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SpaceX selected for NASA ocean mission
SpaceX, the Hawthorne-based company that successfully sent a capsule to the International Space Station in May, is ready for its next mission. NASA announced this week that it has selected Space Exploration Technologies for the $82-million launch of...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Space Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Google Inc., Satellite Technology
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Planetfest opens up Mars landing to the public
While Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers bring the rover Curiosity to the surface of Mars next week, many of the leading authorities on the Red Planet will be celebrating with the public six miles away. The Planetary Society, a Pasadena-based nonprofit,...
Tags: Space Programs, Media Industry, Robert Picardo, Science and Technology, Bill Nye
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Elon Musk of SpaceX: The goal is Mars
As shipments go, it was routine — about half a ton of supplies — except it was delivered by the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. SpaceX partnered with NASA in this new model, the brainchild of Elon Musk, who's behind...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Space Programs, Metal and Mineral, Star Trek (movie, 2009)
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Boeing, SpaceX big winners in NASA competition for new spacecraft
Los Angeles TimesNow that NASA has mothballed its fleet of space shuttles, the space agency needs a new ride to the International Space Station. On Friday, NASA handed out $1.1 billion to three companies to privately develop rockets and spacecraft for what could be the...Tags: Space Programs, Economy, Business and Finance, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Kennedy Space Center
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Politicians cheer Curiosity's successful landing on Mars
Some of the celebration surrounding the Mars Science Laboratory's successful landing Sunday night on the Red Planet had a political tone. The touchdown of the over-budget $2.5-billion Mars rover mission comes as tax dollars for planetary exploration...
Tags: Space Programs, Barack Obama, Los Angeles Times, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science
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Hurry up, SpaceX
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelIt was a year ago that NASA grounded space shuttles for good. It's not a happy anniversary for thousands of Space Coast workers, idled along with the program, who are still looking for jobs. It was high time to bid farewell to the costly, labor-... -
Obama campaign to Romney on Space Coast: Where are you on space?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelSpace Coast officials including industry leaders got a chance to hear from President Barack Obama's former top science guy and a Florida campaign official Friday on his space policies and program and are waiting for similar insight from Republican... -
SpaceX flight carries Md. student project, but it never activates
Whatever goes up must come down — just not always in the condition one hoped. That's the lesson Paul Warren, the 16-year-old from Maryland whose science experiment was launched into space in May, learned Friday when the materials of his project ...
Tags: Space Programs, Physiology, Science, Science and Technology, Air Transportation Industry
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Opening up space
Is there anything that the U.S. technology community, with an assist from the federal government, can do that would simultaneously achieve the following: a) help hone our economic edge to help us prosper a bit more over a long term; b) maintain and...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Trips and Vacations, Space Programs, Travel, Science and Technology
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News briefs for Saturday May 19
Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing hospital, prepares to depart for the United States BEIJING (AP) — A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington was hurriedly taken from a...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Initial Public Offerings, Explosions, Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations
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Where to watch the SpaceX launch to the International Space Station
It's not a trip to the moon. It's not even manned spaceflight. But it is a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, and it's not insignificant. So if you want a front-row seat to witness one giant leap for private business, then you'll want to make your way...Tags: Port Canaveral, Space Programs, Cape Canaveral, Science and Technology, Kennedy Space Center
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Private supply SpaceX rockets toward space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. The SpaceX company made history...
Tags: Space Programs, Economy, Business and Finance, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Business Enterprises, Science and Technology
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