Space's largest window is built
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The largest window built for use in space has been completed, promising a spectacular view from the International Space Station.
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Two astronauts from the space shuttle Discovery successfully have attached a huge truss to the International Space Station in their first of three space walks designed to extend and rewire the orbiting research craft.
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When scientists are looking into space, the more they can see, the easier it is to piece together the puzzle of the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope's mirror blanks have now been constructed.
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The gigantic hangar where the space shuttle is prepared for its missions sustained much more damage from Hurricane Frances than initially believed, NASA officials said Tuesday.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - NASA unfurled the international space station's new solar wings for the first time Thursday in what looked like a giant accordion being stretched out in orbit. "Big day for space station.
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U.S. scientists say the spine of the James Webb Space Telescope has become the largest structure ever tested in freezing conditions.
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It's a pretty big thing, Space. There's lots in there to look at, but you're not going to get very far with just a pair of binoculars and a notebook.
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Regardless, space competitions are poised to become big business.
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NASA unfurled the international space station's new solar wings for the first time Thursday in what looked like a giant accordion being stretched out in orbit.
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Hurricane Frances did more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than any other storm in history, tearing an estimated 1,000 exterior panels from a giant building where spaceships are assembled, officials said Monday.
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Already a leading launch area for scientific balloons in northern Europe, operations at Sweden's Esrange launch facility will expand next year with NASA's decision to use it for launches of its largest ...
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Robert T. Bigelow, owner of the Budget Suites hotel chain, is trying to build his very own space station -- namely, a massive bouncy castle meant to expand when it gets into orbit. It will be the first privately owned destination in space, and Bigelow proposes to rent it out as an orbital research lab.
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Tests on one of the world's largest optical telescopes have begun on the Canary Island of La Palma.
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A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.
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Bill Gates and a former Microsoft employee have thrown their monetary support behind an ambitious project to build a movie camera for space that will allow scientists to monitor fast-changing events like supernovae explosions.
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There's no space in the space station. With no garbage pickup by shuttles for nearly two years, the international space station is looking more and more like a cluttered attic.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  Before the space shut