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    Bootknife-Jackson: AND it didn't even blow up! so it's like a double bonus! #space more »
    phoenix: Hell. Yes. #space more »
    gorehound: Awesome photo. #space more »
    AmishJohn: Teenagers cheer as NASA's new Supersonic TP Dispenser wraps entire Florida counties in two-ply goodness. #space more »
    Jeremy Tapsell: (drools)...pretty #space more »
    redqueenmeg: It wasn't that early. It was set off at 11:30 AM EDT. My son and I watched it go up over our house and he made me replay it three times on the NASA ... more »
    WestMantooth: I hope whoever is piloting isn't on their laptop. #space more »
    se7a7n7: Did they at least put a monkey on board? #space more »
    Myrone Bagalay: This is what happens when an object reaches 768mph aka "sound barrier" #space more »
    squidink: Rock IT, man. #space more »
    Strakus: " First new rocket in 30 years" is a bit of a stretch. The subsequent generations of Delta, Atlas, and Titan boosters may have shared names and some t... more »
    burlybax: Were giving space a giant Swine Flu Vaccine #space more »
    John Hazard: That isn't mist, it's a WARP FIELD. Godspeed, Zephram Cochrane! #space more »
    Daniel Gericke: Ares and Mars are the same God as far as I know, one being Greek (Ares) and the other being the (stolen) Roman version of the same thing. Makes sense ... more »
    Plague: popsicle, maybe. Cone, no. #space more »
    Roklimber: For anyone interested, NASA released a week ago a free iPhone/iPod Touch app that allows you to find the latest info on NASA missions. The app is call... more »
    mordicai: SO COOL. I still say wtf, "Ares?" but SO COOL. #space more »
    MonkeyT: Pretty good show. Last few seconds of footage were weird, since final "stage" was actually a mockup, not meant to go into orbit. Separated stages se... more »
    Bootknife-Jackson: wait... NASA is doing something constructive? well if that don't beat all..... #space more »
    tetracycloide: yeah... needle and thread... that was totally the metaphor i was thinking of... certainly not any other, significantly dirtier, metaphors. no sir. n... more »
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    Brand-New Ares Rocket Blasts Off Into A Cone of Mist

    Early this morning, NASA launched the Ares I-X rocket on a sub-orbital test flight - this is the first new rocket tested in 30 years. A cone of cloud formed around the nose as it blasted upward. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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    The Vehicle Of Our Mars Dreams Is A Needle Waiting To Thread Space

    Marvel at the beauty of NASA's Ares I-X test rocket, due to launch on Tuesday. If all goes well, NASA can move forward with development of its next-generation Orion spacecraft, which should carry us to the Moon... and Mars. More »
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    Will This Rocket Help Ignite A New Space Race, Or A New World War?

    Here's South Korea's first space rocket, the prosaically named Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, whose scheduled launch was aborted today. If it ever launches, will the KSLV-1 establish South Korea as a space power, or create new tensions with North Korea? More »
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    The Suits That Carried Our Heroes To The Moon

    Check out this row of experimental astronaut suits — they look like something out of Tintin. With the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing coming up, the National Air and Space Museum is displaying precious Apollo mission artifacts. Gallery below. More »
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    An Experimental Rocket Soars Over The Coast, On Its Way To A Pre-Planned Disaster

    A specially designed rocket soars over Wallops Island, VA, on its way to test a new astronaut escape system for NASA's Orion spacecraft, due to start launching in 2015. Want to see the fancy new escape system? There are parachutes... More »
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    The Astonishing Speed and Beauty of Rocket Sleds

    This rocket sled is moving at 3300 mph, an astonishing land speed captured here with extreme flash photography. Rocket sleds are also the reason why we have Murphy's Law. More »
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    The Russian Cold War Rocket That Still Does Heavy Lifting

    This Russian Proton rocket, looking like something out of a 60s sci-fi novel, launched yesterday from Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying one of the largest satellites ever built. Arguably the best heavy boost rocket in the world, the Proton is a Cold War relic that's still a workhorse (despite some recent failures) more than forty years after the first one was launched. How did this rocket, one of the deadliest weapons ever created, end up helping North Americans watch European football matches via satellite? More »
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    Space Shuttle Blastoff Looks Like Cotton Candy

    We finally got the Space Shuttle Atlantis off the ground, after two months of delays and accidents, and it looks totally rich and creamy, streaming into the sky on the back of its big booster rocket. How can we be planning to retire the space shuttle program when it's such an awesome source of porn? Not to mention the advancement of science: the shuttle's mission is to deliver that tiny Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. Click through for a gallery. More »
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    Space Age Splendor

    Last nights' space shuttle Atlantis liftoff was delayed until Saturday due to engineering problems, but the shuttle herself looked all tarted up and ready to dance. This was Atlantis as she was on the launch pad last night, ready to carry a new laboratory to the International Space Station. Ah, the glamour. Image by Nicholas Kamm/Getty.