NASA hopes to launch ‘flying saucer’ after delay
By ALICIA CHANG FILE – In this undated file photo provided by NASA, a saucer-shaped test vehicle known as a Low Density Supersonic Decelerator holding equipment for landing large payloads…
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Google buying satellite maker Skybox for $500M
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE FILE – In this file satellite image provided by Skybox Imaging and taken by SkySat-1 on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 at 11:10 a.m. local time, smoke rises…
CHRISTMAS DELIVERY FINALLY FOR SPACE STATION
By MARCIA DUNN In this image from video provided by NASA the Cygnus resupply spacecraft approaches the International Space Station early Sunday Jan. 12, 2013. The spacecraft is expected to…
CARGO SHIP WITH CARGO SHIP WITH GIFTS, ANTS HEADS TO SPACE STATIONGIFTS, ANTS HEADS TO SPACE STATION
By MARCIA DUNN This photo provided by NASA shows an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launches at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, Wallops Island, Va. Antares is…
PASSENGERS RESCUED OFF SHIP STUCK IN ANTARCTIC ICE
By ROD McGUIRK In this photo provided China’s official Xinhnua News Agency, the first group of passengers of the trapped Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy arrive at a safe surface…
EGYPT AIRS WHAT IT CLAIMS IS TERROR CONFESSION
By MAGGIE MICHAEL FILE – In this July 13, 2012 file photo, then Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks to reporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. An Egyptian judge says…
NASA ASTRONAUTS TACKLE URGENT SPACEWALKING REPAIRS
By MARCIA DUNN In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Rick Mastracchio performs a space walk outside the International Space Station on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Mastracchio…
EUROPE LAUNCHES SATELLITE TO MAP 1 BILLION STARS
By FRANK JORDANS and DANICA COTO This photo provided by ESA (European Space Agency), taken on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, shows the Gaia satellite at the Kourou space base, French…