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Private spaceship tests underway in Va, Calif

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:04:24 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - A Colorado company developing a spaceship to take astronauts to the International Space Station is having elements of its spacecraft undergo landing-related tests at NASA facilities in Virginia and California.

Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:54 -0400

KOFORIDUA, Ghana - Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon.

NASA developing tablet-based app for Alaska pilots

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:23:23 -0400

JUNEAU, Alaska - It takes a bit of nerve to fly in Alaska, where pilots deal with the continent's tallest peaks, coldest weather and many sheer unknowns.

Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip

Sat, 04 May 2013 03:41:04 -0400

PHOENIX - A solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix early Saturday morning after flight from California.

Pentagon recommends Kirtland program closure

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:41:40 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - New Mexico's U.S. senators are promising to fight the Pentagon's plans to close a Kirtland Air Force Base space program to deal with the federal budget squeeze.

Vessel engineer pleads guilty in pollution probe

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:04:24 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - An oil tanker's chief engineer has admitted telling other crew members to lie to Coast Guard investigators in a pollution probe.

Solar plane to make stop in St. Louis

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:41:28 -0400

ST. LOUIS - A solar-powered plane making its initial cross-country voyage sometime in May will be stopping in St. Louis, Lambert Airport officials said Tuesday.

Solar plane to make stop in St. Louis

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:29:11 -0400

ST. LOUIS - A solar-powered plane making its initial cross-country voyage in May will make a stop in St. Louis.

Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:50:23 -0400

MOJAVE, California - Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space.

NASA's Cleveland center deep into asteroid work

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:07:15 -0400

CLEVELAND - NASA engineers in Cleveland are working on a futuristic plan to send a robot craft alongside an asteroid in space and snare it.