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English: Mounted under the fuselage of a modified Lockheed L-1011, the Orbital Sciences X-34 technology demonstrator is taken aloft for its first captive carry flight. (Photo by NASA/Tony Landis)

Live Video: Pegasus Rocket Launch From an Lockheed L-1011 Airliner at 12:00 PM ET Wednesday

A Pegasus rocket carrying the NuStar spacecraft is set to launch from the belly of a Lockheed L-1011 flying 40,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean at around 12:00 pm ET on Wednesday.
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Soyuz rocket launch

Help Wanted: Space Travelers

Don't give up on the job market just yet, because NASA is hiring astronauts.
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DARPA Phoenix Mission

DARPA Space Robots Could Revive Dead Satellites

About 22,000 miles above the Earth, $300 million worth of retired satellites are simply taking up space in geosynchronous orbit. The DARPA Phoenix program might bring them back to life.
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Unmanned Air Force Space Plane Could Be Modified to Carry Astronauts

Boeing is researching the possibility of building a passenger-carrying version of the X-37 spacecraft.
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On This Day in Aviation History

On This Day in Aviation History: October 18th

Boeing unveils its Birds of Prey stealth fighter program, Pan Am and American swap aircraft, and more...
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