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NASA Plans Asteroid Mission in 2016

NASA on Wednesday said it is eying deep space exploration and will begin with a mission in 2016 that will take samples from a distant asteroid back to Earth.
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The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russia Plans Replacement For Soyuz Rocket

Russia's struggling space agency has unveiled a new program that will see the creation of a replacement for the aging Soyuz rocket by 2020.
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Black Sky: Virgin’s Spaceship Carrier Takes to the Air For 150th Time

Virgin Galactic recently posted a new photo of the carrier aircraft that will bring the spaceship to altitude for its kick to orbit. Called WhiteKnightTwo, the aircraft completed its 150th flight.
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NASA Selects 150 Twitter Followers to Attend Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch

NASA has invited 150 of its followers on the social networking website Twitter to a behind-the-scenes perspective from the press site at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final launch of space shuttle Endeavo...
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Dream Chaser Commercial Space Plane to Undergo First Flight Test Next Summer

It looks as though the efforts to get commercial space taxis off the ground is succeeding. Sierra Nevada Corporation's "Dream Chaser" space plane is slated to conduct its first test flight as early as next summer.
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