NASA awards ISS cargo duties to a third private corp that uses a mini-shuttle
There's a now a third private space entity that's been screened and granted permission to ferry cargo to and fro ...
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Top-Secret Air Force plane lands after 2 year mission in Earth’s orbit
After exactly 674 days in orbit, the Air Force's top secret spaceplane landed in California on Friday. There's very little anyone ...
Highly secretive unmanned Air Force spacecraft launches into orbit
Yesterday morning, the U.S. Air Force launched its X-37B robotic space plane into orbit via an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape ...
Boeing and SpaceX split $1 billion NASA founds – commercial spaceflight on demand
Both Boeing and SpaceX are set to split as much as $1 billion in federal awards destined to spur development ...
Orion maiden test launch set for 2014, manned flight pushed to 2021
Last year NASA permanently retired the iconic shuttle program, since it became obsolete, too expensive, difficult to maintain and no ...
[Amazing Photo] Atlantis re-entering Earth’s atmosphere
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[VIDEO] The ISS and Atlantis shuttle as seen in broad daylight
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NASA’s last ever shuttle mission in photos
Despite unfriendly whether filled with low lying clouds and a last moment countdown glitch, which gave of all the 750,000 ...
On the eve of the shuttle’s “Final Countdown”
Space shuttle Atlantis will embark this Friday on its final journey, symbolizing the end of NASA's illustrious space shuttle program. ...
Final ever shuttle mission scheduled for July 8
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Endeavour launch delayed due to Russian schedule
Endeavour was set to take of in a really short time, and everybody was ready for this, but in an ...
Crew practices for Endeavour last mission
After Discovery, another legendary orbited is heading towards retirement - Endeavour is only one mission away from a lifetime of ...
Discovery shuttle prepares for final landing
As I told you yesterday, the Discovery shuttle is preparing for a well deserved retirement, after 365 days spent in ...
Space Shuttle Discovery heads home after final mission
When launched in 1984, Discovery was top notch; it was the best available around, and only the third operational orbiter; ...
Get me to the Moon on time
NASA's space shuttle is set to take off on its last mission in 2010; the agency is really busy preparing ...