Stories Related to Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely, Completing Final Mission

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Space shuttle Atlantis zoomed toward its final touchdown Wednesday to cap a 25-year flying career, bringing back six astronauts who boosted ...

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NASA details plans to pluck rock off asteroid, explore it
NASA is aiming to launch a rocket to an asteroid in five years and grab a boulder off of it — a stepping stone for an eventual trip sending humans to Mars. More
Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space. More
One flight closer to space tourism
Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
Video: Would you take 1-way trip to Mars?
A Dutch company is now accepting applications for brave men and women who would like to go to Mars. More
Herschel captures a 'cosmic horse'
Europe's Herschel space telescope has imaged one of the most popular subjects in the sky - the Horsehead Nebula - and its environs. The distinctively shaped molecular gas cloud is sited some 1,300 light-years from Earth in the Constellation Orion. More

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