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SpaceX cargo launches may soon cost 50% more - but it's still an offer NASA can't refuse
NASA set up its first competitions for contracts in 2006 - years before the shuttle program's retir…
Dave Mosher
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Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin may soon be rocketing NASA scientists to the edge of space
NASA's push to privatize space travel has the agency seeking companies that can rocket its scientis…
Dave Mosher
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The sparkly toy dinosaur that rode along on SpaceX's historic launch is now selling out almost everywhere
The dino served as the Crew Dragon's "zero-gravity indicator," meaning it started to float once the…
Avery Hartmans
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SpaceX's big launch aims to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — a 21-year-old laboratory orbiting 250 miles above the Earth
This will be the first time since 2011 that an American-made spacecraft has launched people from US…
Aylin Woodward
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Why SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole
If SpaceX successfully returns NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth, it will open a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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SpaceX is about to launch its first astronauts, and the stakes for both NASA and Elon Musk's rocket company are epic
The lives of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, plus the future of American spaceflight, …
Dave Mosher
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Outlook for manufacturing sector improves in second quarter, high cost of production causing worry, says FICCI survey
As economic activities gain momentum, industry players are turning optimistic about the performance…
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SpaceX is poised to launch astronauts into space this spring. Here's how SpaceX and Boeing became NASA's best shot at resurrecting American spaceflight.
Since NASA ended its space-shuttle program in 2011, the agency has relied exclusively on Russia to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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NASA is racing to land the first woman on the moon in 2024. Here's what one of the 13 active female astronauts thinks of that idea.
However, the agency has yet to release official details. Meanwhile, a key Democrat who leads the Ho…
Dave Mosher
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'We want our country to do it first': A NASA executive says a US-China Mars mission is not in the cards
"What we really need, if we want to hit the target of 2024, is we've got to start securing a lander…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX's new spaceship for people has returned to Earth, completing its first and 'absolutely critical' mission for NASA
"I guarantee everything will not work exactly right, and that's cool, that's exactly what we want t…
Dave Mosher
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NASA is finally planning to launch a space telescope to detect deadly asteroids before they hit Earth. Here's how it could work.
"This is a great step forward for thinking about human destiny, because the dinosaurs certainly did…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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How a low-cost ventilator was created, FDA-approved, and made its way to New York hospitals in 30 days
FDA approval for ventilators ordinarily takes at least a year, but the Spiro Wave was approved with…
Shira Feder
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NASA and Google are announcing a 'major discovery' about exoplanets - here's what it probably is
Kepler, a space telescope that trails Earth in orbit around the sun, has stared down 145,000 sun-li…
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX may launch its new spaceship for NASA in March - a vital test that will show it can safely fly astronauts
SpaceX's experimental launch, which won't carry people, was originally scheduled to fly in December…
Dave Mosher
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NASA's only plan to return astronauts to the moon after nearly 50 years just got slammed by an internal audit
"We believe a lack of action by senior leadership in both organizations to correct identified probl…
Dave Mosher
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says her Green New Deal climate plan would cost at least $10 trillion
Ocasio-Cortez has forced the issue of climate change to the forefront of the 2020 Democratic primar…
Eliza Relman
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NASA is about to get a $1.3 billion raise
The space agency's planetary science division will also see more funding than the administration as…
Kelly Dickerson
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California is close to passing legislation to tackle the rising cost of prescription drugs
"It won't help Californians access needed medicine or make their costs at the pharmacy counter any …
Lydia Ramsey
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NASA may pay Boeing as a middleman to launch 5 astronauts on Russian spacecraft
A NASA representative declined to provide Business Insider with an estimate, but noted "prices will…