Space Flight Bumpy, But Successful
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(CBS/AP) The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a $10 million prize.
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NASA fueled Discovery for liftoff Tuesday on a backbreakingly difficult space station construction mission, despite a gloomy forecast calling for rain right around launch time.
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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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Commercial space flight doesn't offer too many opportunities for investors, but there is one tiny prospect.
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MOJAVE, CALIF: Completing the first leg of a quest for a $10 million prize, a test pilot took a privately financed plane past the cusp of space on Wednesday morning in a flight that had equal measures of white-knuckle moments and triumph.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first paying female space tourist said Friday she felt a little queasy on her rocket ride to the international space station but she since has been enjoying every minute of her cosmic trip.
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By Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A patched-up Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts Friday on the first space shuttle flight of 2007, putting NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal that included a damaging hailstorm and a lurid love triangle.
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MOJAVE, California A test pilot returned successfully to Earth on Wednesday after a foray into space that was marked by a white-knuckle ascent in which his rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in about 16 seconds and he had to fight to regain control.
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Test pilot makes successful foray into space on rocket ship. But there was some drama... THE spectators on the ground gasped as the rocket ship rolled at least 16 times in about 16 seconds.
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Despite weather concerns and a small chunk of ice that threatened to delay the beginning of the shuttle Discoveryâs mission, everything seemed to fall into place.
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new realm of space, and it's beaming back some surprises.
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thatshortkid writes &quot;The Washington Times is reporting on Brazil&#39;s first successful space launch. Since it is closer to the equator, the task of getting up to space is easier, meaning much more cargo room over fuel.
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There have been two important pieces of space-related news recently, the first of which was the European moon probe&#39;s success in entering the moon&#39;s orbit.
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By Matt Wixon, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 25--When the international space station had a computer meltdown  earlier this month, the news made it to Earth quickly.
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - After five busy days in space and two successful spacewalks, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery planned on taking things easy on Friday.
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Even space pics can be cheesy and boring. But we like these images from the Endeavor shuttle's most recent flight.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...