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 Watch the 'ring of fire' annular eclipse this weekendThe first eclipse of 2012 graces Earth this weekend, and much of North America will witness the event Sunday night.
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 Russian Soyuz launches for mission at space stationA three-man crew blasted off from a space centre in southern Kazakhstan for a four-and-half-month stay at the International Space Station.
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 SpaceX commercial flight set to head to ISSA new era of space travel is about to begin. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule is set to make a historic flight just before dawn on May 19. Dragon is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to rendezvous and possibly dock with the International Space Station.
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 NASA researchers search for meteorite fragments in a zeppelinIt's not every day that NASA descends on your backyard, hunting for clues to extraterrestrial life.
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 Astronauts land on Earth from ISSThree astronauts on Friday landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after a stay of almost six months aboard the International Space Station.
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 Canadian bureaucracy and a joint study with NASAHow a simple question about a this joint study between the Nataional Research Council and NASA led to a flurry of bureaucracy.
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 NASA clears SpaceX for cargo run to space stationNASA has cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to the International Space Station that is scheduled to launch on April 30, NASA officials said.
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 Biggest environment satellite goes silentThe European Space Agency has lost contact with Envisat, the biggest Earth-monitoring satellite in history.
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 Take a look inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraftn preparation for its upcoming test flight to the International Space Station, SpaceX has completed its first NASA crew trial on its Dragon spacecraft. Take a look inside the ship!
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 Ashton Kutcher signs up for Virgin Galactic space flightActor Ashton Kutcher is set to go into orbit after becoming the 500th customer to sign up for Richard Branson's pioneering space ship, the British tycoon said.
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 Show time for commercial spaceflight at handThe first privately owned passenger spaceship is on track for a test flight beyond the atmosphere this year, and nearly 500 people have signed up for rides.
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 Long-term astronauts experience brain and eye problems, study findsBrain and eye problems have surfaced in astronauts who spent more than a month in space, marking a potential setback to plans for longer deep space missions, a U.S. study said Tuesday.
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 China may send its first woman into spaceChina may send its first woman into space this year after including female astronauts in the team training for its first manned space docking, state media said Monday.
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 Video: Earth braces for biggest space storm in 5 yearsA pair of scorching explosions on the Sun's surface is sparking the biggest radiation and geomagnetic storm the Earth has experienced in five years, space weather experts said Wednesday.
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 Deep space technologies the realm of adventurersEver since she was in primary school, Isabelle Tremblay was fascinated by space exploration and technology. As head of exploration systems for the Canadian Space Agency, she is now living her dream.
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 Maybe not this time, but solar flares pose computer threat: videoWhile the planet seems to have survived the most recent barrage of solar flares, there is no predicting that the next one will unfold as smoothly.
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 NASA cuts threaten Canadian contribution to Mars missionsBudget cuts from the U.S. White House are likely to kill two Mars missions that would have been showcases for Canadian science and technology.
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 Astronaut John Glenn recalls historic flightAstronaut John Glenn, marking the 50th anniversary on of his historic flight as the first American to orbit the Earth, remembered it as the best day of his life.
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 China to launch next manned spacecraft in summerChina will launch its next manned space mission sometime between June and August , which will attempt to dock with an experimental module launched last year, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.
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 Spacewalkers prepare Russian module for dumpingA pair of Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare for the removal of a Russian docking module due to be flown into the atmosphere for incineration next year.
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 NASA Iceman hacker chargedA Romanian man accused of hacking into NASA computers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles under the online moniker "Iceman" has been indicted on a federal charge.
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 NASA overlooks Russian space accidentsDespite a spate of Russian space accidents last year, NASA remains confident in its partner's ability to fly crew and cargo to the International Space Station, the program manager said.
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 NASA Kepler confirms 26 new planetsThe U.S. space agency said Thursday its Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our solar system, all of them orbiting too close to their host stars to sustain life.
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 Gingrich wants base on moonRepublican presidential contender Newt Gingrich has called for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.
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 Solar storm didn't harm EarthA solar storm that erupted Sunday evening was expected to give some northern Canadians the opportunity to see a show of aurora borealis Tuesday night — but serious communication blackouts and power failures were highly unlikely.
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