Irene Klotz
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Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth September 3, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) - NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Saturday, capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record.Whitson,...
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Illinois town gears up to become heart of U.S. eclipseAugust 21, 2017
CARBONDALE, Ill. (Reuters) - The small southern Illinois town of Carbondale was revving up on Sunday to become eclipse central on the eve of a total solar eclipse that will traverse the continental...
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Millions of Americans await awe-inspiring total solar eclipse August 21, 2017
SALMON, Idaho/MURPHY, N.C. (Reuters) - Millions of Americans armed with protective glasses are taking positions along a slender ribbon of land cutting diagonally across the United States to marvel at...
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Small satellites driving space industry growth: reportJuly 11, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Small satellites used for observing conditions on the earth are the fastest growing segment of the $260.5 billion global satellite industry, the Satellite Industries...
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SpaceX plans expansion of rocket refurbishing facilities in FloridaJune 27, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - SpaceX wants to expand facilities in Florida to refurbish and store its reusable rocket boosters as it increases the pace of launches, documents filed with...
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ULA says it was not allowed to compete with SpaceX for Air Force launchJune 9, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing said on Friday it was not given an opportunity to bid against rival SpaceX for the upcoming...
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Boeing, DARPA to build prototype spaceplane May 24, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on Wednesday said it will invest up to $146 million in an alliance with Boeing to build an experimental spaceplane...
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NASA plans emergency spacewalk on International Space StationMay 21, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for an emergency spacewalk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control...
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Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, two-year missionMay 7, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. military's experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two...
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U.S. spacecraft to take slingshot dive inside Saturn’s ringsApril 22, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA's Cassini spacecraft soared past Saturn's biggest moon for the last time on Saturday, tapping its gravity to slingshot into a series of exploratory dives inside...
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U.S.-Russian crew reaches space station with 'awesomeness'April 20, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A two-man U.S.-Russian crew floated into the International Space Station on Thursday, hours after blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a NASA TV...
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Bezos is selling $1 billion of Amazon stock a year to fund rocket ventureApril 6, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday he is selling about $1 billion worth of the internet retailer's stock annually to fund his Blue Origin rocket...