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Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?
And that was all more or less settled until last week when the two US senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, filed ...
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'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years
James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from ...
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Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction
A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...
Blue Origin launches star-studded crew on space tourism rocket
Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King were among six women who traveled aboard Jeff Bezos-founded Blue Origin’s ...
Maserati supercar with no driver breaks autonomous speed record at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
AI software piloted the Maserati MC20 supercar, with "a driving robot" powering steering wheel movements at NASA's Launch and ...
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Former NASA astronaut inspires with journey from farmworker to space
His mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery also inspired 4th grader Javier Chavez ... Prior to NASA, he contributed ...
The 'Mercury Seven': The emotional anniversary of the first Americans chosen by NASA to fly into space
It is 66 years since the 'Mercury Seven', NASA's first astronauts. On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneer ...
Space Center Houston CEO outlines why Houston is now ready for a space shuttle
If Congress decides to grant Houston a space shuttle, Space Center CEO William Harris says the city is far more ready than it was a decade ago.
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Milestone or spectacle? What to know about Gayle King’s space flight Monday.
Although some see space tourism as a small step for man, others see it as a giant vanity project for celebrities and the ...