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NASA hoping hybrid tech will take to the skies

by Brian Bull
Mar 4, 2016
The technology could cut fuel consumption in passenger jets by 12 percent.
NASA engineers are designing hybrid jet technology. 
Courtesy: NASA Glenn Research Center
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Russia's space carpool delivers Scott Kelly to earth

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 2, 2016
Russia gives our astronauts rides in return for other space services ... and cash.
Members of NASA support team help International Space Station (ISS) crew member Scott Kelly of the U.S. to get off a helicopter on arrival from the landing site at the airport of the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on March 2, 2016.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
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What goes up must come down. Or else.

by Molly Wood
Feb 25, 2016
Space debris poses major risks for the future of space exploration.
Space debris poses major risks for the future of space exploration.
Ethan Miller/Getty Images
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Where were you when you heard about the Challenger crash?

by Marketplace Staff
Jan 28, 2016
Twitter reflects on the NASA disaster that shocked the country 30 years ago today
The Challenger crew from left to right: Christa McAuliffe, Gregory B. Jarvis, Judith A. Resnik, Francis R. Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Michael J. Smith and Ellison S. Onizuka.
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Congress wants NASA to build a space habitat

by Adriene Hill
Dec 29, 2015
The omnibus deal included $55 million to build a deep space habitat.
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What to do about all that space junk? Cue the lasers

by Kimberly Adams
Oct 5, 2015
For now, we 'watch and hope' that debris in the orbital fast lane won't hit ISS.
GRAPHIC - (CIRCA 1989): This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) handout image shows a graphical representation of space debris in low Earth orbit. According to the European Space Agency there are 8,500 objects larger than 10 cm (approximately 3.9 inches) orbiting the earth and 150,000 larger than 1 cm (approximately 0.39 inches).
Photo by NASA/Getty Images
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Junk in space could have impact on earth

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 22, 2015
The government tracks debris zooming around the earth at upwards of 17,000 mph.
The Lunar Module 'Challenger' as seen from the Apollo 17 spacecraft after Transposition and Docking manoeuvres during NASA's Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, December 1972. The white dots surrounding it are debris shed by the Saturn S-IVB stage separation.
Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images
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Can private companies keep the space station supplied?

by Kimberly Adams
Jul 15, 2015
Failed missions to the ISS leave NASA and researchers with the bill.
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We made it to Pluto. Now what?

by Adriene Hill
Jul 14, 2015
And just how significant is a visit to the dwarf planet?
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NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto

by Adriene Hill and James Perla
Jul 13, 2015
Spacecraft probes the farthest reaches of the solar system.
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