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Flying Off Into The Sunset MIT Technology Review (blog) As dusk approached, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off this evening. It was an appropriate time of day, as the entire shuttle program has entered its twilight hours. When the Discovery returns after its eleven-day mission, it will be mothballed ... See all stories on this topic » MIT Technology Review (blog)

Sotheby's to auction 1961 Soviet space capsule Reuters By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) - Before blasting the first human into space in 1961, the Soviet Union fired off one last test flight of the tiny capsule that would carry Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on his historic mission. ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

When the space shuttle hitches a ride (photos) CNET (blog) The space shuttle has been around so long now that it's easy to forget one of its original claims to fame--although it's a spacecraft, it can also fly in the atmosphere like an airplane. That's in the unpowered descent back to Earth, however. ... See all stories on this topic » CNET (blog)

Robonaut 2 Arrives at International Space Station PR Newswire (press release) 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION -- About 264 miles above the Earth, Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid robot developed by General Motors and the NASA Johnson Space Center, has finally begun its first mission. ... See all stories on this topic »

Indian Space Research Organisation discovers massive tunnel on the moon AHN | All Headline News The Space Applications Centre (SAC) scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), while analyzing data from Chandrayaan-I's Terrain Mapping Camera and Hyper Spectral Imager (HySI) payloads, searched out a 1.2 km long lava tube lying ... See all stories on this topic »

Boeing eyes Indian space contracts UPI.com 25 (UPI) -- Boeing is looking to partner with India on manned space mission development, including making composite cryogenic fuel tanks for launch vehicles. Boeing can "provide value-added assistance to India's space program" because of its role in US ... See all stories on this topic »

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