This image of the horizon was seen from the cockpit of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's F/A-18 research aircraft during a flight in support of the Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 research series, or QSF18. NASA test ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2018
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Former Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn't land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88.
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2017
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A pilot program reduced absenteeism in elementary schools by an average of 10 percent, according to a new study by Duke researchers. Chronic absenteeism is linked to poor grades, low test scores and eventually, dropping out ...
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2017
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John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of the original Mercury 7 ...
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2016
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Virgin Galactic later this month in Mojave, California, is preparing to roll out its new SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle the company hopes will one day take tourists to the edge of space. It comes roughly 15½ months since an earlier ...
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2016
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Last year it was reported that a design for a successor to Concorde, which would fly between London and New York in one hour at more than 4.5 times the speed of sound, had been patented by Airbus. This would have been thrilling ...
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Jan 7, 2016
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Are you an overachiever? Are you working on multiple PhDs in obscure and difficult topics? Can you speak multiple languages, including alienese? Do you suspect, if handed the controls, you could complete the Kessel Run in ...
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2015
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Steven R. Nagel, a former astronaut who flew on four space shuttle flights, has died after a long illness. He was 67.
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2014
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NASA honored one of its most famous astronauts Monday by renaming a historic building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2014
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An early adopter of Google's Internet-connected eyeglasses may soon become a test pilot of a different sort.
Other
Nov 1, 2013
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