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US Military's XS-1 Space Plane Will Be Built by Boeing (Video)
May 24, 2017 | ArticleThe U.S. military's new XS-1 space plane will be built by Boeing, and it's called the Phantom Express.
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'Space Aggressors' Train US Forces for Extraterrestrial Conflict
May 24, 2017 | ArticleElite military units are specializing in mock space warfare, as Russia and China develop anti-satellite weaponry.
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Hot Stuff! Huge Secondary Mirror Cast for Extremely Large Telescope
May 24, 2017 | ArticleAn enormous piece of glass-ceramic has been cast for the secondary mirror of the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope, entering a year-long cooldown and heat-treatment period until it's ready to be ground and polished for use wi
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Your Smartphone Could be Your Ticket to Space — If Space Nation Takes Flight
May 23, 2017 | ArticleSpace Nation, the Finnish startup seeking to pave the way for the transition of humanity into space, announced plans May 16 to conduct experiments on the International Space Station.
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Powerful NASA SLS Rocket Engine Test-Fired in Mississippi | Video
May 23, 2017 | VideoThe RS-25 rocket engine had a “500-second test on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi,” according to space agency.
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New Method Builds Bricks Using Fake Lunar Soil, Heat from Sun
May 22, 2017 | ArticleMoon explorers could one day build their houses from bricks made out of lunar soil, or regolith, using just the energy of the sun, according to a new experiment by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Watch an Extremely Large Telescope Mirror Bake | Video
May 22, 2017 | VideoThe secondary mirror blank of the European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) was successfully cast. The mirror is 4.2 meters (13.8 feet) in diameter and weighs 3.5 metric tons (3.86 US tons).
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Bricks 3D Printed Using Simulated Moondust | Video
May 22, 2017 | VideoA European Space Agency (ESA) project used focused solar heat to bake the simulated moondust, made from terrestrial volcanic material, at a temperature 1000°C to create the bricks.
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Getting 2020 Mars Rover Mic'd Up: Q&A with Musician Jason Achilles Mezilis
May 22, 2017 | ArticleMusician Jason Achilles Mezilis was recently contracted by NASA to perform a microphone-evaluation study for the 2020 Mars rover. Space.com talked to Mezilis about that process.
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US Military Is Close to Selecting Builder for XS-1 Space Plane
May 18, 2017 | ArticleThe U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will soon award a contract for a company to build its robotic XS-1 space plane, according to media reports.
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