New U.S. rocket blasts off from Virginia launch pad
By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - A privately owned rocket built in partnership with NASA to haul cargo to the International Space Station ...
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New U.S. rocket cleared for test flight from Virginia spaceport
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A second U.S. company hired by NASA to fly cargo to the International Space Stati...
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U.S. Air Force says Space Fence program safe for now
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force on Monday said it took steps to fully fund the first increment of a n...
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Scientists find Antarctic ice is melting faster
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The summer ice melt in parts of Antarctica is at its highest level in 1,000 years, Australian and British resea...
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Companies jockey for position in changing U.S. space market
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Space companies are shifting strategies to benefit from a change in how the U.S. governm...
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Two million-year-old creature had mix of ape, human traits
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A 2 million-year-old ancestor of man had a mixture of ape and human-like features that allowed it to hike v...
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Putin says Russia to launch first manned space flight from its soil in 2018
By Denis Dyomkin VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin told astronauts in orbit on Friday that Russia wi...
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Japanese fish survive 5,000-mile trip across Pacific in tsunami boat
By Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) - Scientists are baffled as to how a group of small fish native to Japan survived a journey ...
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Wider lithium battery use strains technology - experts
By Deepa Seetharaman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Batteries like the one that burned on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner in January can be made ...
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New technology speeding progress on bird flu vaccine
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus ...
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