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Keeping priceless pieces of space history safe
In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, nearly five decades after the historic Apollo 11 Command Module brought man to the moon and back, the spacecraft is part of a new adventure in a four-stop traveling exhibition across America.
Apollo 11’s capsule went to the moon. Here’s how the Smithsonian prepares it for a shorter trip
The Smithsonian Institution is prepping the 9,000-pound capsule used during Apollo 11 for a two-year road trip.
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NASA scientists try to stop space fires — by setting them
Confined spaces, low gravity and high concentrations of oxygen mean any unexpected fire on a space station could well be a death sentence, especially since fire extinguishers aren’t very effective away from Earth. So NASA scientists are trying to develop…
Record number of Americans apply to be astronauts, NASA says
A record number of potential astronauts applied for NASA's space program, eclipsing a number that had been set nearly 40 years ago.
So far, space travel is limited because we have to transport everything we need using rockets. But what if we could build whatever we needed? Jason Dunn, whose company built the first 3D printer to operate in space, shares his…
According to a new study, spaceflight may have detrimental effects on the immune system.
On Saturday, SpaceX's fifth resupply capsule successfully docked at the ISS. But part of the mission was a flop.
The Virgin Galactic test flight that crashed in California's Mojave desert last week began breaking apart mid-air, according to officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which launched its investigation Saturday. …
Astronaut Hadfield shares 'unbeatable point of inspiration' he found in space…
