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Iridium Chooses SpaceX To Launch Satellites Thursday, June 17th, 2010 - 14:15:22 - Anuradha Menon Space Exploration Technologies has signed a $492 million deal to carry Iridium Communications' mobile telecommunications satellites into space... read more

Surveillance Suspected as Spacecraft’s Role Monday, May 24th, 2010 - 16:12:36 - Anuradha Menon A team of amateur sky watchers has pierced the veil of secrecy surrounding the debut flight of the nation’s first robotic spaceplane, finding clues... read more

Rocket-Assisted Pills Pack Punch To The Gut Sunday, May 16th, 2010 - 16:01:11 - Anuradha Menon TINY rocket motors could one day be used to fire drugs into the human gut. Radio-controlled capsules are already used to manoeuvre drugs to specific... read more

Rockets Can Run On Toffee Monday, October 12th, 2009 - 11:54:19 - Ehud Rattner An engineer at the University of Hertfordshire helped to demonstrate to BBC 1’s Bang goes the Theory audiences recently that rockets can run on... read more

Crash Into the Moon With LCROSS on Friday Friday, October 9th, 2009 - 12:48:48 - Anuradha Menon Tomorrow morning you’ll have a rare opportunity to experience a live moon crash. At 7:31 a.m. EDT, NASA’s LCROSS satellite will send a rocket... read more

GOES-O Weather Satellite to Launch Today Saturday, June 27th, 2009 - 14:23:03 - Anuradha Menon Delta IV rocket launch teams scrubbed the launch of the GOES-O weather satellite because of thunderstorm cells within 10 miles of Launch Complex 37... read more

NASA Readies Plan B for Moon Rockets Thursday, June 25th, 2009 - 12:38:40 - Anuradha Menon NASA has a backup plan to launch crew and cargo to the moon, reduce the gap between shuttle retirement and a replacement ship's debut, and save... read more

Endeavour Prepares for June 13 Launch Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - 16:22:14 - Anuradha Menon NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the... read more

Getting Ready at Maker Faire Saturday, May 30th, 2009 - 14:33:44 - Anuradha Menon On Saturday, Make Faire returns to San Mateo, Calif. This year, organizers expect more than 80,000 people for the all-weekend event, the fourth time... read more

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