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Commercial human ventures planned for the moon: NASA study

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on Thursday shows.

Planetary alignment peaks with celestial show this weekend

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky this month, will be joined by tiny Mercury for a rare celestial show this weekend.

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NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida.

23 May 2013

Solar plane completes second leg of cross-country flight in Texas

DALLAS - A solar airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the globe landed safely on Thursday in Texas, completing the second and longest leg of an attempt to fly across the United States powered only by the sun. | Video

23 May 2013

U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares

WASHINGTON - Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it launched a lobbying effort to "demystify" unmanned planes.

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NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly.

22 May 2013

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday.

17 May 2013

National Weather Service gets big computing boost

MIAMI - The U.S. National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe weather.

15 May 2013

Rocket blasts off from Florida carrying new GPS satellite

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday to deliver an upgraded global positioning system satellite into orbit. | Video

15 May 2013

Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

NEW YORK - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic material from an adult cell into an egg whose own DNA had been removed.

16 May 2013
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C-sections tied to child obesity

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More babies born via cesarean section grow up to be heavy kids and teens than those delivered vaginally, according to a new study of more than 10,000 UK infants.