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  • Virgin Galactic to Fly Scientists to Space

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  • Virgin Galactic Makes Second Suborbital Contract Announcement (XCOR Was First)

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  • XCOR Announces Suborbital Payload Integration Specialists

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  • A Note From The Next Generation of Space Explorers

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  • Video: Robonaut-1: Balloon Burst and Freefall

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  • First Photos: Watching Discovery From Above The Sky

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  • PS1 telescope establishes near-Earth asteroid discovery record Astronomy Magazine

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  • STS-133 Operating On Orbit

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  • Update: Educational Balloon Payload Recovered

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  • Budget Indecision Could Lead to Large JPL Layoffs

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  • SwRI and XCOR Sign First Commercial Reusable Suborbital Contract

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  • Glory Launch Delayed Until Friday

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  • All I want for Christmas (for NASA)

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  • Citizen Science - Nonstop - For a Century

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  • CCDev Awards Are Getting Closer

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  • 2011 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show Astronomy Magazine

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