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NASA's Amazing Gliding Gemini Capsules
Aug 23, 2012 06:58 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
In August 1964, a winged Gemini spacecraft crashed into the dry lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base.
Neil Armstrong's Longest Landing
Jul 21, 2012 04:03 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
Neil Armstrong's most impressive bit of flying might be the time he made it back to Edwards after skipping off the atmosphere in an X-15.
Tiny Pieces Make a Big Difference in Mars Landing
Jul 27, 2012 03:49 AM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
NASA learned with the Mars Polar Lander that little problems have big consequences when it comes to landing on Mars.
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Massive Asteroid to Make 'Royal' Flyby
What's It Really Like to Be a Spy?
Dust Devils Rip Up Mars' 'Etch A Sketch' Surface
Opportunity Breaks NASA's 40-Year Roving Record
When (Part of) Apollo 13 Reached the Moon
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The Mind Blowers
Australian Politician Attacked by Kangaroo
Victorian Era Brits Were Smarter Than Us
Swirling Waters Seen From Space
Word Bubbles
Big Bang 'Blood Spatter' Produced by Atom-Smasher
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UK to Send First Astronaut to Space Station
The Big Number
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The Big Number
-- Million: The value of jewels stolen from the hotel room of a Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweller at the Cannes film festival
Big Quote
"I don't ever want to lose my kids."
-- Melissa Torrez who hopped in her car and gave chase after a man who had grabbed her 4-year-old daughter from her family's yard. The suspect was caught and charged with attempted kidnapping
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