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Jun 12, 2013 01:51 AM ET // Markus Hammonds
NASA are working with a company called Made In Space to develop the first ever microgravity 3D printer. Continue reading →
Apr 8, 2013 05:05 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
In 1964, Gagarin took up the challenge of designing the Soviets' first spaceplane. ->
Feb 20, 2013 11:28 AM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
For John Glenn, being the first American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962 was a stroke of luck. ->
Feb 19, 2013 11:46 AM ET // Markus Hammonds
In a world where private space industry is poised to take over, the world's first single stage to orbit spacecraft may be the privately developed Skylon spaceplane. ->
Feb 8, 2013 01:58 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
Like now, hypersonic air travel was on paper in the 1950s. It just never got off the ground. ->
Feb 26, 2012 02:48 AM ET // Erik Trinidad
According to Space.com, the zero-gravity experience of outer space could be coming to a roller coaster on Earth near you. That's right, the feeling of weightlessness is being proposed in a new roller coaster design by theme park design firm BRC Imagination Arts, that will take riders into simulated...
Jan 27, 2012 09:16 PM ET // Eric Rogell
Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic better start looking over their shoulders. That's because a pair of high school seniors from Canada, using just $400 worth of equipment, a weather balloon and a handmade parachute, managed to send a mini LEGO man for a 97-minute, 80,000 foot, ride to the edge of ...
Jan 10, 2013 05:43 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
If you've ever wanted to own a piece of America's spaceflight history, now is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to add something truly spectacular to your collection. ->
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