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NASA Is Building A Space Launch System For A Trip To Mars
By R. Siva Kumar | Feb 15, 2016 02:16 AM ESTThe SLS is the largest deep space rocket that was ever built, and it will be launched in 2018, though it will not send live crew members.
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North Korea Announces Long-Range Rocket, U.S. Fears Secret Nuke Test
By R. Siva Kumar | Feb 03, 2016 12:31 PM ESTNorth Korea has come out with a plan to launch a long-range rocket in order to put a satellite into orbit, but the U.S. charges that it is secretly testing nuclear technology.
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SpaceX Takes A Step Closer To Mars. Lands Rocket Upright
By Peter R | Dec 22, 2015 06:15 PM ESTElon Musk's space company made history when it landed a Falcon9 booster rocket at its launch pad in Cape Canaveral on Monday.
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Experimental Hypersonic Army Rocket Blows Up After Take Off
By Kamal Nayan | Aug 26, 2014 10:19 AM EDTThe US military had to detonate an experimental hypersonic weapon seconds after lift-off Monday due to a technical problem.
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Rocket Carrying Cargo To International Space Station Launched
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 14, 2014 02:26 PM EDTRobotic spacecraft built by the private company Orbital Sciences was launched off Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility Sunday afternoon.
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NASA With Boeing Developing World's Most Powerful Rocket For Deep Space Travel
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 06, 2014 04:19 PM EDTNASA has approved a $2.8 billion contract with Boeing for development of the world's most powerful rocket. The critical design review of the rocket called the Space Launch System(SLS), has already been completed.
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Japan Launches 'Affordable' Space Program Operated by Two Laptops
By Jennifer Broderick | Sep 16, 2013 02:25 PM EDTJapan's space agency launched the rocket into space on Saturday which was coordinated from two laptops at a control center manned by just eight people. The Epsilon-1 carried with it the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) remote observation telescope.
