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Countdown to asteroid flyby: Watch as experts discuss the flyby
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesHeart rates are picking up among scientists and sci-fi lovers alike as a huge asteroid prepares to swing by Earth ...... -
Asteroid flyby: Call off the space crew; no deep impact expected
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThis post has been corrected. Please see note at the bottom for details. An asteroid half the length of a ...... -
A somber 10-year anniversary for space shuttle Columbia
Ten years ago Friday, the shuttle Columbia crumbled to Earth after 16 days in the heavens. As the shuttle passed over Texas en route to a routine landing in Florida, its left wing failed to withstand the heat of reentry. The craft burst into more than...
Tags: Human Interest, Science and Technology, Israel, Rocketry, NASA
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Who will you sue if your spacecraft crashes?
So you’re planning to blast off into outer space on a future commercial flight from New Mexico. What if things go south and you are injured or killed? Who do you or your survivors sue? New Mexico legislators have agreed to amend a state law that...
Tags: Justice System, Science and Technology, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Business
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NASA will remain a leader in human spaceflight, top official says
NASA’s human spaceflight program is “alive and well,” NASA chief Charles Bolden told a committee convened to explore the space program’s future goals and direction. “Those who question whether we can still lead in space...
Tags: Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Barack Obama, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NASA
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Rocket launchers turned in to LAPD apparently were from military
L.A. NOWTwo rocket launchers turned into the Los Angeles Police Department as part of the city's gun buyback event appear to be antitank weapons from the military, experts said. Police said the people turning them in at the buyback told officers...... -
LAPD investigating rocket launchers taken at gun buyback
L.A. NOWTwo rocket launchers turned into the Los Angeles Police Department as part of the city's gun buyback event this week and displayed by the police chief and mayor did not have the capacity to fire. But the department will examine the origins of the... -
Asteroid mining firm aims to raise $20 million in funding
A group of private entrepreneurs is raising $20 million to fund the first stage of a mission to identify asteroids close to Earth and mine them for valuable materials. Deep Space Industries plans to launch three small crafts armed with cameras, called...
Tags: Science and Technology, Photography Supplies and Services, Satellite Technology, Metal and Mineral, Services and Shopping
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Firm aims to mine asteroids to refuel, build metal parts in space
Swarms of spacecraft may soon be mining asteroids for fuel and minerals and building spare parts in space, if a new private space venture has its way. Harvesting the resources available in the giant space rocks flying around the solar system could allow...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Metal and Mineral, NASA
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SpaceX's newest rocket hovers above launch pad in test flight
Outside of a science fiction movie, it’s a little strange to see a rocket fire up its engines, blast off, and then hover in the air. But that’s exactly what Hawthorne rocket maker SpaceX pulled off with its 10-story Grasshopper test vehicle....
Tags: Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Rocketry, NASA, Technology
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Travel medicine for the zero-gravity set
Virgin Galactic is already offering $200,000 tickets to intrepid tourists who want to take a suborbital flight on a craft called SpaceShipTwo. Start-up Golden Spike announced earlier this month that it would offer round trips to the moon for two...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heparin (drug), Asthma, Heart Disease, Back Pain
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Air Force set to blast off another secretive space drone
An experimental robotic space plane developed for the Air Force is slated to launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, fueling an ongoing mystery about its hush-hush payload and overall mission. Air Force officials offered few details about the mission....
Tags: Science and Technology, Landforms, Rocketry, Satellite Technology, Cape Canaveral
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