Posts Tagged ‘space’
 

 
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral. (Photo by NASA TV)

Video: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Cargo Mission to International Space Station

The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule lift off May 22, 2012, from Cape Canaveral Air Force station in Florida to begin a demonstration mission to the International Space Station.
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Video: Stephen Colbert Pleads for NASA Funding

A new tongue-in-cheek public service announcement from Stephen Colbert reminds us of the practical research astronauts perform on the International Space Station.
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Boeing 747SP-Based Telescope Discovers Newborn Stars

The NASA SOFIA airborne telescope has uncovered a cluster of newborn stars within a giant cloud of gas and dust 6,400 light-years from Earth.
by Jason Major, UniverseToday.com
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Photos: On the Flight Deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Take a tour inside the cockpit of Space Shuttle Atlantis as the avionics are powered on one final time before being decommissioned and put on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
by Suresh Atapattu
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LIVE VIDEO: Launch of Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft

An Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars Science Laboratory is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral at 10:02 AM ET on Saturday.
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