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Obama lays out new US space policy

President Barack Obama on Monday laid out an overarching new US policy on outer space, calling for more international and private sector cooperation on exploration, climate change and orbiting debris.

 

NASA Tests Escape System for Spacecraft Cut in Budget

NASA has tested a new way for astronauts to escape during an emergency on the launch pad or liftoff, even though the spacecraft intended to use the system may never carry humans into orbit.

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Escape Rocket Motor for NASA Moon Ship Passes Test

The motor for the planned Orion crew module’s abort system just passed its second ground test.

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‘Hubble 3D’ a far-out experience

Remember those jokes about the Hubble telescope needing a blind man’s cane and dark glasses when it went into…

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Buzz Aldrin: Why We Should Keep Flying the Space Shuttle

Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people.

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Obama ends Bush signature return-to-moon program on anniversary of Columbia shuttle disaster

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is redirecting America’s space program, killing NASA’s $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research.

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This undated handout photo provided by SpaceX shows the DragonLab in orbit. In its new budget to be released Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, the Obama administration will propose spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and opera

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Obama cancels Moon return project

US President Barack Obama cancels the project initiated by his predecessor to send humans back to the Moon.

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NASA drops moon plan and refocuses vision

President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget request has effectively shut down NASA’s five-year effort to return astronauts to the moon, leaving the U.S. space agency with lofty goals ? but no firm deadlines ? to once again send humans beyond Earth orbit.

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The 9 Top Spaceflight Stories of 2009

The Top 9 Spaceflight Stories in 2009. 5 shuttle missions, a space program in transition and space tourism strides are just some of the top spaceflight stories of the year.

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