who watched from the ground and on a live webcast.
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By Wu Chong  US astronaut Neil Armstrong descended from landing craft Eagle on July 20, 1969, and his next action captivated the world.
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It may seem, from a distance, just one small step. But in a few months, it should prove to have been a giant leap. NASA plans today to roll out from an assembly facility near New Orleans a redesigned fuel
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The People have chose to brand the ball rather to send it to space.
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico  - A rocket   packed with cargo is set to blast off into space from a desert   launch range in New Mexico, ushering in what its backers say is   a new era of cheap public access to the stars.