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  • A privately owned Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station
  • The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday with a full science load from the International Space Station - and a bunch of well-used children's Legos.
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  • A drawing provided by Inspiration Mars shows an artists conception of a spacecraft envisioned by the private group, which wants to send a married couple on a mission to fly by the red planet and zip back home
  • In less than five years, a married couple could be on their way toward Mars in an audacious but bare-bones private mission that would slingshot them around the Red Planet, according to a plan outlined Wednesday by a financial tycoon and his team.
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  • Iranian state TV says the country has successfully sent a monkey into space in what's described as another step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight.
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  • Galactic tourism may still be a daydream for most of us, but for anyone interested in a glimpse of the International Space Station sooner, NASA is ready to help.
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  • The earth is in for a very close brush with an asteroid the size of a house on Friday.
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  • Juno spacecraft circling Jupiter.
  • A Jupiter-bound spacecraft is set to fire its engine for an important maneuver intended to bring it back toward Earth.
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  • ABC News is reporting that Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, has died at age 82.
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  • The first color view of the north wall and rim of Gale Crater where NASAs rover Curiosity landed Sunday night.
  • NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape.
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  • false-color image provided by NASA shows a solar flare
  • A solar storm is racing toward Earth this weekend, but scientists say not to worry.
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  • Space shuttle Enterprise, riding on the back of the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, cruises over the Hudson river, Friday, April 27, 2012 in New York.
  • In a city understandably wary of low-flying aircraft, New Yorkers and tourists alike watched with joy and excitement Friday as space shuttle Enterprise sailed over the skyline on its final flight before it becomes a museum piece.
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  • Solar storm isnt that bad
  • One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early Thursday, but scientists say the planet may have lucked out.
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  • This handout image provided by NASA shows a solar flare heading toward Earth. An impressive solar flare is heading toward Earth and could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights
  • One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early Thursday, but scientists say the planet may have lucked out.
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  • One of two NASA spacecraft en route to the moon fired its engine Saturday, slowing its speed to slip into lunar orbit on New Year's Eve.
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  • A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It's a bit too big.
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  • An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station failed to reach its planned orbit Wednesday, and pieces of it fell in Siberia amid a thunderous explosion, officials said.
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  • Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Thursday, July 21, 2011. The landing of Atlantis marks the end of NASAs 30 year space shuttle program.
  • Atlantis touched down in Florida in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday morning -- 30 years after the first launch of Columbia. The last shuttle mission also means the last day of work for thousands at NASA.
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