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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 shows spaceflight is changing fast—and science must keep up
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Sep 19, 2012
This Escape Pod Could Save Lives In A Tsunami
Watching footage of the 2011 Japanese tsunami inspired Matt Duncan's design.
Apr 29, 2011
On Their Way Home From Space, Astronauts Stop in a Kazakh Field
After 159 days on the International Space Station and a 50-minute reentry, NASA commander Scott Kelly and two Russian flight … Continued
Jun 25, 2010
JAXA Team Starts to Pry Open Hayabusa Asteroid-Sample Capsule, Finds Whiff of Gas
The Hayabusa spacecraft landed in the Australian outback on June 13, after a seven-year space journey. It is the hope … Continued
Apr 14, 2010
NASA’s Orion Capsule to Be Reborn as Escape Pod for Space Station
President Obama also promised to commit to a new supersized rocket by 2015
Feb 17, 2006
CEV vs. Apollo
NASA unveils plans for their new "Apollo on steroids" capsule, bound for the moon.