NASA adds $30 million for space taxi work
By Irene Klotz NASA is adding $30 million to its investment in three companies' efforts to develop spaceships that can fly astronaut...
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British TV astronomer Patrick Moore dies
LONDON (Reuters) - British astronomer Patrick Moore, who helped map the moon and inspired generations of star gazers with decades of...
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Private firm plans "affordable" lunar mission for $1.5 billion
By Irene Klotz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Colorado start-up run by former NASA managers plans to conduct missions to the moon for a...
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Satellite captures "black marble" view of Earth at night
By Irene Klotz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Almost 40 years to the day after the Apollo 17 crew snapped the famed "blue marble" image o...
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U.S. military's secret mini-shuttle lifts off from Florida
By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket carrying a small robotic space shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Forc...
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Gravity maps of moon reveal deeply fractured crust
By Irene Klotz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Asteroids and comets colliding with the moon not only pitted its surface but also severely ...
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Earliest known dinosaur discovered
By Chris Wickham LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers have found what could be the earliest known dinosaur to walk the Earth lurking in th...
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Voyager 1 probe leaving solar system reaches "magnetic highway" exit
By Irene Klotz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NASA's long-lived Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is heading out of the solar system, has reach...
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Scientists find gene link to teenage binge drinking
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explai...
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NASA aims to launch Mars rover twin in 2020
By Irene Klotz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NASA plans to follow up its Mars rover Curiosity mission with a duplicate rover that could ...
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